Through my camera lens, the lions looked startlingly close: five young brothers with silky manes, sprawled on a dune that matched the tawny color of their bodies; and a sleek older lioness, sitting high above on a rocky promontory. More
Author Archives: Sarah Gold
See the Creative Side of Aspen
Powder season and the X Games get all the hype, but there’s a thriving artistic side to this Rocky Mountain town year round.
Crowd Surfing
There aren’t enough waves for everyone who wants to surf. More
Mexico’s Los Cabos Resort Bounces Back
A year after being battered by a hurricane, the Baja hot spot is buzzing again.
When I first fell for Los Cabos—the resort area that stretches for about 20 miles between the towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula—it was for all the usual reasons. More
Chow Down in Charleston
With a slew of innovative chefs and stylish inns for both sleeping and noshing, the graceful South Carolina city is a bona fide dining destination. More
Hey! You! Get Off My Island!
How To Have Thailand’s Most Idyllic Islands (Almost) To Yourself
The Fantasy
My dream of visiting Thailand’s islands was as vivid as it was specific: I would walk along an empty beach, its sand as white and fine as sifted flour, beneath soaring rock walls. I would wade into a cerulean sea so clear that I could make out the chips in my toenail polish. And I would be profoundly, blissfully alone.
A Dot of Green in the Ocean Blue
When our dive boat captain cut the engine, just east of the island of Mayreau, we lurched for a few minutes in the cyan waters as we prepared to jump overboard. More
Great New American Food Halls
As anyone who has wandered the centuries-old epicurean aisles of Harrods in London or Le Bon Marché in Paris knows, food halls are not a new phenomenon. More
A Swim With Mexico’s Massive Whale Sharks
In the waters off the Yucatán Peninsula, travelers can get up close to the largest sharks in the world.
The Big Idea: Truly Tiny Hotels
Not long ago, staying at a hotel with fewer than 10 rooms usually meant one thing: bedding down at a guesthouse. More
