Gustavia harbor filled with yachts at dusk under pink clouds, St. Barts

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    Granite boulders at the edge of the pool at Costa Palmas, the pavilion behind

    Los Cabos: Four Seasons at Costa Palmas

    Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas on the East Cape: the beach and the pool, lunch under the yellow umbrellas at Delphine, the golf course and the marina.

    June 2026

    The Colosseum from the lawn on its west side

    Italy: Rome, Tuscany and Florence

    The Colosseum and the Forum, the Vatican gardens, two Tuscan wine cellars and a terrace above the valley, and the Duomo at night.

    May 2026

    The coast at Cassis from the Route des Crêtes

    France: Paris, Giverny, Provence and the Riviera

    A client’s 20th-anniversary trip: Paris and its churches, Monet’s garden at Giverny, Van Gogh’s olive grove and the calanques in Provence, and the Riviera. Photographs by Christina D.

    Spring 2025

    Jeannie in front of the gilded sun sculpture in the lobby at Nemacolin

    Nemacolin, Pennsylvania

    A resort in the Laurel Highlands: the Chateau, afternoon tea under a chandelier, sporting clays and archery at the Field Club, the tigers and goats of the Wildlife Habitat, and dinner.

    August 2025

    The beach club courtyard at Naples Beach Club, umbrellas under the palms

    Naples, Florida

    Naples Beach Club, A Four Seasons Resort, in its first season: the pool at dusk, the beach, the fitness room, gelato on Fifth Avenue South.

    August 2026

    Ilma, dark-hulled with white upper decks, at anchor on a blue sea under a blue sky

    Caribbean by yacht: Ilma, Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection

    A Christmas sailing aboard Ilma out of San Juan: Virgin Gorda and Little Dix Bay, Antigua, the Pitons and Sugar Beach in St. Lucia, Christmas Day at sea, St. Barths and an invitation to the bridge, and St. John, USVI.

    December 2025

    Eden Rock's red roofs over the turquoise of St. Jean Bay

    St. Barthélemy

    Eight square miles, seven Forbes-rated hotels, and a harbour full of yachts — we came in on one. Gustavia, St. Jean Bay, Beefbar and Nikki Beach.

    December 2025

    A Christmas tree on a street in Old San Juan under strung lights

    San Juan, Puerto Rico: before the ship

    Two days in Old San Juan before boarding Ilma: the cathedral, the painted streets, the city wall, and the old city dressed for Christmas.

    December 2025

    A Key deer helping itself to the garland on the stair rail, Little Palm Island

    Little Palm Island, Florida Keys

    The Truman out of Little Torch Key, an adults-only private island, and the Key deer that ate the wedding flowers off the stair rail.

    April 2025

    American Family Field from the outside

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    The Pfister, the RiverWalk and its bronze ducks, the Rangers at the Brewers at American Family Field, Lakefront Brewery and the Public Market.

    September 2026