Carrie Honaker

1 week ago | travelandleisure.com | Carrie Honaker

With a warm climate year-round and 1,350 miles of coastline, Florida has lots of places to enjoy a beach vacation. There are deep shipwrecks, big waves, and surf culture on the Atlantic side, and sugar-white sand and eco paradises filled with mangroves and wildlife on the west side. There are quiet spots where you can relax with a book and buzzy stretches where beach volleyball and Jet Skis fuel the vibe. I came here for college, and 35 years later, I still call the Sunshine State home.

2 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Carrie Honaker

Credit: Courtesy of Andrew Thomas Lee for Three Waters Resort & Marina Florida’s colorful cocktail history starts with a coastline made for smuggling, a generation of seafaring outlaws, and the heady promise of Caribbean rum just beyond the reach of U.S. law. During Prohibition, boats would anchor just outside the government’s jurisdiction — what became known as Rum Row — and runners would ferry barrels of illicit spirits to waiting customers onshore.

3 weeks ago | travelandleisure.com | Carrie Honaker

The pool and exterior of Hotel Willa in the Historic District of Taos, New Mexico. Credit: Patrick Chin/Hotel Willa Hotel WillaThe guest rooms feature shelves with local art, vintage-style radios, spacious walk-in showers, traditional adobe architectural details, and a color palette that mirrors the desert landscape. Situated right on the edge of the Taos historic district, guests enjoy access to a plethora of galleries and cultural activities within walking distance.

3 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Carrie Honaker

La Alcapurria Quemá. Credit: Courtesy of Gabriela Agosto Santiago I landed in Puerto Rico with a list of places to eat and a hankering for crispy pork skin. What I didn’t expect was to find a movement reshaping how food is grown, cooked, and shared here. Meals often unfold as stories. I watch Sonia Escudero at La Alcapurria Quemá gently fold plantain dough over local crab to make the alcapurrias that she and her husband Rafi have been serving for decades from a concrete-block kitchen in La Placita.

4 weeks ago | emeraldcoastmagazine.com | Carrie Honaker

Coming in from the beach—skin still tacky with sand, feeling sun-kissed and salty—a sweet treat is the perfect capstone to a day spent on the Emerald Coast. But who wants to spend hours in the kitchen baking something when the temperatures are still soaring outside? Instead, a well-stocked pantry and freezer can be your best friend. Floats All AroundA&W popularized the root beer float, originally serving them by a carhop straight to your window.