Category: Travel & Place

• What Settles: Ringing in the New Year in Colorado

  

  A calm New Year in Colorado, shaped by warmth, kindness, and cozy moments—proof that renewal isn’t about weather, but how a place makes you feel.

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  January 2, 2026

  Essays & Reflections, Lifestyle, Personal Reflection, Seasonal Living, Travel & Place, Winter Rituals

  Colorado Winter, Cozy Travel, Gaylord Rockies, Gezellig, gezelligheid, life, love, luxury-lodge, mental-health, Mountain Retreat, New Year Reflections, Seasonal Transitions, Slow Living, Thoughtful Travel, winter, writing, Year-End Reflection

• Coffee in Dubai قهوةفي دبي

  

  A trip to the Middle East is incomplete without coffee (qahwa, قهوة), especially a trip to Dubai! Arabica coffee beans are the original species of coffee. In fact, many historians state that there was not a single coffee plant outside of Africa or Arabia until the 1600s. The words “coffee” (English) and “café” (French/Spanish) originate…

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  October 11, 2023

  FOOD & DINING, Food & Place, Travel & Place, Travel Tips, Uncategorized

  food, travel, Travel Tips, UAE