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The Jetsetter

Getaways (get outta Dodge)
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The Jetsetter
Press Trip to Greece: Let's Learn About Kiwis
The Jetsetter

Press Trip to Greece: Let's Learn About Kiwis

Earlier this year, I was invited on a press trip to Greece by The Charming Taste of Europe, as part of a campaign designed to showcase some of the EU’s quality agricultural products available for export to the US and Canada. This particular trip was highlighting Greek kiwis and…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Croatia
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Croatia

Croatia—a place that has been calling me for years. Thanks to my dear friend from college (my first gay friend who lived next door to me in the dorms during our freshman year at UCLA) who invited me to join his big birthday celebration on a gulet (a classic,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
PDO Feta Trip to Greece
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PDO Feta Trip to Greece

When I was invited on a press trip to Greece to learn about PDO feta, trust, I gave huge thanks to Athena, and Demeter, and a shout-out to Zeus himself. It was pretty spot-on as far as media invites go, because if there’s one thing you’ll always find…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Russia
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Russia

When I told friends I was heading to Russia this summer, the response I kept receiving was “Ugh, why?” or “Um, now?” or “Really, aren’t you worried?” Friends started sending me “how to keep from getting hacked in Russia” articles. With everything happening between our government and Russia, honestly,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Healdsburg
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Healdsburg

Poor Healdsburg. It’s just so damn charming, with its many quality restaurants and wineries and bars and cute shops, that the out-of-towners keep comin’ (like moths to a flame), and the locals get no peace. Things keep getting nicer, and more expensive, and the laid-back country charm is getting…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay and Navio
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Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay and Navio

Looking for an excuse for an overnight getaway to gorgeousness? Maybe the renovated rooms at the RITZ-CARLTON HALF MOON BAY coupled with the somewhat recent hire of chef Jason Pringle who is now leading the Navio dining room are enough of a one-two punch to coax you to visit. First,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Big Island, Hawaii
The Jetsetter

Big Island, Hawaii

A couple of dear friends of mine have been traveling extensively to Hawaii over the years and recently bought a home on the Big Island in the Puna District, just south of Hilo, which would be considered the wet side of the island (Kona, on the west side, is the…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong

I got together for lunch with a publicist friend of mine who represents Cathay Pacific, pretty much a favorite airline of travelers everywhere. We were talking about doing a promotion on tablehopper for their new premium economy class, when she leaned over the table and asked me, “Marcia, have you…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Calistoga
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Calistoga

Have you ever been somewhere for the first time, and you got so mad at yourself for not having gone there sooner? Experiencing my first mud bath at INDIAN SPRINGS in Calistoga was like that. As soon as I pulled up to the spa—with its charming Mission Revival historic…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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