For eight days this summer, BANG! became our home as we moved through the emerald waters of Sardinia and the limestone coastline of southern Corsica. Sheltered anchorages, long lunches ashore, afternoons spent in the water: this stretch of the Mediterranean gave me two destinations I'd wanted to see for years. I spend a good portion …
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Three Days, Three Michelin Stars, and a Birthday Worth the Trip My mother-in-law celebrates her 80th birthday this year, and with family roots in Extremadura, it felt like the right moment to explore a region of Spain I had long wanted to know better. We set off from Madrid for three days filled with history, …
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Dublin greets visitors with Georgian symmetry, lively pubs, and a sense that every street has a story to tell. Centuries of history live comfortably alongside a vibrant modern culture. Founded by the Vikings more than a thousand years ago, Dublin has long served as Ireland's political, cultural, and literary heart. From the elegant Georgian squares …
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New Orleans. Even saying it out loud feels like a promise. A promise of warmth, music, and a meal you will talk about for months. Of a city that has survived more than most, and come out the other side more alive, more itself, more generous than ever. I have been going to New Orleans …
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Palm Beach has always had an air of glamour. It doesn't try too hard because it doesn't have to. The bougainvillea climbs, the bicycles roll down the Lake Trail, and Worth Avenue delivers its daily theater of fashion and fantasy. What has changed in recent seasons is the hotel landscape, where once a handful of …
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There's a moment we hear about more often than we'd like: a client gets home from a trip and mentions, almost in passing, that they cancelled their original booking and just found something on their own because they "didn't want to bother us." We want to say this as warmly as possible: please bother us. …
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There are destinations that enchant you, and then there are those that stop you completely in your tracks. Colombia has always been both. For those of us who have been visiting for years (falling in love with its colours, its warmth, its food, its extraordinary people), we have long known what the rest of the …
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First Time in Sydney One never forgets their first visit to what may be one of the loveliest cities in the world. Surrounded by dazzling water, stylish people, historic buildings, and awe-inspiring landmarks, Sydney just feels good. Just hours after arriving in the glorious city that would bookmark our one-month adventure through Australia, my husband …
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