HeyJaredThe Gomes Guide
The Gomes Guide is a weekly travel publication by San Francisco–based writer Shannon Gomes, featuring destination guides, memorable food finds, practical travel tips, and conversations with inspiring travelers from a Gen X perspective.
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AI Has Never Slept in a Hotel Bed (opens the original)
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Fall in Napa Valley, Through My Lens (opens the original)
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Happy Friday, all!Welcome back to my new bi-weekly series, Through My Lens, where I try to tell a place’s visual story through my eyes. Since Fall has officially arrived, wine country is on my mind. I grew up on the border of Sonoma and Napa County, on the outskirts of Santa Rosa, yet only ten minutes away from the town of Calistoga. Obviously, the Fall is prime harvest season in wine country, and it also happens to be one of the best times of year to visit. And for me, there is somet
A Jungle in Sumatra, a Lighthouse in Nicaragua, and What Traveling With Your Kids Teaches That School Can't (opens the original)
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The Gomes Guide Is Now on YouTube 🎥 (opens the original)
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Happy Friday, all!Well, I’m apparently now a person with “channels,” plural - ha! I promise I haven’t lost the plot — Substack and Instagram are still home base for The Gomes Guide, and of course you can always find the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — but I
The Art of Slow Living in Provence 🇫🇷 (opens the original)
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All photographs and paintings © Kristel Van den Eynden“A good day in our home in Provence starts with waking up in complete silence—no noise, no cars, no buildings; in summer, just the chorus of crickets. We start the day with yoga, tai chi, and meditation. We do our exercise (hiking or biking) early enough because it can get too warm after 11 am. We stop at a typical bakery for a good croissant or pain au chocolat (not every day). We relax, read, swim, paint, play the piano, and philosophize
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