I am an inflight magazine junkie, scouring the likes of Andrew Zimmern, Mark Bittman, Jason Oliver Nixon and other columnists in pursuit of the next undiscovered gem of a hidden local restaurant, hotel, wine shop, or hedonistic delight. I travel incessantly, coveting new months and issues, flipping to “tips” and “tops” pages with similar impatience that fuels haphazard Christmas morning wrapping paper assaults. I bet garage sale, antique market, and auction shoppers experience same levels of anticipation that maybe, just maybe, the next hidden discovery will justify a lifetime of digging around.
This February I met Kelley McCarter Copeland at the Design Bloggers Conference in Los Angeles. We had a meal together along with a very cool group of design savvy peeps. Kelley definitely stood out from the crowd of 250 bloggers and designers with her full-on friendly energy, along with a keen eye for style and tastemakers. So it did not surprise met that she published a blog called The Hidden List, a body of content featuring style, design, and fashion trends, and the people who define them. What did surprise me is that Kelley asked me to share my own 5 favorite hidden life’s treasures; wine or otherwise. The image below links to her really fun post featuring those personal top 5 discoveries; endeavors I recommend for anyone’s bucket list. Click to see my favorite wine, wine shop, African adventure, Paris lunch, and San Juan, Puerto Rico eatery over at Kelley’s blog.
Who needs inflight magazines when you have Kelley’s The Hidden List?