“And while Thyme has changed a lot over the years and as a place, it has grown and built into something much bigger, the ethos is absolutely the same. It's all about slowing down and connecting to the land. And it's also very much an extension of our home. Those are the two things that give the experience here and the place here a fundamental difference. We want people to come and there's a sense of familiarity and a sense of homeliness.” We’re in great company with Caryn and Milly Hibbert,...

“And my brother saw an opportunity with the Pioneertown Motel, which was just behind Pappy and Harriet's. It was not in the best shape, but it was next to this amazing event venue, and situated in this incredibly rich historical context that hadn't been fully exposed or told or explored, at least in the past from our perspective.” We’re in great company with Mike French, Co-Founder and Partner at Life & Times - a creative design and development company passionate about detail-rich,...

“There's so many celebrations in the city of San Miguel and parades and holidays. I literally never know what I'm going to come across when I turn a corner. And that is really inspiring and invigorating for me. Especially because I lived in the States for so many years and things became too predictable. I would without hesitation say that there's not a lot of predictability here for good and for bad. It is always changing, it is challenging and it is really wonderful and keeps you on your...

“Everything from the little snacks that we bring in or the cookies we deliver at night, the Calamigos wine that we curate - it's creating these little moments for you. We try to overindulge you, so you want or need for nothing, right? But really what we want you to experience is the 300 acres. We give you a map and we want you to explore, get lost. Have an experience - climb to the top of the ranch where you can see the ocean, the vineyards from ranches next door, all the way into the valley....

“Every detail was important, so we'd ask ourselves, ‘Where did that come from? Did we make it here? Did we create it here? Did we grow it here? How can we keep our money in this place? How can we keep reinvesting in this economy, keep growing this economy, creating jobs so that money stays here? And if we can't make it ourselves, then how do we learn?’” We’re in great company with Amanda Decker Penton, who not only is an active member of Shorefast, working to ensure a resilient economic...

“And winemaking philosophy really is that the good wines are made in the vineyard. So if your grapes are healthy and ripened to the right state, then the winemaking process becomes quite simple. You only really need to interfere when your grapes aren't that good. We are blessed to be in Margaret River, which climatically, it's a winemaker's dream.” We’re in great company with Lara and Jamie McCall, the husband and wife duo behind Burnside Organic Farm, who over the past 25 years along with...

“Candela, which means ‘candle’, is also a measurement of light. We want it to be that light in the sense of - How would this light guide us and what would this light mean to us? And how can we create this new path of development and learn throughout the process to be more sustainable, to design with respect, to integrate into nature, to learn how to respect what's already there and be inspired by what’s already in place?” As we welcome in Earth Month, celebrating our planet and taking action...

“One of the things you learn when farming is that it's really hard to leave because someone has to be there all the time. So, in our first decade here we were always hosting people no matter what. And we came to really love that and became good at it. Feeding a crowd was really easy. You have this bounty of food - milk and cheese and vegetables and apples and honey - just so much bounty that it's sad not to share it. You want to bring people in.” We’re in great company with Louisa Conrad,...

“This is a moment of grace in our lives. People have come to visit us and we're going to share these people and these stories and whatever this time brings. Then they'd get up, say their goodbyes and my grandparents would go back to work. But at Seminary Hill what I wanted to do was make that sense of leisure and openness available to guests, whether they're coming to Seminary Hill to drink cider or to have a meal or to see friends.” We’re in great company with Susan Manning and Doug...

“It was fantastic to open my eyes to the differences in hospitality, the differences of properties - meeting other cultures, foods, everything. But having been there and having worked abroad, I think the main pillars remained with me from Irish hospitality - good food, good welcome and doing everything you can for your guests.” We’re in lucky company with Peter Barrett, 4th Generation Owner and General Manager of Dunmore House, an award-winning, 4-star hotel on the Clonakilty Bay shores of...

“We had this huge family. We always came together. There was lots of love. There was lots of support. And really lots of great food. And I think it really instilled in us that fundamental love of entertaining and breaking bread together - of camaraderie, storytelling, conversation - all the things that happen around the table.” We’re in great company with Joe and Catherine Bartolomei, the brother and sister duo who returned to their family’s farmland to renovate and restore their piece of...

“Brae is funny in the sense that it's a very small farm if you're a farmer, it's an enormous farm if you're a restaurateur. We're super proud of everything that we produce and we do so in a way that's very holistic and very clean. They all have serious value to us and they turn into products which are very valuable in the sense that they're made with care, they're high quality, they're organic and so, we love those things.” We’re in great company with Chef Dan Hunter, Founder and Owner of...

“So this idea of memory, it's very interesting because when you enter a specific space, when you get to a specific location, it's this idea that the house should bring you back to this long term memory. Giving you this feeling of comfort and of confidence as well because you've known this place for a long time.” We’re in great company with João Rodrigues, Founder and Owner of Silent Living - a lifestyle of happiness and fulfillment that he pursues through a curated collection of stays around...

“It's an incredibly, emotive experience I think, to just watch your food being cooked over fire. We've been cooking over fire for thousands of years as humans, and in some respects, it just gives you that atavistic feel and it's very basic. But at the same time, to do it to the standard that our chef is doing it to is extremely skillful.” We’re in great company with Amber Pledge, who with her husband Charlie, recently founded Kabn Company, Scotland’s first luxury, regenerative, social...

“There was so much thought that went into the textures, the finishes, the views, everything. We'd wake up in the middle of the night and ask, what do you think about that? And we'd both be awake thinking about all these ideas. So there was so much love and care that went into it from both of us.” We’re in great company with Katie & Rom Lamaro, the husband and wife duo who picked up their family and settled into what was at the time, a rundown “Five Acre” patch of property on Phillip...

We’re taking a moment to transition between our seasons - to pause and reflect on so many places visited, memories made, communities changed - to share the stories of the people I’ve met and made friends with around the world, mindful travelers like you and me.  These guests have so much credibility and creativity in their own rights, building their own travel and hospitality focused podcasts and communities, sharing their adventures and areas of expertise with their own audiences.  In this...

We’re taking a moment to transition between our seasons - to pause and reflect on so many places visited, memories made, communities changed - to share the stories of the people I’ve met and made friends with around the world, mindful travelers like you and me.  These guests have so much credibility and creativity in their own rights, building their own travel and hospitality focused podcasts and communities, sharing their adventures and areas of expertise with their own audiences.  In this...

“My life story and career has had a lot of twists and turns. I think just starting super young,I knew I wanted to create something, to build something, to ultimately to start a business and be an entrepreneur. It just took me a long while to figure out what that was and what the thing was that I truly loved and was passionate about. All of the different aspects of my path have influenced and led to what's become Onera and a true passion for building very unique experiential and landscape...

“There's so many craftspeople and artisans up here. Everyone up here has a shared appreciation for seasonality and the quality of ingredients and that sort of lifestyle. And then visitors are coming to be a part of that. So we were really drawn to what a unique location that was, to not separate the agricultural side from the experiential side.” We’re in great company with Kyle & Katina Connaughton, the husband and wife duo behind SingleThread Farms, a bespoke hospitality experience...

“So my passion for wine got deeper. I was fascinated about the whole production here in the new world, because the new world is different. You see the people and the tourism and the wineries with huge passion. Everybody loves to talk about the wine they produce because they put their whole soul in it. And if you do a wine tasting maybe in France or in Italy, it's different, they have a different kind of manner to show what they are doing. In Mendoza, you will really be blown away about the...

“It's a lot different than going to a museum. You can't touch anything in a museum, you are there for an hour and you probably get bored if you're like me. The cool thing about a lot of our houses - I think 10 out of 12 are owned by the original families and many of them live on site - so there’s a good chance that you're going to get to meet Lord and Lady Howard, or The Earl of Sandwich or The Duke of Buccleuch, right? They're cool people, they've got an incredible story to tell themselves...

“What is essential is the hosting, is how you meet your guests, like having a dinner party. Either you set up the date, you buy the food and serve it, or you take days in preparing how the flowers are going to be, how the music is going to sound. Seeing that whole little journey of senses and touch points. And that for me is completely the same as staging a production in a theater.” As we celebrate the festivities of the holidays with family and friends, we’re in great company with Alexander...

“We are 100% organic. It’s amazing what these women do, they do it all by hand. There's no machinery. It’s all muscle and all hard work, and the guests love to see that. They see what that produces and the value in doing it the way that we do it. I think a lot of people take that home with them. That's an experience that really can transform the way you do things when you learn where your food comes from.” We’re in great company with Barb Phillips, Owner of The Lodge at Blue Sky, a member of...

“You can look in your bedroom and it looks old fashioned, yes there might be a TV and a kettle, but fundamentally, you feel like you’re stepping back in time. We really want you to come and feel relaxed, almost as if you are in a different age. People will come and say it's like stepping into an Agatha Christie novel, and that to me is a sign of success.” We’re in great company with Steve O’Sullivan, Owner of the Haweswater Hotel, an Art Deco hotel he happened upon and meticulously restored...

“In general, when you live in the United States and in Canada, I think to some degree we take for granted how we’re brought up with education around the environment. And I’d say the thing that we’re most proud of is that, in us building this way, has also created in the community an understanding for environmental practices which I don’t know were necessarily there before.” We’re in great company with Steve & Kat, Founders & Owners of La Fortuna Atitlán, one of Tripadvisor’s “Most...