These silent retreats feature yoga, meditation, and therapies that can improve health and wellness, inside and out!
Journey Inward: The Best Silent Retreats Around The World

Food, wine & culture for the ethical traveler

These silent retreats feature yoga, meditation, and therapies that can improve health and wellness, inside and out!
In 2007, a collective called Futurefarmers instigated a demonstration garden in front of San Francisco’s City Hall. This Victory Garden was a constellation of 10 …
“Did you know that every state in the US makes wine?” Today’s instructor for the sommelier certification course through Sommelier Society of America course in …
“Do you know what Italians do when they eat? They drink wine. Do you know what Italians do when they drink wine? They eat. It …

For those with a DSLR — or Digital Single Lens Reflex — in auto mode, it’s time to learn how to take the pictures YOU …
“What’s something you find particularly confusing about Burgundy?” Today Mr. Jordan Ross, a wine writer and photographer with a degree from the University of California …
Growing populations and shrinking resources strain the environment and stress its human inhabitants. Developed in 1978, permaculture aims to better prepare people for an uncertain …

Recently I had the pleasure of taking a “Wine & Cheese Pairing” course at New York City’s Brooklyn Winery. The class — which was curated …

Travel isn’t always pretty. Intrepid traveler and wildlife volunteer Shara Johnson tells us about an eye-opening and somewhat difficult experience working at the Uganda Wildlife Education …
If you ever find yourself in Russia, and someone offers you a glass of Vodka, you don’t turn it down. The same is true in …