It’s here! It’s finally open! Now all I need is $200,000! This month’s Romance Wanderlust takes you to The Maldives, where The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Hotel Muraka Villa is open. The Conrad Maldives includes beach villas and water villas, but The Muraka features an underwater bedroom. As ever, this is not a review nor an endorsement, and in real life if I had this much money I hope I’d use at least some of … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: The Muraka Hotel→
Last Saturday was the first annual Bookstore Romance Day! Did your local bookstore do anything? Did you grab any good books? I attended a couple things and I loved seeing all the romance love on social media. Here’s to it being even bigger and better next year! … Missing Jane the Virgin? Frolic.Media has some romance recommendations for you, if you’re looking to fill that void! … We’ll be making a more formal announcement soon, … Continue reading Links: Karl Urban, Cheese, & More→
YOU. GUYS. STOP THE PRESSES. I have found the Romance Wanderlust of my dreams. As ever, this is not a review nor an endorsement, I was just googling and went “Oh my Goodness I have to go here.” But I have not gone. Yet. North Shire Holiday Retreat is a collection of cottages, caravans, and campgrounds on the moors, near the town of town of Whitby in the UK. All I needed to know about … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: North Shire Holiday Retreat→
In this month’s Romance Wanderlust, we are going to Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Both towns have been popular honeymoon destinations since the 1800s. They were hit hard by economic recession, but the tourist industry remains as well as, of course, the Falls. As always, this is neither and endorsement nor a review as I’ve never been to the Falls. Help me out, commenters – is this destination worth seeing, or skipping? … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: Niagara Falls→
I know what you’re thinking. “It’s winter! It’s cold! Carrie is going to take us someplace tropical!” Well NOT SO FAST, Bitches. I’m Googling ice hotels for this month’s Romance Wanderlust, and you’re all Googling with me! Bwah ha ha! But seriously, these places are beautiful. Weird and cold, but beautiful. After careful consideration, I’m focusing on one ice hotel in particular. The not very creatively named ‘ICEHOTEL’’ is located in the village of Jukkasjärvi. … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: ICEHOTEL→
This is going to be a terribly indulgent post. At the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, I was in Japan with my family. This trip was in part to celebrate my older son’s bar mitzvah and to satisfy our collective enjoyment of really long flights. (As I write this, the 14 hour jet lag is still kicking my ass.) We spent time in Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka, and Tokyo, and loved every minute. … Continue reading A Short Tour of a Japanese Bookstore→
It’s the day after Christmas! And I figured it was a good time to purge our links of some holiday stuff we’ve seen. If you celebrated the holiday, we hope it was merry and lovely. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, we still hope your day was merry and lovely. … Science has found that alcohol helps you speak a foreign language a bit better. Some of us already had a feeling this was true, but Time has … Continue reading Links: Mostly Christmas Stuff→
A surprising number of romances are set at some sort of Christmas-themed hotel or resort. If you crave an extravagantly decorated Christmas with all of the ambience and events and none of the stress, and you like the option of celebrating it all year, The Inn at Christmas Place is here for you. As ever, this is neither a review nor an endorsement – it’s just what happens when I Google odd things instead of … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: The Inn at Christmas Place→
This month’s Romance Wanderlust is doomed to be incoherent, because every time I look at pictures of Positano, Italy, I start drooling and losing all capacity for speech. Like other Romance Wanderlust columns, this is neither a review nor an endorsement, because I haven’t been to Positano. I Googled, I saw pictures, I swooned, and here we are. Positano has been around for a long, long time, which is impressive since it looks like it … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: Positano→
RT sent an email about this topic last week, but we have some information from Elizabeth S. that’s pretty important if you’re flying into Atlanta for RT 2017: I noticed they did put the alert in the RT notes sent out today concerning the bridge collapse on I-85; this is quite close to the hotel so everyone needs to be aware that there will be detours and traffic delays throughout that area. They are right … Continue reading Important for RT: Take Public Transit From the Airport if You Can→
Welcome back to Romance Wanderlust, in which I search the Internet for places that appeal to the romantic in us all. Please keep in mind that no matter how often I try, I can’t seem to get anyone to sponsor me to try these places out for myself. This is daydreaming time, not a review or endorsement of any of these locations. With that in mind, come away with me, or better yet, come away … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: The Manta Resort→
