5 Hotels That Take Spa Time as Seriously as You Should Take Mother’s Day

April 22, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Remember that time mom stayed home when you had a scratchy throat and made you chicken noodle soup? That time she woke up at the crack of dawn to get you to your practice? Or remember the time she birthed you? Ok, fair enough, you probably don’t remember that one. But it did happen. And it wasn’t easy. Thank you, mom.

Cures for Cabin Fever (East Coast)

February 20, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

Warm weather retreats are great for those who can’t stand bundling up. But for those among us who enjoy sipping hot cocoa fireside after a day in the woods cross-country skiing and identifying animal tracks in the snow, for you powder hounds taking lap after lap up and down the mountain before relaxing in an outdoor hot tub […]

EmBARK on an Adventure to These Pet-Spoiling Hotels

September 8, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

In honor of National Dog Day – which recently reminded us to celebrate dogs and all they do for us (as if we needed a reminder) – let’s take a look at some hotels throughout the country that go above and beyond simply “allowing” our four-legged friends to walk their hallways. Hotel Providence – Providence, RI […]

Four Hotels with Green-Thumb Gardens

July 7, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

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 […]

Hotels to Dine For

October 30, 2014.Reading time 10 minutes.

I love to cook, under certain circumstances. Circumstances that I find hard to duplicate in my California bungalow kitchen. These include but are not limited to: ingredients prepped by a professional chef. Said professional chef on the scene offering instructions and light banter. Six or so friends to cook with, someone else to do the dishes, fast and […]

New to Stash: The Essex Resort & Spa, Burlington VT

May 6, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

The population of The Essex at any given time includes chefs to teach you cooking and make you delicious restaurant meals, chickens in the gardens supplying eggs for breakfast, and very happy visitors playing tennis, strolling through the English-style flower gardens, working their way through offerings from local microbreweries and wineries, and making sure the hammocks don’t get lonely out […]