• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Grace & Lightness Magazine

Inspiring Wonder. Traveling Better. Making Mental Health Cool.

  • Mood Recipes
  • Life Coaching
  • Anxiety Hacks
  • Travel Well
  • Cool Ideas

Travel Well

9 Gorgeous Vineyards For Wine Tasting in Charlottesville, Virginia

April 22, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

wine tasting charlottesville virginia

Going wine tasting in Charlottesville, Virginia is a Bucket List experience in this beloved foodie town, which is secretly one of the most beautiful places to go wine tasting in America.  Celebrity Chef Jose Andres once said that this bucolic, verdant region of the Blue Ridge is “more beautiful than the Napa Valley”! (And that’s […]

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

8 Cool Places to Eat Near Yale

April 20, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

best-restaurants-new-haven

The best restaurants in New Haven, Connecticut are often those located in and around Yale. This is just the reality of having a proximate population of hungry students and faculty from all over the world who have a wide variety of interests and culinary preferences.  As a result, the restaurant scene in New Haven is […]

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

Enjoy Tulip Picking in Rhode Island at Wicked Tulips Flower Farm

April 18, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

tulip-picking-in-rhode-island

Wicked Tulips Flower Farm is hands-down the best place to go tulip picking in Rhode Island– and likely all of New England. Every spring, you can pick tulips at this magical flower farm in Exeter, Rhode Island while strolling amongst the bright, cheerful rows of tulips with joyous, carefree abandon. It’s a lovely hidden gem […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: nature, rhode island, small town america, yoga

An Insider’s Guide to Portland, Oregon (10 Must-Do Activities)

April 16, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

Portland, Oregon is one of America’s most mercurial cities– at once hipster, anachronistic, and culturally self-serious, but also fun-loving, beautifully entwined with nature, and rife with charming Americana.  In addition to excellent coffee, donuts, and bookstores, the city is famous for its quintessentially normcore fashion, wild- and foraged locavore food scene, offbeat cultural happenings, and […]

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

The 8 Best Restaurants in Santorini (For Beautiful Views + Food)

April 15, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Santorini has long been considered the most beautiful Greek island– and easily the one with the most cosmopolitan appeal. As a result, Santorini’s best restaurants are those that bring together both outstanding culinary prowess and incredible views. Long, leisurely meals are a whole vibe in Santorini. Having a sunset dinner is a quintessential experience on […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: europe, Europe travel, european cities, restaurants

The 9 Best Brunch Spots in Georgetown, DC (Trust Us)

April 15, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Georgetown is one of the most charming neighborhoods in Washington, D.C..– and nowhere does that play out more visibly than in the various brunch and breakfast options that the neighborhood has to offer. The best breakfast and brunch spots in Georgetown, moreover, are also some of the best brunch spots in the entire city (and […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, restaurants, washington dc

The 6 Best Lobster Rolls in Kennebunkport, Maine

April 10, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Searching for the “best” lobster roll in Kennebunkport, Maine, is sort of like searching for the “best” grain of sand on any of the beautiful local beaches: it’s hard to find one that’s better than the rest. This is because there are so many great options!   As we wrote in our Insider’s Guide to Kennebunkport, […]

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

The 9 Best Breakfast & Brunch Spots in Charlottesville, Virginia

April 10, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

best-breakfast-charlottesville-virginia

The best breakfast and brunch spots in Charlottesville, Virginia reflect the decidedly locavore ethos of this charming foodie city.  From farm-to-table touchstones and classic greasy spoons to European-inspired bakeries and international cuisine, Cville offers a great variety of breakfast dining options– as long as you know where to look.  Between the cosmopolitan influence of the […]

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

The 11 Best, Most Charming Yoga Studios in NYC

April 8, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

best-yoga-studios-nyc_Humming-Puppy

New York is a city full of people who are always rushing around– which is exactly why the best yoga studios in NYC are also some of the best in the country. (Busy people need a place to relax, after all.) As a result of its bustling culture, yoga is not only many New Yorkers’ […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, city guide, exercise, fitness, neck tension, nyc, self care, yoga

The 15 Best Restaurants in Charlottesville, Virginia (+ Other Locavore Gems)

April 8, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 3 Comments

best-restaurants-charlottesville-va

In the years that I spent as an undergraduate tour guide at the University of Virginia, I loved gushing to visitors about Charlottesville’s incredible local food scene. The best restaurants in Charlottesville range from humble mom-n-pop hole-in-the-walls to world-class gems featuring globally seasoned chefs– and at the time, I used to love telling people how, […]

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

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to page 5
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 13
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Sign up for the G&L Newsletter!

  • Understanding Ho’oponopono: A Beautiful Hawaiian Teaching About Forgiveness

  • 15 Cool Bucket List Things to Do in Northern Virginia

  • Ted Lasso’s Biscuit Recipe (The Real Recipe from The Show)

  • The 15 Best Restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina (& What To See While You’re There)

  • The 15 Best Restaurants in Charlottesville, Virginia (+ Other Locavore Gems)

  • A Quick Breakdown of Byron Katie’s “The Work”, & How To Practice At Home

  • The 12 Best Restaurants in Santa Fe for Unforgettable Meals

  • The 15 Best Restaurants in Milan, Italy (+ Some Cool Must-Try Local Delicacies!)

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

  • The 9 Best Natural Eczema Creams of 2025

Search The Archive

Footer

Pages

  • About This Magazine
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Copyright © 2025 Grace & Lightness Magazine