Amy Tara Koch is an author and journalist who has the unique pleasure of traveling the world for her job. She contributes to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, Vogue, T Magazine, The Daily Beast, Food & Wine, Conde Nast Traveler and Chicago Tribune.
Unlike many cities, Miami has boomed over the course of the pandemic. Thousands relocated to South Florida where restaurants, attractions and retail shops remained open, with Miami’s tropical sparkle seemingly a panacea for life in lockdown. “The pandemic caused Miami’s stock value to go up,” said...
My grandmother was an Upper East Side babe, a chess-playing, fashion-loving sculptor who would dress to the nines just to walk the dog. My visits to New York were fun-filled but they were also tutorials in refinement, how to dress (no jeans!), how to eat,...
If formal gardens and wisteria-kissed Georgian mansions are on your radar, these five destinations will serve up old-school grandeur in spades Tea with all of the Trappings? Cocktails and Croquet Amongst the Wisteria? Tap Into Your Bridgerton Fantasies at These 5 Properties Round two of Bridgerton...
Shannon Tebay, the first American bartender at London's American Bar, shares her top tipples in town. With its white-jacketed staff and glamour crowd sipping martinis, the American Bar at the Hotel Savoy has been one of those lost-in-time London treasures for more than a century. But when it reopened last...
This March, Virginia Devlin of Chicago is headed to New York City with her daughter, a musical theater student, to celebrate two years’ worth of missed birthday trips. They’ll see Broadway shows and visit Chinatown for dim sum. Tracy Lippes, of Short Hills, N.J., is...
Derrick Westbrook, The Pour 02/22Joy in a Glass Sommelier Derrick Westbrook’s new Chicago wine shop shines a light on Black-owned vineyards—but what it’s really about are the bottles that bring him joy.After shaping his perspective at restaurants like NEXT and Elizabeth, sommelier and self-described “wine-culture curator”...
Skiing in Aspen can be a pricey proposition, but if you plan strategically, this tony Rocky Mountain resort can be experienced on the cheap. If you think Aspen is synonymous with “unattainable,” you wouldn’t be the only one. After all, that’s how the media consistently frames...
Visit this series of female-founded places to eat and drink in the French capital on your next trip across the Channel Paris’s culinary world has oozed machismo for decades. From condescension to bullying, women in hospitality have endured misogyny at every turn. “Patriarchy is ingrained throughout...
These Design-Forward, Coastal Hotels Ooze Made-In-America Charm Jumping the waves. Lobster roll picnics at the beach. Sunset boating. For many, nothing says summer like being on the water. As life pivots to something resembling normalcy, it’s time to tap into old-fashioned, on-the-shore fun at some of...
To The Mountains! Summer At Elevation Means Nonstop Recreation, Minimal Humidity, and Boundless Alpine Charm Hiking? Cycling? Kayaking? The beach is fun, sure. But, to a certain breed of outdoor enthusiast, nothing beats the temperate climes and largesse of recreation inherent in a mountain getaway. These...
