Victoria Black

Nov 23, 2023 | departures.com | Alex Frank |T. Cole Rachel |Sophie Mancini |Elissa Polls |Hailey Andresen |Cooper Fleishman | +5 more

Stays Plus, A Houston getaway, a lakeside gem in Geneva, and a family jaunt to the Dominican Republic. THE STRANGE THING about an excellent hotel is that it almost doesn’t matter where it’s located. Some hotels are a reprieve from chaotic surroundings, while others offer a glimpse into what makes that location worth visiting.

Sep 22, 2023 | departures.com | Elissa Polls |Victoria Black

“EVERY DAY I spend in Big Sur I believe adds five days to my life,” says Mike Freed, the owner of Post Ranch Inn, a sublime property nestled among the oceanside cliffs that stretch along California’s Highway 1. We chat over a chef’s tasting menu beginning with charred romaine with a peanut vinaigrette and mint on the patio featuring views so breathtaking that they can humble even the most seasoned traveler. At 1,200 feet above the Pacific Ocean, I feel as if I’m floating among the clouds.

Sep 21, 2023 | departures.com | Jeremy Malman |Victoria Black

LIVING IN NEW YORK, everything was a thing — a treacherous, slogful grind of a thing. Fortunately, my family and I moved to Paris last September, and what I’ve come to learn is that everything in Paris is also a thing. Only here it’s a gloriously historic, golden-plated, impossibly tailored, intellectually pleasing, all-five-senses-turned-on kind of thing. Traveling through Paris, just getting from point A to point B is such a wonderful event, and today is no different.

Sep 14, 2023 | departures.com | Sophie Mancini |Victoria Black

WHILE I WAS growing up, my social life was largely shaped by gatherings at the Calvo-Plateros’ house. Their daughter, the endlessly charming Clio, is my best friend. With an Italian father and English mother, the multicultural family would host sprawling candlelit dinners full of fellow expats and creatives.

Aug 23, 2023 | departures.com | Sophie Mancini |Victoria Black

AS A HOSPITAL psychiatrist in Seoul, Woori Moon faced a seemingly intractable problem: the numbers were not adding up. South Korea has 2.5 million citizens with mental health issues and only 3,000 psychiatrists.