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Restaurante Botin: Dining with History
Dining Room (Photo Credit: Restaurante Botin) When you walk through a city as old as Madrid, you can’t help but search for remnants of...
Jenna Broughton
Apr 53 min read
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What to Know: Madrid
Madrid is best known as the capital of Spain, but is also the cultural, the political and the financial center of the country. If you are...
Jenna Broughton
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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Unwanted Visitor: Anti-Tourism in Europe
The first time I visited Europe was the summer before my eighth grade year. It was the furthest I had traveled from home as well as my...
Jenna Broughton
Dec 4, 20244 min read
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Instant Grativacation Turns 10
This month marks 10 years of Instant Grativacation. A site that was born out of a fever dream and a spontaneous trip to Vegas between two...
Jenna Broughton
Apr 28, 20212 min read
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Providence in the Wintertime
If you decide to go to Providence, Rhode Island then you are going to get a lot of questions as to why. Even residents will be befuddled...
Jenna Broughton
Feb 3, 20194 min read
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At the Chateau Marmont
I went to West Hollywood not long ago to see the great French chateau on the hill where certain rich and famous go to play. I hadn’t come...
Jenna Broughton
Jan 15, 20193 min read
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2018: A Lesson on Becoming
I never wanted an ordinary life, and for a long time I had this idea that I could design the one I wanted. But as the time went yonder,...
Jenna Broughton
Jan 2, 20192 min read
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Getting Back to the Land: A Visit to Byron Bay
“We are stardust. We are golden. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” – Joni Mitchell I am always in rush–even when I am...
Jenna Broughton
Sep 19, 20182 min read
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The Connection Between You and Me
Photo Credit: Ms. Phoenix http://bit.ly/1l0Knoc Living in a city, it is easy to feel like there is no personal space. People are all...
Jenna Broughton
Nov 1, 20152 min read
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Musée Picasso Paris: And Thoughts on Creativity
The labyrinth in the unconscious where creativity roams for an artist is not a place the general public often gets a front row seat to....
Jenna Broughton
Dec 13, 20142 min read
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Sundays in Paris
On Sunday, Paris shuts down. Bakeries do not have the smell of fresh baked goods wafting from them. Sidewalks that had been lined with...
Jenna Broughton
Nov 23, 20143 min read
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The Importance of Challenging Assumptions
Photo Credit: Asian Art Museum What is art? It is a question that will elicit a multitude of answers, and it is unlikely that any two...
Jenna Broughton
Sep 10, 20142 min read
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The Seven Year Itch
After almost seven years together it wasn’t surprising that complacency had crept in and replaced the spot once occupied by wonderment....
Jenna Broughton
Mar 2, 20142 min read
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On the Red Carpet
Growing up I went through a phase where I decided I was going to be an actress. I saved my money and bought a book at Barnes & Noble on...
Jenna Broughton
Feb 9, 20142 min read
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On Writing and Life
Come 2014 and it will be three years since we started Instant Grativacation. Lately, I haven’t been writing much for this site or any...
Jenna Broughton
Dec 28, 20132 min read
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3 Beaches for Sunnin’ and Funnin’ in St. Barths
There is no such thing as a bad beach on St. Barths . It is just a fact. The island is spoiled with 14 beaches – each more beautiful than...
Jenna Broughton
May 21, 20132 min read
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Why I Love Airbnb (A Guest’s POV)
So, when I began planning a trip to Europe, the idea of using Airbnb to stay in someone else’s home did not seem that strange of a...
Jenna Broughton
May 15, 20133 min read
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The Two Sides of Amsterdam
Everything looked different in the daylight. The feeling I had was reminiscent of the one you get in the moment after last call when the...
Jenna Broughton
Apr 7, 20133 min read
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What Happens at SXSW…Ends Up on Every Social Network
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we’re uncool.” – Almost Famous The Wednesday...
Jenna Broughton
Mar 25, 20132 min read
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Murano, Burano and Torcello – Exploring the Islands of the Venetian Lagoon
Venice is a rather small island, so if you are there for more than one day then you simply must visit the surrounding islands. A 24-hour,...
Jenna Broughton
Nov 26, 20122 min read
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