I have a new article in the New York Times travel section.
It’s about how hotels in the Pacific Northwest (specifically in Oregon and northern California) are leading a trend to be UPSCALE and SUSTAINABLE.
They’re not just greenwashing, they are actually making substantial changes that save thousands of pounds of trash from the landfill and could affect the entire hotel industry, if other luxury hotels would follow their lead.
Read the article, Northwest Hotels go Eco-Plus.
Here are some behind-the-scenes photos from the trip:
Baby Leone on my back outside the Heathman Hotel in Portland, Ore., with sustainability director (that is, general manager) Chris Erickson, the man behind many of the hotel's eco-initiatives
My traveling companions: A 11-year-old and her 8-month-old baby sister
Drake Park in Bend, Oregon, is just a few blocks from a brand new hotel featured in the article, The Oxford Hotel
Drake Park, where women sport bikini tops, men carry babies, and teenagers hand-paddle lazily down the Deschutes River on inner tubes and air mattresses
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This is so cool! I love these behind-the scenes photos – now I’m off to reread the article again.
Thanks for reporting on this important trend. I hope your article will inspire hotel owners in other parts of the country.
What wonderful photos! And, I really enjoyed reading your NYT article, too. If I’m ever in the area, I know just where to go.
Cute. Love seeing some of the back story since I enjoyed the NYT article so much.
Loved the article! Congrats! I also love how you bring along your kids on reporting assignments so they get some quality Mom time. I bet they’re getting to see all kinds of cool stuff (but if they’re like I was, they may appreciate it more in retrospect).