Former U.S. diplomat and travel curator Cynthia Plath on why the best trips aren't about seeing more — they're about arriving somewhere that lets you exhale.

Why I don't travel in summer — and live for the shoulder season instead, when a place still has the time to give you its full, undivided attention.

A former U.S. diplomat on what nine Arab labor ministers taught her about hospitality — and why a curated trip lives or dies on the seating chart. (146 characters)

A former U.S. diplomat on what twenty years of sanctions negotiations taught her about hosting strangers at a table in Tuscany — and what reinvention actually requires.

The location is everything - it sets the entire tone of the week. Peak behind the scenes on how we chose our Italian villa for Tuscany 2026.

A week in Tuscany with Sojourn & Soirée — Brunello in Montalcino with Davide, Pecorino with Ilaria at Fattoria Bistecca, candlelit dinners by Terretrusche, hot-tub nights under the stars, and the launch of Next Chapter Anywhere. Plus two birthdays and a Sorrento tease.