✈️ ON THE ROAD AGAIN

There is a particular kind of luxury that has nothing to do with thread counts — though we confess, we have opinions about those too. It is the luxury of arriving somewhere completely: stepping out of a first-class cabin into the golden hush of a Bangkok temple at dawn, letting a chef course out a meal built just for your table, standing in a vineyard at harvest with a glass already being poured.

We are Elaine and Scott Harris — veteran travel journalists, certified sommeliers, and the editors of Cuisineist — and for decades we have chased that feeling across the world.

This season the road calls again: Christmas week beneath the big Texas sky in Dallas and Fort Worth; Thailand in all her splendor — Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pran Buri, and Phuket; and St. Augustine, America`s oldest city, where every cobblestone has a story and we intend to hear them all.

Luxury is not a place. It is an experience — fine dining, wild adventure, and the company you keep along the way. Come with us. The table is set, and the journey is the feast. 🍷

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Paso Robles finally has its third place. 🍷

New on Cuisineist: Club 7970, the luxury social club that just opened in a modern barn on Vineyard Drive — Soho House polish meets supper club warmth, with rotating chefs, Hot Stove cooking classes, a piano bar, afternoon tea, an art gallery, and a curated wine list pouring local, national and international wines.

We`ve covered Paso for a decade — DAOU, the Allegretto, J Dusi at harvest — and this feels like the region growing into itself. Full story at the link in bio.
Read the full story: https://cuisineist.com/2026/11/a-third-place-for-paso-robles-club-7970-brings-the-luxury-social-club-to-vineyard-drive/

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Art lesson from my studio 🎨🌵 Art by Elaine Harris

Mixing greens for desert plants

After 10+ years teaching art, this is one I return to again and again: desert green is never just one green.

Look closely in "The Bird and the Bighorn Sheep" — bright leafy greens behind the bighorn, a pale silvery shrub in the center, and deeper greens in shadow, all against warm orange rock. That contrast makes the greens sing.

My simple mix: start with blue + yellow, add more yellow for sunlit leaves, cool it with a little blue or grey for sage and shadow, and mute it with a speck of its opposite, red-orange.

Try it on your next walk — count how many different greens you can actually see.

Originals and prints are available at artbyelaineharris.com

— Elaine

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