Continuing with the notion of traveling to lesser-known destinations, recently I took a short vacation to the coastal city of Pula in Northern Croatia. Leaving the grey cloud spell that has bogged Paris for the past week for the sun-laced Adriatic Sea town was the perfect escape. The infinite blue, cloudless skies and thirty degree weather was the exact welcoming that I had hoped for. The genuine hospitality of the locals and the small-town feel of the Pula immediately made me feel relaxed and as if I was able to truly enjoy my surroundings. According to Lana Del Rey’s new single “West Coast,” she claims that “own on the West Coast they got a sayin’ “If you’re not drinkin’ then you’re not playin’.” However, seeing as though Lana Del Rey is not from the West Coast, ... read more