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Today's Guest Writer: Lauren David on "Top 10 Virtual Tours Right Now"

May 23, 2020
3 min

Today's Guest Writer: Lauren David on "Top 10 Virtual Tours Right Now"

PHOTO CREDIT: Rodolfo Pimentel courtesy of Lauren David Today's guest writer is Lauren David. Lauren is a freelance writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She writes about food, gardening, travel, and lifestyle. Her work has been featured in Huffpost Personal, Greatist, Trivago Magazine and more. You can find a collection of her work on her website: www.laurendavid.net. Top 10 Virtual Tours Right Now by Lauren David Traveling to faraway destinations is on hold as many st

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Birthday Brunch with Grazie Grazie

Apr 26, 2020
2 min

Birthday Brunch with Grazie Grazie

PHOTO: Birthday Brunch with Grazie Grazie (c) Sery Kim For my birthday, I allowed myself the great pleasure of eating all the wonderful food I have been avoiding while crushing the "10 day: no sugar, no carb challenge." Tops on this list was Grazie Grazie. I have long been an avid diner at Taylor Gourmet and was crushed when Casey had to close his restaurant chain. Thankfully, he is back -- and with even more tasty food (if that is possible) than what was at Taylor Gourmet

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Dreaming of being outdoors? Get prepared with FATBOY!

Apr 23, 2020
1 min

Dreaming of being outdoors? Get prepared with FATBOY!

PHOTO: FATBOY's Miasun courtesy of FATBOY While we are all quarantined, we are surely taking careful stock of the ramifications of our movements around other people. As a result, we stay in, we stay conscientious, and we dream a lot of the day when we can travel to glorious places with pristine beaches as shown in the photo above. For me, personally, today was the actual day I was supposed to be the Fairmont in Barbados to celebrate my birthday so I am literally missing th

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Adventures In Sery: TV round-ups

Apr 5, 2020
1 min

Adventures In Sery: TV round-ups

PHOTO: On-set, live, with ABC 7's "Let's Talk Live" circa 2015 As we all sit quarantined at home, I wanted to make sure I capture some of my first ABC WJLA Let's Talk Live and Good Morning Washington segments for your enjoyment. I first began appearing as a regular on the show in 2015. You can find all of Let's Talk Live segments here: https://wjla.com/news/lets-talk. As for me, here are some for you to consider. Enjoy watching! February 2020: "From vacation to staycati

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Economic Relief Link: Thinking of you!

Mar 30, 2020
1 min

Economic Relief Link: Thinking of you!

Some of you may know of my other life as an Attorney and Strategic Communications/Brand Management consultant. As we all navigate these tough times, I wanted to send along this information in case you, your friends and your community need COVID-19 relief. Please find here a link to the new website for COVID-19/SBA/DISASTER relief: https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/. I haven't seen anyone in the media link to this website yet so FYI. Until again, be well and stay safe! #highli

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Set your DVR's: ABC Good Morning Washington

Mar 9, 2020
1 min

Set your DVR's: ABC Good Morning Washington

PHOTO: Mandarin Oriental Canouan Villas as taken by me when the property used to be Pink Sands Club (c) Sery Kim As the cold weather season leaves us and we move into the warm Spring months, I am very much looking forward to sharing my warm-weather travel tips. For those of you who watch ABC WJLA, I will be back on ABC Washington, D.C.'s "Good Morning Washington" show twice this Spring. First, be sure to tune in Monday, April 6th to hear me discuss some of my newest travel

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Stylish Shopping in Columbus, Ohio

Mar 1, 2020
3 min

Stylish Shopping in Columbus, Ohio

PHOTO: My newest dress a Talulah La Maison from ROWE in Columbus, Ohio (c) Sery Kim When I spent 2015-2017 living, week-by-week, in one hotel to another, from one country to another, I had a chance to build one of the best wardrobes anyone could have. I found great dresses, at a terrific price, from every continent. And whenever I wore them, I would inevitably get numerous questions of "Your dress is AMAZING! Where did you get it??" I was filled with immense satisfaction

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Review: The delightful Basi Italia Restaurant, Columbus, Ohio

Feb 27, 2020
3 min

Review: The delightful Basi Italia Restaurant, Columbus, Ohio

PHOTO: Zucchini Pronto Salad at Basi Italia (c) Sery Kim When you come into a new city, it can be hard to find the comfortable middle between the the expensively delicious Michelin-starred restaurants and the serviceable restaurant right next to your hotel. Often, when I travel, I just pick the later. I just go to the restaurant closest to my hotel but in most cases the restaurant is simply inside my hotel. Easy-peezy. But every-so-often I find a restaurant which does bo

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Sushi Nakazawa: The best date night in D.C.

Feb 18, 2020
4 min

Sushi Nakazawa: The best date night in D.C.

PHOTO: Place setting at Sushi Nakazawa's Sushi Counter (c) Sery Kim Very rarely do I dine at a restaurant and leave deeply impressed. As spoiled as this sounds, I have gotten to eat at some of the world's best restaurants during my five-plus years of traveling around the world. From three-Michelin restaurants in Europe to the luxury cruise ship Seabourn in Antarctica, from Bora Bora to African safaris to the coldest heights of Sheldon Chalet in Denali National Park, Alaska

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Memories of Antarctica with Seabourn Cruises

Feb 17, 2020
1 min

Memories of Antarctica with Seabourn Cruises

PHOTO: Me in Antarctica with Seabourn Cruises (c) Sery Kim Yesterday was the five year anniversary of me traveling with Seabourn Cruises on the penultimate bucket list trip: Antarctica. I can't believe how fast time has gone ... and, looking at this photo again, I also can't believe how HOT it was in Antarctica. I legitimately did not wear a coat, or gloves or a hat for several days when we landed onto the Antarctica continent, and as I am writing about my memory of this

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Segment Link: ABC Good Morning Washington

Feb 13, 2020
1 min

Segment Link: ABC Good Morning Washington

PHOTO: Screenshot of my segment on ABC Good Morning Washington If you missed me live this morning on ABC Good Morning Washington, then be sure to watch online as I discuss Spring Break Getaways: http://wjla.com/features/good-morning-washington/from-vacation-to-staycation-the-best-spring-break-plans. PHOTO: Screenshot of my segment on ABC Good Morning Washington I broke-down two options for families as well as for singles. Be sure to watch online and look forward to your f

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Review: Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph in Ohio

Jan 14, 2020
4 min

Review: Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph in Ohio

PHOTO: One of the Amish bedframes in Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph in Columbus, Ohio (c) Sery Kim Long considered one of the best brands in hotels for their upper-class, luxurious accommodations, Le Meridien has been one of the brands pointed to by locales in Columbus as a turning point in how rapidly change has come to this formerly, relatively low-key town. Columbus, of today, has nothing low-key about it other than the confluence of friendly people. The enormous eco

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Review: Graduate Hotels Columbus, Ohio

Jan 12, 2020
2 min

Review: Graduate Hotels Columbus, Ohio

PHOTO: Our room at Graduate Hotels Columbus, Ohio (c) Sery Kim One of the best aspects of being a hotel connoisseur is seeing new brands pop into the marketplace and present a high-quality, highly affordable product. One such brand is Graduate Hotels. Based in Chicago, Illinois, I had heard of this hotel chain since I started to receive press released about them in 2017. Since that time, Graduate Hotels has expanded into over two dozen markets, mostly in college towns suc

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Inn at Perry Cabin's Breakfast of Champions

Jan 10, 2020
3 min

Inn at Perry Cabin's Breakfast of Champions

PHOTO: Our Saturday breakfast at Inn at Perry Cabin (c) Sery Kim "Gluttonous." In a single word, Inn at Perry Cabin's most exceptional meal experience was certainly breakfast. Since we were on a "staycation" to help us recover from the crazy holiday travel season, we slept in quite late! But for me setting an alarm to not miss breakfast -- final serving time is 11:00 "If you would have come at 11:05 am, we would have still served you Ms. Kim" -- we would not have made it.

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Welcome to 2020 from The Inn at Perry Cabin

Jan 5, 2020
3 min

Welcome to 2020 from The Inn at Perry Cabin

PHOTO: A dreary, wet day outside made for a great picture (c) Sery Kim After two weeks of crazy holiday travel, to kick off the new year with a true recharge, we headed to the bucolic and famous Inn at Perry Cabin. Located in St. Michaels, Maryland, which is a quick 90-minute drive from Washington, D.C., Inn at Perry Cabin has consistently been chosen as one of the best hotels in the United States. In fact, Travel + Leisure Magazine picked it as the best hotel in Maryland

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Link to today's ABC Good Morning Washington segment

Jan 3, 2020
1 min

Link to today's ABC Good Morning Washington segment

If you missed me on ABC's Good Morning Washington, then be sure to watch online through this link here: https://wjla.com/features/good-morning-washington/the-traveling-detox-tips-on-places-to-go. I talked about some of my favorite places to detox and re-set including the Inn at Perry Cabin, Patagonia Camp and my lovely San Miguel de Allende. #highlights #travelideas #lookoftheday #trends

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Thanks for having me on ABC Good Morning Washington!

Jan 3, 2020
1 min

Thanks for having me on ABC Good Morning Washington!

PHOTO: Glam selfie at the Fox News studios earlier in the day (c) Sery Kim Thank you for having me on today ABC Good Morning Washington! I was so excited to make my first appearance this morning and the team could not have been any nicer to me! I should have the link soon and will be sure to share. Also, many thanks to the best glam team in the business - Melissa and Tamara at Fox News -- for getting my hair and make-up done earlier in the morning. I could not have been m

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Next segment booked: ABC Good Morning Washington