A nine-year-old and a grandmother don't want the same day. Here's how I plan trips that actually work for three generations at once, without anyone feeling dragged along.

My alarm went off at 4:45, and the best part of my day was already waiting in the cold water. On moving to LA, learning to surf badly, and why the uncomfortable mornings are always the ones worth having.

Most people come to Burgundy for the wine. The ones who fall in love come for something else entirely. On the villages I grew up in, and the France that never made it into the guidebooks.