Fall Travel Diary

NYC, Hampshire, London, The Cotswolds, Upstate NY, LA, Santa Barbara, and Napa Valley—all my favorite finds from the last two months

…including a new (to me!) favorite country hotel in England, the Margaret Howell sale shop in London, an omakase restaurant that gets you into (what I think is) the coolest private club in NYC, the best hot dogs off a NY highway and the best egg salad sandwich off a California highway, beautiful/fancy dresses that roll up into a small bag, a legendary old-world hideaway above Santa Barbara, and the most charming bungalow I stayed at in the Hollywood Hills…

I’m just back from the West Coast, and so happy to be settled into New York for the entire month of December (with the exception of an upcoming weekend trip to Georgia, which I’ll share soon). October began with a couple of weeks back in NY—we moved to a new office downtown near the Seaport, an area I’ve never spent much time in. I have yet to really identify my neighborhood favorites, but I will say that if you’re in the area, or visiting the city and want to do some holiday shopping, the retail