Category: Leisure
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On Taste
Taste is often mistaken for preference. We describe someone as having good taste because we admire what they choose—the hotel, the restaurant, the destination, the home, the clothing. The assumption is that taste is revealed through acquisition, as though it were simply a matter of selecting the right things. In reality, taste is something else…
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On Romance
Romance in travel is often reduced to scenery. It is marketed through sunsets, candlelight, and predictable gestures meant to signal intimacy. Yet the most meaningful romantic journeys are rarely defined by staging. They are defined by attention — to one another, and to the space that surrounds the experience. Travel alters perspective. It removes routine,…