How to Get Insider Access When You Travel (Without a Diplomatic Passport)
Former Diplomat Cynthia Plath Presiding over the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, Switzerland
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: Why the Best Bottles Are Never on a Wine List
From Barolo to the Hills Above Napa — How I Fell in Love with Cabernet
What It Really Means to Be a U.S. Foreign Service Officer — One Diplomat's Story
Not a great photo - but wide-eyed and ready on Flag Day - a tradition in the Foreign Service.
The Art of the Exhale: How I Plan Trips That Actually Let You Arrive
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
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.
The Seating Chart: What Nine Labor Ministers Taught Me About Setting a Table
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)
The Long Way Home
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.
Scouting Season
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.
Field Notes: Tuscany Edition
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.
