https://www.kerriallen.comRSS Feed for kerri allen / writer + editorenThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/988caeaa-7a80-4c40-9eb5-ef9a7df16f38.pngThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/988caeaa-7a80-4c40-9eb5-ef9a7df16f38.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/53d428be-74ca-4dc1-94c6-2704dcf44360.pngThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/53d428be-74ca-4dc1-94c6-2704dcf44360.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/e7f60f47-2b6c-470f-93aa-0e367a16c2d1.pngThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/e7f60f47-2b6c-470f-93aa-0e367a16c2d1.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/1d84de54-7ac1-46a7-a5f4-21bae60d389d.pngThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/1d84de54-7ac1-46a7-a5f4-21bae60d389d.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/53d428be-74ca-4dc1-94c6-2704dcf44360.pngWhat health and wellness can learn from luxury travelThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/53d428be-74ca-4dc1-94c6-2704dcf44360.pnghttps://fathomaway.com/providenciales-south-caicos-pine-cay-turks-and-caicos/As international brands arrive and development accelerates, Turks and Caicos is entering a new chapter. A journey from Providenciales to South Caicos and Pine Cay reveals where travelers can still find the quiet beaches, unhurried rhythms, and understated luxury that first made the islands unforgettable.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/providenciales-south-caicos-pine-cay-turks-and-caicos/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/246ac046-3514-4cad-8582-030cb92539ee.pngWed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/246ac046-3514-4cad-8582-030cb92539ee.pnghttps://www.businessinsider.com/mom-getting-older-my-perspective-aging-changed-2025-10My mother opened the door to her apartment, joyful to see me in her doorway. She was wearing an oversize black T-shirt with white cursive across the front that reads: "I can't believe I'm the same age as old people."Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.businessinsider.com/mom-getting-older-my-perspective-aging-changed-2025-10https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/19e654d4-ac40-431b-b4c3-95f99f3905d4.pngTue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/19e654d4-ac40-431b-b4c3-95f99f3905d4.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/ba2c307c-f13d-4a57-aece-9ab9544b020d.pngTue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/ba2c307c-f13d-4a57-aece-9ab9544b020d.pnghttps://fathomaway.com/hotel-review-capo-dorso-sardinia-italy/It seems like Sardinia is the "it" place to go these days. It’s the Reykjavik of 2009. The Lisbon of 2017. The Shannon of 2021. The in-the-know set has moved on from Sicily, which is still recovering from its White Lotus season two hangover. But Sardinia has been a mainstay of Italian vacations since the 1960s.Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/hotel-review-capo-dorso-sardinia-italy/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/uploads/fce88546-c9e5-4ee5-a766-7fd894fa2fb2.pdfChe Guevara, the ultimate socialist poster boy, may have been executed by the Bolivian Army in 1967, but his image and legend have never been more ubiquitous. Red Che T-shirts are an old cliché on the street; early next year, Steven Soderbergh will unveil his latest feature film, "Guerrilla," starring Benicio Del Toro as a late-career Guevara; and, of course, Gael Garcia Bernal opened eyes in '04 as a young Che in "The Motorcycle Diaries." That film had a Tony-nominated screenplay by playwright Jose Rivera and now the dramatist is having a second go at the subject. His "School of the Americas" opens July 6 the Public Theater and centers on the last two days in the life of the revolutionary (portrayed by Nuyorican actor John Ortiz).Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/uploads/fce88546-c9e5-4ee5-a766-7fd894fa2fb2.pdfhttps://fathomaway.com/women-changemakers-taos-new-mexico/TAOS, New Mexico — Let’s start with the name. “Taos” doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, and that’s probably because you don’t speak Tiwa. Meaning “place of the red willows” in the language spoken by the Pueblo people, Taos, New Mexico, has been the home to this matrilineal community for more than a thousand years.Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/women-changemakers-taos-new-mexico/https://fathomaway.com/nature-adventures-salt-lake-city-zion-moab-utah/The river’s current was pushing hard against the back of my knees, making them shake and making me nervous. I had to make a decision soon. Traveling to the wilds of Utah, I’d expected to get dehydrated or sunburned on a blazing-hot hike, but I didn’t anticipate trembling among the whitecaps of a cold rushing river.Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/nature-adventures-salt-lake-city-zion-moab-utah/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/uploads/cf14f695-be9f-46c0-8b99-b6e83284752c.pdfIstanbul's Spice Bazaar may be a global tourist trap, but it isn't nearly as rage-inducing as the squawking group tours inside the Grand Bazaar. Here, a remnant of authenticity lives on in this 17th-century building, created by commission for Sultana Turhan Hatice.Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/uploads/cf14f695-be9f-46c0-8b99-b6e83284752c.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/83164e46-a916-4274-a2f3-2b5a34e4641d.jpgIstanbul's Spice Bazaar may be a global tourist trap, but it isn't nearly as rage-inducing as the squawking group tours inside the Grand Bazaar. Here, a remnant of authenticity lives on in this 17th-century building, created by commission for Sultana Turhan Hatice.Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/images/83164e46-a916-4274-a2f3-2b5a34e4641d.jpghttps://fathomaway.com/travel-guide-kansas-city-missouri/Everything I knew about Kansas City came from song lyrics. “Everything’s up to date in Kansas City!” a perky line from the Broadway show "Oklahoma!" informed my childhood brain. Recently, I’ve been living with an earworm of Bob Dylan’s 1967 song, also called “Kansas City," and there’s the enduring R&B anthem (naturally, with the same name): “Goin' to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come." Aside from a few lines in a handful of songs, I had no idea what the city was actually about. So I took a trip west to find out what all of the fuss was about.Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/travel-guide-kansas-city-missouri/https://fathomaway.com/great-coffee-experiences-around-the-world/The history of coffee is the history of humanity. Think about it: Generations of farmers all over the world are experts in cultivating the crop, and distinct café cultures have developed over time from Colombia to Japan, with countless stops in between.Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/great-coffee-experiences-around-the-world/https://fathomaway.com/great-coffee-experiences-around-the-world/The history of coffee is the history of humanity. Think about it: Generations of farmers all over the world are experts in cultivating the crop, and distinct café cultures have developed over time from Colombia to Japan, with countless stops in between. Even the artistry of the physical pour of the liquid differs by era and region.Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/great-coffee-experiences-around-the-world/https://fathomaway.com/travel-itinerary-atlanta-georgia/“Ooh, well, they ain’t never gonna win. They made God mad.” I got a taste of that distinctly Atlantan verve before I’d barely left Hartsfield-Jackson airport. As we passed the six-year-old Mercedes-Benz Stadium, my exasperated Uber driver Chandra pointed out that, to build the 71,000-seat sports and concert venue, the developers razed not only Mount Vernon Baptist Church but also Friendship Baptist Church, the birthplace of two historic Black colleges, Spelman and Morehouse.Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/travel-itinerary-atlanta-georgia/https://fathomaway.com/sustainable-initiiatives-turks-and-caicos-islands/“Eat all the snapper! Have at it!” And here I thought I was being so sustainable, opting for grouper and conch during my latest visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands. But Alizee Zimmermann set me straight.Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/sustainable-initiiatives-turks-and-caicos-islands/https://fathomaway.com/finnair-airline-experience-david-kondo-interview/When I think about my happy place, an economy seat on a long-haul flight ranks close to last on the list. But leave it to the Finns, the people responsible for the happiest country in the world, to make air travel not only equitable but thoroughly enjoyable across every ticketing class. Finnair may be a century old, but it’s one of today’s most design- and climate-forward airlines. With a brand-new business class cabin design and spiffy upgrades to premium economy and economy class, they have not compromised on a sleek Scandinavian design aesthetic in order to go green. Quite the opposite. They’re using innovation and style to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing passengers’ comfort and in-flight happiness.Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/finnair-airline-experience-david-kondo-interview/https://fathomaway.com/sustainable-travel-guide-stockholm-sweden/From the moment I landed in Stockholm, Sweden’s dedication to all things sustainable was clear. Looking to refill my reusable water bottle before even descending to baggage claim, I quickly found a public fountain. Above it, a clean blue-and-white sign proclaimed, “The drinking water at Stockholm Arlanda Airport comes from Lake Mälaren. The water is environmentally friendly, fresh, of high quality. What’s more, it’s good!” And, honestly, it was.Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/sustainable-travel-guide-stockholm-sweden/https://fathomaway.com/changes-at-governors-island-new-york-city/Once home to little more than a few empty army barracks and an 18th-century fort, Governors Island in New York Harbor may soon become the glitziest spot in New York City. This summer, a sprawling Italian day spa and a Tulum-inspired beach club opened among the 172 acres of rolling green fields that long sat quietly in the waters between lower Manhattan and western Brooklyn, a short ferry ride away from the urban jungles.Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/changes-at-governors-island-new-york-city/https://fathomaway.com/great-design-hotels-copenhagen-denmark/COPENHAGEN - The Danes are known for their brilliantly creative design aesthetic — from ergonomic lounge chairs to perfectly sloped spoons. So why should their hotel design be anything less than dreamy? Travelers can rest their heads in spots as singular as a converted post office, a 14th-century castle, or a floating hotel on Copenhagen’s central canal.Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/great-design-hotels-copenhagen-denmark/https://www.fodors.com/world/europe/denmark/experiences/news/this-humble-home-launched-a-thousand-fairy-tales“This will all be ready for the Queen tomorrow!” Niels Bjørn Friis’s proclamation sounded like it was coming from a breathless servant in some fairy tale. But in real-life Denmark, real-life workers were buzzing around the dusty cobblestone streets of the pedestrian town of Odense, preparing for a very real-life queen to arrive in fewer than 24 hours.Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.fodors.com/world/europe/denmark/experiences/news/this-humble-home-launched-a-thousand-fairy-taleshttps://fathomaway.com/visiting-geldingadalir-volcano-iceland-during-covid/The Geldingadalir volcanic eruption began, startlingly, on March 19 along Iceland’s gray and brooding southwestern coast. Startling, even for a country accustomed to volcanic activity, because nothing like this had happened on the Reykjanes Peninsula in more than 800 years.Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/visiting-geldingadalir-volcano-iceland-during-covid/https://fathomaway.com/ase-afro-frequencies-exhibit-miami-beach-florida/Black artists from London and Philadelphia are making waves in Miami Beach with Aṣẹ, a philosophical concept from Nigeria. MIAMI BEACH – More than a year has passed since the promise of a global racial reckoning, and it’s time for an update. Vince Fraser, a British digital artist with roots in the West Indies, and Ursula Rucker, a spoken-word poet from Philadelphia, are investigating this and other urgent questions in Aṣẹ: Afro-Frequencies, an immersive new art exhibition taking place in the seemingly unlikely location of Miami Beach, Florida.Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/ase-afro-frequencies-exhibit-miami-beach-florida/https://fathomaway.com/what-to-do-elkhart-lake-wisconsin/ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin — The indigenous Potawatomi once referred to it as "the chosen spot," a serene crystalline lake surrounded by towering cedar trees. Today, Elkhart Lake is the name of not only a stunning body of water in central Wisconsin but also the quirky little town of 900 residents that surrounds it. Just 20 miles west of the shores of Lake Michigan, this village is chockablock with styles and experiences, from a sprawling GildedFri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://fathomaway.com/what-to-do-elkhart-lake-wisconsin/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/uploads/a383e68c-5434-462b-9f18-2ef9bb9b97bf.pdfThe population of the United States should hit 300 million any day now. Thankfully, there are still some less inhabited places to go on the globe, but not many. In the middle of the Indian Ocean is Frégate Island Private, located within the archipelago nation of Seychelles. Sure, there's a luxury spa and white granite beaches, but more importantly there are never more than 40 guests on the island at any one time.Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/36923/uploads/a383e68c-5434-462b-9f18-2ef9bb9b97bf.pdf