Sydney Baker

3 weeks ago | yardbarker.com | Sydney Baker

A trip somewhere fun is always a good idea. But, a big trend in the past decade has been experiential travel, where what you do on the trip is just as important as the destination. A golf trip is the ideal iteration of this type of vacation, as courses are often located on resort grounds or in fun cities. We’ve rounded up 22 amazing spots to take a golf trip in the United States.

4 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Sydney Baker

Mom and I at Bondi during my exchange at the University of Sydney. Photo / Sydney BakerWhat happens when you become the ‘airport dad’ and your parents are simply along for the ride? A lot of joy, chaos and unexpected life lessons, writes Sydney Baker Growing up, my family rarely travelled abroad. The only other country we visited was Canada and that was simply because we lived a few hours from the border in the era of passport-free crossings.

1 month ago | fodors.com | Sydney Baker

Whether or not you’re a fan of the outdoors or not, climate change will likely force many of us to face a lot of these issues, so it's best to be prepared. This year has provided endless reasons to replace screens with time spent in nature. As a stereotypical outdoorsy girl from the Pacific Northwest, the mountains, forest, and water have always been my happy place away from work, obligations, and existential despair.

1 month ago | dailytarheel.com | Sydney Baker

Printing news. Raising hell. Since 1893. Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Newsletters Latest print issue Last week, UNC’s interim director of access services announced steps University Libraries would be taking to essentially ban the biannual unspoken campus event: the Davis streak.

1 month ago | timeout.com | Sydney Baker

NewsMy dog and I hiked through a patch Washington wilderness once cleared by notorious logger “Dirty Harry.”Written by Sydney BakerFriday April 18 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppPhotograph: Sydney Baker for Time OutAdvertisingIn 1883, the new Seattle-Walla Walla Toll Road (now I-90) completed a much-needed connection across the Cascade Mountains between the east and west sides of the state. It also opened the area to logging, annihilating many of Washington’s iconic evergreen trees.