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Staying at the Shore hotel was incredible. I cannot recommend it enough. Unfortunately we were only able to stay one night, otherwise I’d have much more information to share, photograph and post about. But either way, here’s a preview of what you can expect if you decide to stay at the beautiful Shore Hotel in downtown Santa Monica, CA.

When my husband surprised me with a trip to the Heavenly Lodge at Lake Tahoe, I didn’t even hesitate to say yes. It was a perfect panorama view of Lake Tahoe’s beauty in its entirety. The Tamarack Lodge has a mini selection of wine and beer, but it’s the perfect accompaniment to a healthy salad lunch. The Heavenly Lodge and Lake Tahoe provided us with so much beauty, adventures, and memories that I didn’t’ miss the chance to book a surprise trip for my husband around Christmas.

So there’s a huge possibility my “girl boss” side radiated in both good and bad ways in the bachelorette group chat, especially in collecting money. My girl boss side did bring a huge advantage in my travel organization… notably, an epic bachelorette planning travel board, without which I would have been utterly lost. Between ordering matching shirts, planning games and surprises, organizing travel, and booking the AirBnB – all whilst helping the bride with her invitations, wedding dress shopping, assisting in arrangements for her wedding guests and finding my own bridesmaid dress – planning the excursions was a bit more than I could handle. ” Side note: If you’re planning an excursion with a large group, inquire about group discounts.

Legendary Copenhagen restaurant Noma may be temporarily closed, but that doesn’t mean fans of chef René Redzepi’s influential, Michelin-starred cuisine will have to wait until the new location opens later this year Much like Redzepi’s previous Noma incarnations, the Tulum pop-up—which bows April 12th under a canopy of palm trees on a cleared edge of jungle behind La Zebra hotel—will offer a never-before-seen menu featuring hyper-local ingredients. And though Redzepi is known for his love of foraging, he won’t be depending on found ingredients alone to make up the (much-discussed) $600-per-person multi-course dinner; This time around, the Noma team has partnered with Traspatio Maya, a nonprofit network of 15 Mayan communities located around the Yucatán Peninsula, to provide indigenous crops like white naal teel corn, xtop pepita (pumpkin seeds), rare wild bee larva (whose harvest only occurs during a crescent moon when the larvae are in development), and pure sweet-and-sour melipona honey from the Calakmul reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site. We have many chef friends throughout Mexico: Roberto Solis from Néctar in Mérida has been an incredible help to us; Jorge Vallejo from Quintonil in Mexico City; Enrique Olvera from Pujol has been a friend and advisor from when we made the first decision to come; we are having wine from Jair Téllez from Baja, Lalo from Máximo Bistrot has taken us to farms in the countryside; Benito from Manzanilla in Ensenada hooked us up with all of the great seafood; chef Alex and Lily Ruiz are helping us get our tomatoes from Oaxaca; Gaby Ruiz is picking jackfruits and guanabana for us in Tabasco; Tomas from Guadalajara helped us find clams in the Sea of Cortez; the list goes on and on.