The May Edit
Hotel openings, travel news and the finds I can't stop thinking about.
Hi Friends!
If you missed last week’s news, I decided to change my Substack publication name from The Hotel Shortlist to Idyll. Am I low key freaking out that I made a huge mistake? Of course — I wouldn’t be me if I wasn’t. But if I’ve learned anything from therapy, it’s that you’ve got to sit with those uncomfortable emotions. So here I am, sitting with the discomfort.
Welcome to the second installment of my monthly edit, where I share travel news, hotel openings, new-to-me spaces that caught my eye as well as what’s going on in my world (trips on the horizon, life on Kauai, lifestyle stuff, etc.). This is quickly becoming my favorite kind of post to write. I think I love that it’s less “editorial” than a lot of my roundups and it feels more like we’re friends catching up. Maybe that’s a signal that I’m craving more of a conversational tone around here. Probably, huh? Also, if you haven’t noticed I very much love “collecting” and “grouping” things, so maybe it speaks to that as well.
I didn’t put April’s edit behind a paywall since it was my first in the series, but a girl’s gotta eat. I’m not good at the salesy stuff, but this newsletter does require a ton of work each week, so behind a paywall this goes.
In this newsletter:
A really good suite dedicated to a fashion icon debuts in the Scottish Highlands.
Not one, but two charming boutique openings in Cap-Ferret, France.
And a new-to-me barefoot-luxury beachfront stay in Bahia that I can’t stop thinking about.
OK, let’s get to the fun stuff.
