*This sunset at Kaanapali Beach on my list night Maui, Hawaii in November 2019 was one of the highlights of the year*

Travel Highlights of 2019!

Jenne Raub December 29, 2019

One of my biggest accomplishments for the year has been resurrecting this blog and getting caught up with a lot of belated posts. On New Year’s Day, I wrote down as one of my goals “update your blog” and it only took me until mid-November to start making it happen. Well, better late than never!

Since starting this blog, I’ve traded in long trips for short ones (one of the big insights from my four months in Southeast Asia was I enjoy having a “normal job”) but I stil have had an amazing year filled with lots of great adventures.

A return to Madrid (plus Sevilla and Cordoba)

Jenne Raub December 21, 2019

Many times when we think about travel, we immediately think about going somewhere new. That kind of travel is all about novelty: new landscapes, new cultures, a new understanding of the world around us.

But there’s another kind of travel, one that may be a bit overlooked or underappreciated: traveling to places we’ve already been. Some of my best trips, incidentally, have not been to brand new locales, but returns to places I’ve lived and loved, from New York City and Miami to London and Madrid.

*These pools were made for soaking… the lush chill vibes of Two Bunch Palms, 25 minutes outside of Palm Springs*

Spa Goals: Two Bunch Palms

Jenne Raub December 12, 2019

After a particularly cold and chilly August, I suggested to a friend living in LA we meet up for a weekend in Palm Springs. (When you’ve lived in San Francisco for a while, you begin to get strategic about planning escapes to hot weather!)

To my joy, my friend said yes — then suggested we skip staying in Palm Springs proper and head to a place she loved in nearby Desert Hot Springs, a little resort enclave boasting hot mineral waters known as Two Bunch Palms. Hot mineral waters? Spa treatments? Hot desert sunshine? In!