Travel

March 7, 2025The Next Dinner Party

Escaping a Bleak America for Some ‘Grown Up’ Countries

It’s an unsettling time in America, especially Washington DC. I (briefly) flee to France, Belgium, Denmark and then the Dominican Republic and return home with a mantra: Regenesis.

October 28, 2024The Next Dinner Party

The Necklace

The story of a boy who delivered to me a mysterious necklace in Algeria comes up during a trip to Costa Rica in an unexplainable coincidence.

August 28, 2024The Next Dinner Party

The Amalfi Coast + Naples

In late May, I toured around one of the most glam spots in Europe, the Amalfi Coast, with my glam friend Brandi.

October 2, 2023October 3, 2023The Next Dinner Party

A Yoga Retreat in the Chihuahua Desert

A yoga retreat in Far West Texas with a group of strangers brought up a lot feelings. Also, it was a million degrees.

September 12, 2023October 20, 2023The Next Dinner Party

A few weeks ago, one of my best friends, Hana, invited me on a Texas yoga retreat with her and although the thought of traveling at the time seemed nearly impossible, I figured future Emily would be slightly less sad and perhaps more enthusiastic about a trip. And it was a good calculation because although […]

April 20, 2023April 21, 2023The Next Dinner Party

Emily’s Guide to Algiers

We moved from Algiers to Princeton, New Jersey 10 months ago, and as I’ve said, I miss Algiers, Algeria, North Africa, and living abroad in general. Don’t get me wrong, a hundred things about living in comfy and convenient America are aces, but sometimes when I see a friend’s photos of a party shot from […]