Madrid is best known as the capital of Spain, but is also the cultural, the political and the financial center of the country. If you are...

The first time I visited Europe was the summer before my eighth grade year. It was the furthest I had traveled from home as well as my...

This month marks 10 years of Instant Grativacation. A site that was born out of a fever dream and a spontaneous trip to Vegas between two...

Flamingo Bar in St. Petersburg, Fla. You can tell a lot about a person by where they like to spend their time. It is why I have made a...

I have taken to going to the Cliff House on Sundays. Not every Sunday, but a couple times a month when I get the desire to get as close...

If you decide to go to Providence, Rhode Island then you are going to get a lot of questions as to why. Even residents will be befuddled...

I went to West Hollywood not long ago to see the great French chateau on the hill where certain rich and famous go to play. I hadn’t come...

I never wanted an ordinary life, and for a long time I had this idea that I could design the one I wanted. But as the time went yonder,...

“We are stardust. We are golden. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” – Joni Mitchell I am always in rush–even when I am...

Photo Credit: Ms. Phoenix http://bit.ly/1l0Knoc Living in a city, it is easy to feel like there is no personal space. People are all...

“I drink to separate my body from my soul.” – Oscar Wilde Once the center of the literary universe, Paris is filled with former haunts of...

The labyrinth in the unconscious where creativity roams for an artist is not a place the general public often gets a front row seat to....

On Sunday, Paris shuts down. Bakeries do not have the smell of fresh baked goods wafting from them. Sidewalks that had been lined with...

Photo Credit: Asian Art Museum What is art? It is a question that will elicit a multitude of answers, and it is unlikely that any two...

(Source: Fleur de Lys) When a restaurant has been part of the fabric of a city there is a certain sadness when it decides to close. As...

In San Francisco I am never worried about where my next good meal will come from. A good deal, on the other hand, is harder to come by....

San Francisco is in the midst of a class war, and there is perhaps a restaurant no more emblematic of the city’s current state of turmoil...

After almost seven years together it wasn’t surprising that complacency had crept in and replaced the spot once occupied by wonderment....

Growing up I went through a phase where I decided I was going to be an actress. I saved my money and bought a book at Barnes & Noble on...

Come 2014 and it will be three years since we started Instant Grativacation. Lately, I haven’t been writing much for this site or any...