Paris

And I've decided to narrow them down to my travel highlights of the year: Paris, Huizhou, London, Mexico City, Turks & Caicos.

I'm in Paris, which makes me happy for all kinds of obvious reasons. It's lovely to be in a place where you're surrounded by beauty.

The other night, alone in Paris, I was thinking about what it means to be independent.

Like me, it's possible that you have never heard of Indian bodybuilder and former Mr. Universe, Manohar Aich - at least, I had never heard of him until earlier this week, when he turned 100 and offered some wise words about life and happiness.

Many of us have an escape fantasy. For me, when the work piles up and the dog poops on the rug and soufflé collapses (literally or figuratively), I think that running off to Paris might solve all of my problems. And that's exactly what Eloisa James did, along with her husband and two children,