Celebrity Travel: Go away with Della Saba
A: I love this question. How do I choose? Can I combine the two? It would be a casual restaurant. I love Dune in Atwater Village (in L.A.). It’s Middle Eastern food and they have this amazing beet sandwich with eggs. Doesn’t sound amazing but trust me. Or Shojin. It is vegan sushi in Little Tokyo. They have made art out of these vegetables. You go through the bustling Little Tokyo mall and you walk through these curtains and suddenly you’re in this tranquil little room. I’ve gone every year for my birthday for the last six years.
Q: What are your five favorite cities?
A: London will always be my number one. It’s where all my childhood friends and sister live. The theater, Hampstead Heath, summer in the city – you can’t beat it. Beirut. It’s where a good chunk of my family lives. Detroit. Marrakesh. New Orleans.
Q: Where would you like to go that you have never been to before?
A: Tokyo. I’ve never traveled alone, so my plan is to make that my first solo trip this year.
Q: When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A: I am a horrible organizer. Most of my packing usually happens a couple hours before I’m leaving. I always bring a sketchbook and pencils. I love drawing. And headphones. But apart from that, I’m often that annoying friend who forgets some of the essentials, so has to borrow toothpaste or a warm sweater.
Q: What kind of research do you do before you go away on a trip?
A: Very little. I like to discover things there. But I tend to research restaurants and little hidden places to eat. Most of my traveling is centered around eating in as many places as possible.
Q: What is your best vacation memory?
A: My favorite vacation would be in Guatemala. It was a very spontaneous trip. I think I decided to go the day before. It was beautiful. We stayed all the way up in the mountains in San José Chacayá with this man, Vinnie. He had lived there for years. We would go on hikes and eat food by bonfires. He would tell us stories about the land. It was a very idyllic escape.
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