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Travel Envy! D.C. Shop Owners Share Their Vacation Photos

By Adele Chapin

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  • Virginia Arrisueño, owner of DeNada: "I am so lucky to be able to travel to Peru at least once a year, and enjoy its culture, food, and traditions. Not only is it an opportunity to be inspired and work on my co
  • Meg Biram, blogger and e-shop owner: "Recently I took a road trip up to Vermont. I'd never been so I was in for a colorful surprise — the leaves were at their peak! All shades of red, orange, and yellow. It wa
  • Anna Kahoe, co-owner of GoodWood DC: "This photo is of my husband Dan walking towards the market San Miguel, which is where my grandmother used to shop for her groceries. The market was recently restored and
  • Barbara Martin, principal at BrandLinkDC: "While I'm determined to someday head back to The Cotton House on the island of Mustique, our favorite vaca spot of late is
  • Amanda McClements, owner of Salt & Sundry: "Southeast Asia is a food lover's paradise and had always been on the top of my list as a destination. We visited Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Cambodia,
  • Madeline Moore, co-founder of Tuckernuck: "I was in Germany for five days at the end of September with my fiancée, where I got to explore the German alps in autumn and Munich's famous Oktoberfest in a dimdl. My grandm
  • Jeanne Shewmaker, social media coordinator at Nordstrom: "Among the many adventurous things to do on my bucket list, taking a vacation alone was at the top of my list. After an intense fall fashio
  • Derek Swanson, co-owner of DC Sharp: "Here is a photo of me grinding a sushi knife at Kenichi Shiraki's shop in Sakai, Japan. Shiraki is currently considered the greatest knife maker in Japan. We also


For Travel Week, we asked local luminaries in the Washington fashion and retail scene to share a memorable trip they've taken recently. And it turns out that they've been all over, hanging with fam in Peru and Spain, jetting off to sunny islands, meeting with master craftsmen in Matsumoto, Japan, and driving through the Bavarian countryside. Click through for inspiring vacation photos from Meg Biram, GoodWood's Anna Kahoe, Tuckernuck's Madeline Moore, Salt & Sundry's Amanda McClements and more. Hint: might want to open a new tab for KAYAK in your browser after reading this. · All Travel Week 2013 posts [Racked DC]