The Jet Set Blonde

But somewhere along the way, my interests expanded.

I still love a hotel that makes me reconsider my standards. I will happily plan a trip around something extraordinary. But I’m equally interested in the fragrance that reminds me of a favorite hotel, the hobby I suddenly want to learn, the object I’ll think about for six months before buying, or the small ritual that makes an ordinary Tuesday noticeably better.

Because most of life happens between the trips.

And the older I get, the less interested I am in doing, seeing or buying things simply because I’m supposed to want them. I want to know what’s actually worth it.

THAT’S WHY I CREATED THE EDIT.

The Jet Set Edit is a publication about travel and small luxuries for women building full, interesting adult lives - with more discernment than excess and more curiosity than time.

The question behind it is simple:

Of all the places we could go, things we could buy and ways we could spend our limited free time, what actually deserves it?

Sometimes the answer is an extraordinary hotel.

Sometimes it’s spending more for the room with the view.

Sometimes it’s the $40 thing that makes getting ready every morning better.

And sometimes the answer is: save your money.

That last one matters to me.

I love beautiful things and exceptional experiences, but I don’t think expensive automatically means good. I’m interested in luxury when it meaningfully improves an experience - not simply when it gives us something impressive to photograph.

I’m also interested in the life surrounding all of it: curiosity, independence, friendship, ambition, hobbies, learning new things, changing your mind and continuing to become a more interesting person as you get older.

Travel is part of that life. It isn’t the entire point of it.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME

I’m based in Texas, married, and childfree by choice.

Travel has been part of my adult life for years, both personally and professionally, and it has inevitably influenced what I notice: good hospitality, thoughtful design, tiny service details, a strong sense of place, and all the things a great hotel manages to get right without making a production of it.

I’m not trying to visit every country or collect as many destinations as possible. I’d rather have fewer trips I’m genuinely excited about - and enough time, money, and attention left over to make ordinary life good, too.

The same philosophy increasingly applies to what I buy. I like beautiful clothes, jewelry, fragrance, skincare, books and objects for my home. But I’m much more interested in finding the right thing than accumulating more things.

There will always be something else to book, buy, upgrade or add to the list.

The interesting part is deciding what deserves a place on it.

WHAT YOU’LL FIND in the edit

In The Edit, I write about exceptional hotels and destinations, experiences worth traveling for, small luxuries that earn their price, things I’ve discovered through travel and brought into everyday life, and ideas for making adulthood richer and more interesting.

Some things I’ve personally experienced. Others I’m researching, considering or simply curious about. I’ll always make the distinction clear.

You’ll get recommendations, but also hesitation. Things I loved, things I’d skip, things I’m still thinking about and occasionally things I wanted very badly until I decided they weren’t worth the money after all.

Because this isn’t a catalogue of everything you could choose.

It’s an edit of what might actually be worth choosing.

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What paid subscribers receive

You have more places you’d love to go than vacation days - and plenty of things competing for the money you could spend getting there.

The paid side of The Edit helps you choose.

I research exceptional trips, memorable places to stay and experiences worth making time for, then narrow the options and explain what deserves consideration - and where the compromises are.

You can expect:

• Focused selections with a purpose: creative retreats you could attend alone, hotels for a weekend where staying put is the pleasure, or cultural experiences worth planning a trip around.

• The details that help you decide: costs, timing, logistics, what’s included, and who each option is likely to suit.

• Judgment you can follow: why something made the edit, what gives me pause, and when I’d save the money.

• Clear distinctions between what I’ve experienced and what I’ve researched.

There’s also room for small luxuries when a closer look can help you choose well.

Each paid edition should leave you with something you can use: a shorter list, a clearer decision or a plan that feels possible. Your subscription includes access to the paid archive, building into a collection you can return to when you have a free weekend, vacation days to spend or something worth celebrating.

And between trips? There’s pleasure in finding something worth looking forward to.

The promise is to help you spend your limited time and money on things you’ll be glad you chose.

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