Top 10 Travel Essentials According to Artist Explores

If there’s one thing I’ve learned after the last five years traveling the world, it’s that I know exactly how to pack a bag. Today I’m reviewing my top ten travel essentials in no particular order other than how they popped into my mind. Let’s get started:

1. travel towels

I’ve talked about my two travel towels for years and that’s for good reason. […]

Quintonil – One of the Best Restaurants in the World?

Quintonil has been named one of the 50 best restaurants in the world for the last 4 years. It was one of Evelyne’s must sees on our trip to Mexico City and I’m so glad that she booked our reservation- 3 months in advance!! Today I share my experience dining at Quintonil and my thoughts on this unique and expensive restaurant.

Ride the Cog Railway up Mount Washington

“All aboard” the conductor enthusiastically welcomed the crowd out of the rain and into the shelter of the purple cog railway train car. We were very ready to board. After over an hour drive we has arrived just in time to miss our scheduled 1:30 train ride. Which left us attempting to catch the next one at 2:30. We had waited over […]

MURAL – Montreal’s Street Art Festival

It’s a little bit ironic that I’ve spent my entire life just a few hours from the Canadian boarder and yet up until a few months ago I’d never actually been. I mused to myself as I cruised with the windows down, music blaring. It was also ironic to be heading south even though my final destination was a northern one. I […]

Street Art of San Jose, Costa Rica

I’ll admit the feedback I got when I first asked around about San Jose wasn’t positive. Before arriving, I started to plan how I was going to get out of the city as fast as possible to get the most of other destinations in Costa Rica. But without renting a car I was going to be stuck in San Jose for one […]

Into the Garden – Joining the Seacoast Artist Association

For a traveler setting in roots can be challenging. While I’ve realized full time travel out of a backpack isn’t my thing I find settling down particularly difficult. New Hampshire was never where I would have thought I’d end up settling into a routine. But here I am, setting roots. Investing more time into my artwork and building up the local art […]