Going Solo: The Benefits of Traveling Alone

By Brenna Holland | July 25, 2017 |

A little over a decade ago, a novelist named Elizabeth Gilbert set out on a one-woman journey towards self-discovery that took her through Italy, India and Indonesia. Her resulting memoir became one of the most popular beach reads of 2006, and Gilbert’s solo quest around the globe was described as emancipatory and inspirational. The world…

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The Art of a Vermont Winter

By Michael Scivoli | January 17, 2017 |

In 1928, Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis and his famed journalist wife, Dorothy Thompson, purchased a farm in the hinterlands of Vermont. It wasn’t long before the newlyweds realized they had found their perfect home on a 300-acre property beset with rolling hills, orchards and picturesque views in every direction—all for just $10,000. Over the…

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