From morning tai chi on the Bund to late-night jazz at the Peace Hotel, this Shanghai travel guide covers the city’s rhythm, food, and quiet glamour.
30 September 2025
The Magic of Monterey Jazz Festival
Under the crescent moon, legendary voices and new discoveries filled the Monterey Jazz Festival. From unforgettable sets to standout food and artisan vendors, here’s everything that made this year’s festival one to remember.
19 September 2025
Best Pumpkin Patches in Half Moon Bay to Visit This Fall
Every fall, Half Moon Bay turns into the pumpkin capital of California. Just 45 minutes south of San Francisco, the coastal town becomes a patchwork of orange fields, family-run farms, and fall festivals. Whether you’re hunting for the perfect pumpkin,…
17 September 2025
Bay Area Autumn Bucket List
Autumn in the Bay Area isn’t about pumpkin spice lattes and crunching leaves on the sidewalk (though you’ll find both). Here, fall means foggy mornings that burn off into crisp afternoons, vineyards turning golden, and a calendar packed with festivals,…
Tongli is one of the ancient water towns that edge the Yangtze Delta — a tangle of stone lanes worn smooth by centuries, canals arched with graceful bridges, and houses that lean so close to the water you can imagine…
1 September 2025
Notes on September’s Double Life
September here is unusual. On the calendar it’s the beginning of autumn — a season of sharpened pencils, new notebooks, and the quiet thrill of starting over. But in San Francisco and along the coast, September is also the beginning…
Canglang Pavilion, sometimes called the Blue Wave Pavilion, is Suzhou’s oldest garden. Quiet, poetic, and less crowded than the big names, it’s where I found rare peace among plum blossoms and bamboo.
Set on the shores of Jinji Lake, Tonino Lamborghini Suzhou blends modern luxury with nods to the city’s classical gardens. With spacious rooms, a central courtyard anchored by the “Lambo Tree,” and Suzhou flavors served at the breakfast buffet, it’s a refined lakeside retreat that feels both cosmopolitan and connected to place.
Suzhou is a city that lingers. Willow trees bend over quiet canals, pavilions mirror themselves in still water, and teahouses serve the same green leaves once favored by poets. Close enough to Shanghai for a quick escape yet rooted in its own rhythm, it moves between centuries with ease — silk markets and stone bridges by day, hidden bars and lantern-lit canals by night. This guide is everything you need to slow down and see Suzhou at its most timeless.
Summertime in Traverse City is for sticky cherry juice fingers, a waffle cone full of Moomers melting in your hand while you make it to the beach, and rosé that disappears from the glass before it ever gets warm. I’ve…
