Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... 👋 Hi friend, Big changes are brewing around here, and the countdown is on... No, it's not an April Fool's joke. I'm actually leaving Istanbul soon! I recently heard someone mention the idea of “soulmate cities,” and if I had to pick mine, it would be Istanbul. Even with the multitude of changes — some good, some bad — in both myself and my soulmate...
21 days ago • 4 min read
⏰ Deal alert + special bonus! 👋 Hi Reader, If you've ever found yourself second-guessing your travel plans or wondering whether you're missing out on the best experiences, you’re not alone. That’s exactly why my friend Michelle at Intentional Travelers created her Google Maps Travel Hacks course. It gives you the confidence and know-how to optimize your itinerary and navigate smoothly anywhere in the world. 🌍 Until midnight tomorrow (April 3), you can enroll for just $37 (soon going up to...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... 👋 Hi Reader, This week I've got an exciting collaboration with Michelle at Intentional Travelers as she gears up for the relaunch of her Google Maps Travel Hacks course, a step-by-step system to help you travel with confidence. You may know that I'm also a huge Google Maps fan since it's part of my own strategy to avoid tourist trap restaurants...
28 days ago • 4 min read
Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... This week's newsletter is a day late, forgive me. Last week, I returned to Istanbul and it feels like there's been a certain heaviness in the air, with the stirrings of change...While I was away, the weather had been warm and spring-like, but as the week progressed the temperature dropped once again. Days of clear blue sky now alternate with moody,...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... ☀ Kalimera from Kalamata, I’ll be here for the next few days for a campaign called #MyPeloponneseVibe. As you might have guessed, MY Peloponnese Vibe revolves around food, language and connecting with locals! It’s my second time in Kalamata, and I’ve spent a good deal of my trip in the old town area around their wonderful open market. I was joined...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... 👋 Hi friends,It's no secret I love visiting markets in any new city when I travel. So when I visited Naples, it was great to get a recommendations from someone who is from there - none other than Chicca from Chicca's Cooking Club! I also had a chance to catch up with Jedd & Michelle from Intentional Travelers before they all caught their train. The...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... 👋 Hi friends!I'm heading on a quick trip to a new-to-me destination this week, Naples! I've been drooling over my friend Jon's recommendations for the best pizza in Napoli. This is the time where I turn to the experts in our Savor the Journey Facebook group for advice and recommendations and as usual, they've got great ones! Have you been to...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... 👋 Hi friends!Last week, I asked you to vote for which language I should try out from Rocket Languages and the winner was.... Sign Language! So I'll be testing this out for the next few weeks, along with Spanish, Japanese and Korean.If you'd like to try out Rocket Languages, there's a few more hours left in their Valentine's Sale where you can get...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Happy Aloha Friday! Welcome to this week's roundup of tasty tidbits specially curated for you from Hawaii to Istanbul and everywhere in between... 👋 Hi friends!February is Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month) and it got me thinking about how many more resources are available these days vs when I was growing up. Here's an ʻŌlelo no'eau recorded by Mary Kawena Pukui: "I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo nō ka make.""In language, there is life; in language, there is death."– Words have...
3 months ago • 3 min read