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1 week ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
This is Seatmates, my interview series where interesting people with good taste share how they travel and the ways it shapes their world. As the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Loeffler Randall, Jessie Randall has spent the last two decades bringing thoughtful, handcrafted design into wardrobes around the world. She’s also a curious, deeply creative traveler, drawn to beautiful hotels, handmade details, and quiet moments with her family.
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1 week ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Welcome back to Window Shopping: my series where, every Friday, I send you a mini letter you can peruse at your leisure, filled with things I’m browsing, loving, and discovering.
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2 weeks ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Some hotels are a place to sleep. Others are the reason you book the trip. If you’re anything like me, the hotel is the destination—or at the very least, the inspiration. That’s how I planned my first-ever bucket list trip to the South of France—with a hotel that I plucked off my vision board into my reality—and this has been my trip-planning philosophy ever since. My favorite hotels have a point of view.
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2 weeks ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Welcome back to Window Shopping: my series where, every Friday, I send you a mini letter you can peruse at your leisure, filled with things I’m browsing, loving, and discovering. More companies are ditching influencer getaways in favor of flying out real customers—think superfans, loyal shoppers, and everyday users.
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3 weeks ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
This is Seatmates, my interview series where interesting people with good taste share how they travel and the ways it shapes their world. Very few people talk about hotels with as much heart as Marissa Klurstein.
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1 month ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Welcome back to Window Shopping: my series where, every Friday, I send you a mini letter you can peruse at your leisure, filled with things I’m browsing, loving, and discovering. “Memorable Mementos” and using your credit card to maximize travel are among the top 2025 travel trends.According to Amex’s2025 Global Travel Trends Report, travelers are being much more intentional about the kinds of souvenirs they take home to remember their trips.
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1 month ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Welcome back to Window Shopping: my series where, every Friday, I send you a mini letter you can peruse at your leisure, filled with things I’m browsing, loving, and discovering. Sending this letter a little later today as I was traveling home after spending time with family. I landed on LaGuardia’s Runway 4, which had a straight-in approach—my favorite because it offers the best views. I always make sure to sit on the left side of the plane for the best vantage point.
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1 month ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Are there any places in the world you just feel pulled to, inexplicably? Paris has had this sort of magnetic effect on me for as long as I can remember. It’s certainly not an original thought, but there are plenty of other places that people romanticize—Maldives, Amalfi Coast, Santorini, etc—that I’ve never really been drawn to. Two years ago, when I finally got to visit Paris for the first time (for my wedding, no less), it was everything I’d hoped it’d be and more.
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1 month ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Welcome back to Window Shopping: my series where, every Friday, I send you a mini letter you can peruse at your leisure, filled with things I’m browsing, loving, and discovering. Sho Shibuya for Lufthansa is an airline collab that is beautiful in both meaning and execution.Sho, a contemporary artist known for his deeply expressive gradient artwork, worked with the airline to create a gradient that mirrors the view from an airplane window.
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1 month ago | 
fromthewindowseat.substack.com | Tori Simokov
Welcome back to Window Shopping: my series where, every Friday, I send you a short, leisurely letter you can peruse filled with things I’m browsing, loving, and discovering. Americans are spending less on Vacation; planning has reached an all-time low since 2021.Increased domestic and international airfare ($820 for domestic and $1,440 for international spring break flights), economic uncertainty, and inflation are all factors that have had a direct contribution.
