Exploring travel, culture, history, education, and how we are all interconnected are all passions of mine. So as part of a new series on the blog, video & pod, I plan to cover all 50 states in America (and a few provinces in Canada), to review the people and places that shaped unique places and started traditions that we now now.

While women and girls make up half of the world population, education is sadly not of equal access. There are a number of campaigns and organizations trying to tip the scales.

This week, host CARRIE A. MITCHELL as she talks with CASSANDRA SANTORO, founder of Travel Italian Style, currently in the beautiful Amalfi Coast in Italy. Places discussed: New York City, Italy. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts

Exploring the latest in ultra-luxury: Atlantis The Royal

When I was offered a night in the penthouse at FS Vail, and to visit some old friends, of course I said yes immediately

Revisiting fabulous stays in the glitziest city in America

I love returning to Scotland, especially in the Autumn, but this time I had an added treat at a property I long wanted to stay at: The Gleneagles Hotel

We have the time, let’s brush up our language skills

Nice try 2020, we’re still here!

Wishing you all peace & health this holiday season

Exploring the history of some of NYC’s most famous properties, as both a former resident and architecture lover

I am grateful to the many blogs and expat groups that made my move so much easier and less stressful - especially during a pandemic year! Here are a few of my favorites.

I am moving to one of my favorite cities! I have been so fortunate to lived in incredible places like New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and now London…

In one of my last pieces for Conde Nast Traveler, I contributed to their “50 States, 50 Cuisines: The Food Worth Traveling For in Every State”

America is at a tipping point. And it’s overdue.

During this Covid-19 crisis, the Navajo Nation, neighbors Apache and Pueblo Tribes, and many other Indigenous communities are lacking the support they need to protect the people. Inspired by the woman behind Orenda Tribe, here are some ways to help.

One of the gems I return to every time I go see family in Colorado

After passing through five major airports in one week, the world as we know it changed.

I had the pleasure of spending an extended time in Nashville during February, working on a hotel project and marveling on the substantial growth the City since I last visited. Sadly, not a week after I left a destructive Toronto ripped through the very neighborhood I had been staying in.

New Year, new travel reading list: Happy reading, exploring, and remember “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” ~ Maya Angelou