This week: Where can a girl in NYC get a tan this time of year? | | | "I am so starved of Vitamin D that last night I was looking up flights to Seville (where it's sunny every day), and they're just €33," Dublin-based editor Sasha Brady just told me, and the emotional blender I'm in immediately shot into liquify mode. Oh, to live in a place where flights are that short and cheap! Along with every other New Yorker, I am once again a victim of the winter blues, when leaving your apartment requires all the strength you can muster (southern hemisphere peeps are presently free of this burden). I've been telling anyone who will (and will not) listen since New Year's that I need to go somewhere where the locals have never heard the words "frost advisory." As I crank my space heater to the highest setting, I'm reminiscing on childhood trips to Florida's Gulf Coast and dreaming about sunning myself on a paradisiacal plage in Bora Bora. If far-off places aren't in your winter playbook, maybe it's a spa day or seeing a fabulous show that will satisfy you until your next vacation. By the time this email finds you: Sasha, I really hope you went to Seville, and everyone else that is feeling the cold, I'm manifesting a liberal dose of winter sunshine in your future. | | | Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, I'm a Brooklyn transplant and editor who can't get enough of trips that involve life-altering meals, trains, hiking boots and loads of opportunities to break out my camera. | | | Get a jump on your March trip(s) | Gelato in Italy. Need I say more? | | | "No country does gelato quite like Italy, whose gelato rivals Renaissance masters in dedication to their craft," says contributor Anna Staropoli, who's spent years living in and exploring Italy, tracking down the best gelato shops in the country to prove it. | | | Asia's most unforgettable adventures | | | A guide to Istanbul's iconic Grand Bazaar | Touristy? At times. Chaotic? You bet. This overwhelmingly vast, endlessly enthralling bazaar is a surefire way to feel the pulse of Istanbul's Old City, as well as fill your suitcase with one-of-a-kind treasures from your travels. | | | Mexico is also calling our name this year. Maybe a romantic weekend in Mexico City, losing entire afternoons to art galleries and nights to jazz clubs? Yes! Or enjoying the "forget about everything and chill" vibe of its beautiful beaches? Also, yes!
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