Fathom assistant editor Berit Baugher just returned from a trip to Bermuda.Just back from: Bermuda.Was it your first time? Yes, and I already want to go back! I had no idea how quick the flight is (less than two hours from New York).How long were you there? Three days.Why did you go? For work. The Bermuda Department of Tourism wanted to show off their beautiful island and its hotels.What was the best tip you got before you left? I didnt get

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEO- So this is how John Derian makes those decoupage plates. I have many in my apartment, and I love giving them as gifts. After watching this video about the creative process, I want to be his intern.Jeralyn, editorial director- I thought I was a good packer until I saw these works by Michael Johansson, a Swedish artist w

NEW YORK – Last night at McNally Jackson Books, Fathom got together with publisher FSG on behalf of Rosecrans Baldwins new book, Paris, I Love You but Youre Bringing Me Down. In conversation with Sloane Crosley (I Was Told Thered Be Cake), he spoke about living the American dream in Paris, the art of kissing hello, and what Karl Lagerfeld looks like in real life. The Lillet rosé flowed and the macarons crumbled.FOR

When screenwriter and producer Suzanne Weinert took a break from her Texas movie-making schedule to check into Lake Austin Spa Resort, she found a cinematically perfect experience.AUSTIN, Texas – Let me say right up front that I am not a morning person. Nor am I a Monday person. Needless to say, my assistant does not look forward to Monday mornings. But something interesting happened on a recent Monday morning.INT. OFFICE - 9 AM MORNINGI ar

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Jeralyn, editorial director- My sister graduated from college this week, and that got me thinking about commencement speeches. Brain Pickings selected 5 1/2 favorites. The common theme? Develop your own compass, build your own path, adhere to your own sense of direction.- Type City is Hong Seon Jangs miniature metropolis made from vintage lett

Fathom assistant editor Berit Baugher just returned from a spring jaunt in Denmark.So, what brought you to Copenhangen? Ive always wanted to visit a Scandinavian country. I was excited when the opportunity arose!Was it your first time? Yes.What was the best tip you got before you left? Bring warm clothes. And remember that Denmark has its own currency, the krone, with an exchange rate thats similar to the euro.Whats the #1 tip youd giv

On her first trip to Copenhagen, Fathom assistant editor Berit Baugher makes a few anthropolgical observations.COPENHAGEN – After working with a few Danes who raved about their hometown, Copenhagen climbed to the top of my travel priority list. At first glance it doesnt seem so different from other European cities — theres a strong sense of history in the architecture, the cobblestones are plentiful, and everyone is tall and well

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOIve been on the road in Venice, the Amalfi Coast, and Croatia for the past few weeks with laughable internet access. Not that Im complaining. The view of Dubrovnik and the Adriatic from my room at the just-renovated Villa Orsula is so hypnotizing Ive forgotten how to type. Tomorrow the trip ends in Zagreb and Im cramming by reading Anj

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOI left Italy and Croatia four days before the European Football Championship kicked off. I know nothing about soccer, but I love a good match and I appreciate Esquire UKs alternative guide. (Though, guys, really, wheres Italy?)On the topic of things-Im-not-usually-into, Croatia is all about camping, and Ive been drooling over the images on

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOIve been on the road a lot in the last month (Italy, Croatia, Barbados), and Im happy to stay put for a while and travel on my laptop. Im totally digging the street art compiled by Bored Panda — Prometheus rolling a ball of people up stairs, weeds as a ladys pubic hair, Pac-Man eating a crosswalk.This is what London markets looked lik

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOI love a why-didnt-someone-think-of-this-sooner project. KonaRed makes a healthy superfruit drink using the discards of coffee production in Hawaii. So smart, and I cant wait to taste it. Thanks to The Cultureist for finding the story.French Vogue has images from the photo exhibit at Colette Paris of the work of self-taught South African ph

Sally Horchow may live in Los Angeles, but Nantucket feels like home. Heres a locals guide to what to do on the island.NANTUCKET – My family started traveling to Nantucket from Dallas in the summer of 1974 to escape the Texas heat. We rented a house each summer and eventually built one. Once I left for boarding school and then college, it was Nantucket I would come home to every summer, not Dallas. Its where my family congregates. I got mar

You may think Vegas is all poker chips and strippers. Oh no. New York style and travel writer Rima Suqi found the real action: the machine guns, the race cars, the off-roading, the killer kobe meatballs. When she went to Las Vegas, she said yes to everything: snakeskin pedicures, machine guns, bulldozers, race cars, mafia wire taps, spa treatments, and extra dessert.LAS VEGAS – I recently spent a week in Vegas. You read that correctly. Seve

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOThe Skinnydipping Report: Apparently, Im having a naked summer. Exhibit A: I was in Croatia last month. Theyre obsessed with nude beaches and campgrounds. (I did not partake.) Exhibit B: I was at Grace Bay Club in Turks and Caicos last weekend. The water is calm and especially warm at midnight. (Who wouldnt go skinnydipping?) Neither destin

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOThis July 4 holiday weekend, Jeralyn went to Italy and Crysal went to Shanghai. Berit and I stayed local to New York City, but because I was in the Hamptons, I missed the fireworks over the Hudson River. Instead I watched this big pyrotechnic extravaganza from 2008, especially dgging the action at :58, 1:02, and 1:10, and the memory-lane ve

Links We Love, a compendium of what were reading and watching right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOI spent extra time clicking around Fathoms 24 Favorite Blogs and Websites this week and came down with a heavy case of travel envy induced by compelling photography.Trail of Crumbs is in Belize. Part 1: Habaneros and tiny islands. Part 2: Mountain pines and Mayan ruins. Part 3:  Pork tacos and colorful textiles.Another So

Links We Love, a compendium of what were loving right now. Happy armchair traveling.Pavia, founder/CEOMy friend (and Fathom contributor) Rafat Ali has launched his long-awaited new project: Skift, my new go-to for smart, informed travel industry news. And thats just the beginning. I cant wait to see where he and co-founder Jason Clampet take it.In 1988, I rode the Moscow subway for the first time. My two vivid memories: The escalators were

Just off the Tuscan coastline equidistant to Rome and Florence lies Monte Argentario, a bizarrely-shaped peninsula connected to the mainland by three narrow strips of land. Fathom contributing editor Christina Ohly and her family checked into Il Pellicano, a posh hotel in Porto Ercole on the southern end of the island.There are a few places left on earth where genocide, the crumbling euro, and any sort of reality simply cease to exist. Il P

Contributing editor Stephanie March is adamantly against flat packing and utterly in love with her suitcase. Heres how she rolls:Carry-on: There almost arent enough superlatives to describe my Tumi bag. My bag contracts, expands, rolls, is a carry-on, has several clever and accessible compartments, and has withstood the rigors of globetrotting for nearly twelve years. Not to mention, Tumi has an excellent service center and will perfor

While shuttling between his restuarants in New York City, Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Miami, and Toronto, chef Scott Conant has trimmed the fat from his packing system. He breaks down his essentials: Camera: Sony A55 AVDHD is the perfect point-and-shoot with (almost) professional quality.Gadget: I love the iPad. Its perfect for carrying multiple books without getting weighed down. I normally read three books at a time, so its saved