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9 Comfy, Stylish Shoe Brands for Travel

January 6, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

People want functional footwear more than ever when they travel– but that doesn’t mean you should have to sacrifice style for comfort. Fortunately, these super comfy walking shoe brands make excellent sandals, sneakers, active footwear, booties, and trendy little strappy numbers that are both attractive and supportive. Below, we spotlight the best comfortable, stylish shoe […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: airplane travel, gift guide

The 8 Best Breakfast & Brunch Spots in Alexandria, Virginia

January 5, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

The best breakfast + brunch spots in Alexandria, Virginia reflect the locavore foodie ethos of this charming historic city. Whether you’re looking for a fancy new age restaurant, a healthy option, or a traditional greasy spoon, Alexandria can provide it– especially if you know where to look. Fortunately, like all of our bespoke restaurant guides, […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, restaurants, small town america, virginia

The 6 Best Birthday Cake Bakeries in Washington, D.C.

January 1, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Those looking for beautiful, unique, delicious birthday cakes in Washington, D.C. are often unsure of where to look, defaulting into a very “DC” mindset of assuming that all the cool bakeries are in other cities. This, however, is not true! Washington, D.C. has several amazing bakeries and cake shops for designing perfect birthday cakes for […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, bakeries, birthday cake

15 ‘Emily in Paris’ Destinations You Can Visit in Real Life

January 1, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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If the filming locations of Emily in Paris have done anything for the city, it’s to add some fun and spontaneity into the typical list of standard Parisian experiences that most visitors already have on their travel bucket lists.  Since the show debuted in the middle of the 2020 pandemic, it’s garnered cheeky praise for […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: europe, Europe travel, european cities, Paris, pop culture

The 5 Best Poke Spots on O’ahu, Hawai’i

November 13, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Poke really is one of the most delightful beach foods you can eat when visiting an island like O’ahu. Hawai’i is a great place to enjoy fresh, Pacific-caught fish, and poke honors that tradition here beautifully. Accordingly, this guide to the best poke on Oahu is culled from a long list of worthy contenders, as […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, Hawaii, restaurants, Travel Guide

Cool Experience: Where To Dig-Your-Own Peanuts in Northern Virginia

October 23, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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For those looking for a super unique, only-in-Virginia activity, digging your own peanuts is a bucket list experience. To that end, Hollin Farms in Delaplane, Virginia is one of the coolest and only places where you can easily dig your own peanuts in Virginia’s beautiful farm country– and with mountain views, to boot!  As we […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: nature, peanut butter, virginia

At This Charming Paw Paw Festival in Maryland, America’s “Secret Fruit” Shines

October 7, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Momentum is growing behind a beautiful Paw Paw Festival that takes place at a 25-acre homestead in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Frederick, Maryland– an event that’s fast becoming one of the DMV area’s best-kept secrets in the realm of local food.  Paw Paws (Asimina triloba) are a somewhat elusive regional fruit […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas, Travel Well Tagged With: nature, small town america, washington dc

The 5 Best Places to Go Apple Picking in Northern Virginia (& Pumpkin Picking, Too!)

October 4, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Apple picking in Northern Virginia is almost as fun as pumpkin picking in Northern Virginia. Fortunately, at many of the farms on this personally-vetted list, you can do both!   Even the people who live in the area don’t always know that Virginia is a state known for its incredible depth and variety of apples. NPR […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: nature, virginia

9 Cool Things to Do in Cumberland, Maine

September 10, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Cumberland, Maine is a lovely little idyllic town in Southern Maine that’s known for its peaceful recreation areas and luxuriously slow summer living. It’s full of charmingly expansive farmland, lush wooded areas, and welcoming small town New England heritage that makes it a nice place to, quite frankly, simply wander around.   Having a car is […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: Maine, nature, small town america

The 10 Coolest Brunch Spots in Los Angeles

September 8, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Seemingly no one works in L.A.– or at least that’s what you’d think when regarding brunch crowds on any given day of the week. Brunch, moreover, is a whole experience in Los Angeles. Like brunch in New York, brunch in LA is a place where people like to linger, see, and be seen while dining […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, California, los angeles, restaurants

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