Blogs by Trip Type - Weekend Getaway

Before traveling to the East Fork Farm, we stayed in a sweet, light-filled studio in downtown Asheville with 15-foot tin ceilings, a grand piano, a wall of mirrors, dozens of beautiful green plants and the best sunlight. The studio is one of many on an old market alley that used to be full of merchants, farmers, butchers, crafters and wholesalers. Today, the street is occupied by artists, dance st...

Check out this perfectly countrified Federal manor in the Hudson Valley. I came across the impeccably revamped rustic 1790s gem on Travels with Clara, but there’s a three-night-minimum snag. I think I’ll tuck it away for a trip when we have more time to enjoy it. The Details Three bedrooms; $400 a night (minimum three nights). Major chef’s kitchen, including Viking stove and all the tools of...

As you drive through the tiny, perfect Irish village of Enniskerry on your way to the Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt, you notice adorable restaurants like Poppie’s, Nancy Murphy’s Pub, and Emilia’s, and start making plans to try all of them. When you drive through the tree-lined, green-lined road and arrive, you feel like you’re entering a movie set of Ireland, which makes sense since Braveheart...

Once you arrive in Sayulita, you’ll get why photographer Anne Menke and her husband Johann moved their family from New York City a couple years ago, making this village on the Pacific Coast of Mexico their full-time address. They were so into it, they even helped start the first green school in Mexico, the The Costa Verde International School, where their three boys attend. But before building t...