During our endless search for Colombian artisan goods, we’ve gone on many long road trips visiting gorgeous pueblos and hotelitos along the way. Some of our favorite stops are just a few hours from Bogotá and others, a bit more remote. Colombia is a huge country with one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world - driving a few hours in any direction can feel like entering an entirely different country. We like to travel slowly; we try to spend at least 3-4 days in each place and we usually take long meandering walks, asking locals what to do, see or eat, if there are any regionally specific crafts, and generally just take in as much as we can. Over the course of 3 years we have travelled to 14 of Colombia’s 32 different departments and still have only scratched the surface. If you have a couple of weeks you can have a beach vacation, jungle adventure, and charming-colonial-town getaway all in the same trip. At the risk of sounding like a commercial tagline: Colombia really does have it all.

A journey through cheese and an imaginary golden-hour escape.

Dressing a table in a beautiful way can be a way to escape from our day-to-day routines, even traveling without leaving our homes. To keep spirits high and together with Formaje, we welcomed Spring with a beautiful table setting that will take us to aperitivo time under the Mediterranean sun.

Kelly, 33, her sister Samantha, 23, and Kelly's daughter Ireland, 7 took their first trip since the pandemic started in March of last year. After being all locked up for almost two months, what better than a girls trip to disconnect and reconnect with nature, outdoors, breathing pure and fresh air in a wild and tropical environment. The quarantine has exhausted, and socially distanced us, but if we have to think about it in a positive way, it has united us with our family members and has made us value the small pleasures of life, which before seemed so insignificant. These three women, after spending so much time together locked up, have not thought of a better plan!

A curated list of music, books and films that will transport you all over Italy.

We sat down with Nicole Federico, the woman behind Virgin Suncare to talk about New York. A nomad at heart, Nicole calls her city “the center of inspiration for all that she does”. Read below to discover her secret spots in Tribeca and Downtown New York City.

I draw a breath. Instantly hit with hot earthiness, toasted pine and a distant whiff of salt, I’m trying to have my eyes wide open to fully take these new surroundings in — but every inch of every thing seems to be drenched in blazing sun rays. It takes a while until my vision adapts a little, and an all-white backdrop starts to break into detailed pieces — magenta drops of blossoming bougainvillea upon white-washed walls of bucolic buildings, dusted green of old olive trees, shimmer of the sea in the distance.

Art director and Made Some Souvenirs designer Madelyn Somers grew up in Los Angeles surrounded by a creative family. After living in New York for seven years, she just returned to LA and is now based in Los Feliz, in a colorful paradise full of vintage treasures and items that bring nothing but happiness. Step inside her colorful world and let her give us a tour to sunny LA.

Located in the charming Justicia neighbourhood Hermanas Arce is the project of sisters Elena and Ana, serving delicious pastries, natural food and artisan coffee. On the menu you’ll find simple but wholesome dishes: don’t miss the tortitas (pancakes), the avocado toast with chimichurri and the salted chocolate cookie for a perfect ending. The sunlit cafe space is the perfect space to bring a book or your laptop if you have to work- you’ll feel at home.

It can sometimes be hard to relax when you are travelling. If you’re constantly making plans for the remainder of your trip or checking your phone for updates from home or work, how can you switch off? One way that we like to unwind and disconnect during a trip is by wild swimming, another is by embracing the Japanese tradition of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing.

After spending a great part of the lockdown in New York, my husband and I travelled to Amsterdam for much needed time with family and old friends. What awaited us was an electric city, still warm with the last rays of summer, buzzing with restaurants, terraces and winebars.

Marina Cortbawi is a citizen of the world. After studying in Paris and London, she moved to New York where she now has her studio in Brooklyn. Cortbawi is the creative mind behind the clothing label Merlette, a brand created for the woman on the go. We had a chat with Marina about her favorite places in Sydney only locals know about.

There really is nothing better than lowering yourself (or leaping) into a body of water on a hot summer’s day. Not only does the cool water relieve your body from stifling hot temperatures, but wild swimming helps you to relax and feel rejuvenated. Whether you’re diving into a freshwater lake or floating in salty seawater, open water swimming is the perfect way to cool off this summer.

Slow travel is an art, a mindset that we can all tap into whenever we’re craving more meaningful connection and purposeful experiences. As lockdown becomes a thing of the past, we’ll be seeking those small but impactful moments throughout our travels—shifting our focus to getaways that are spent savoring the simple things rather than giving in to the experience everything mentality.

We’re heading south with creative director Lucy Folk, founder of her namesake brand, to Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. The nomadic lifestyle brand has always been heavily influenced by Lucy’s travels - each collection ignites a sense of wanderlust and a yearning for an endless summer. Below, Lucy shares her most treasured spots.

Travel is different this year. As tourism is slowly opening back up, many of us are stepping back and considering how we want to travel going forwards. Now is the perfect time to adopt a slower pace of travel, and to change the way that we see the world. We love staying in beautifully curated boutique hotels but are open to alternative ways of seeing the world.

French designer & artist Sarah Espeute lives and works in Marseille where she creates series of paintings and embroidered objects as collections called "sensitive pieces of art". We collaborated with her to create our dream dinner scenario, inspired by our eternal love for the Mediterranean, we imagined this dreamy dinner with friends after a long warm day swimming at the sea, drinking wine and cava under the sun. We were also curious about her life in Marseille: below, her favorite spots to eat, swim & be inspired.