There’s something innately therapeutic about digging your hands into soil or watching plants peacefully compete for the sun’s attention. In today’s fast paced world where people are relentlessly connected to work and stressors, it’s easy to forget the value of spending some reflective time outside – in silence. Luckily for us, there are independent hotels […]
As the child of a self-proclaimed “tree hugger”, I was raised to make a conscious effort to leave the world a little bit better than when I entered it. So I do my part when it comes to protecting our environment. I turn off the lights when I leave a room, I sort my recycling, […]
Mosquito bites, sunburn, Ray Bans, fireworks… nothing says summer more than making s’mores under a starry sky. But if s’mores say summer, what does your s’mores style say about you? Here we round up some different approaches to this molten dessert, and make some wild (and rigorously scientific) assumptions about you. The Traditionalist Kraft ®Jet-Puffed […]
Washington wines, home grown organic food, yoga, native botanical spa treatments … this no-frills but all-the-essentials resort gives you a culturally-informed, nature-inspired experience of the North Cascades. What we love: Art installations throughout the grounds commissioned to speak to the setting—Dale Chihuly’s glass “Icicle Creek Chandelier” installation hangs over Icicle Creek. Chef Joshua Holmes developed his kitchen […]