Day 1 of Vaca at the @andazscottsdale

Day 1 of Vaca at the @andazscottsdale begins the way I like a beginning to feel: slow, light, and a little hushed.

Outside, everything sits in that desert calm that makes you notice details you’d normally skip. The lawn looks too green to be real, held in by clean white walls and low, modern lines. Palms stand up like punctuation marks. A pine tree leans over the path, and even the clouds feel softened, as if the sky is speaking in a lower voice today.

Coffee in the morning does that for me. It doesn’t just wake me up—it gives the day edges. Something warm in your hands while you watch a place you don’t belong to (yet) become familiar. I like that first-day feeling: the quiet inventory of where the doors lead, what the air smells like, how far the walk is from room to courtyard.

There’s a kind of peace that comes from being away, but not rushing. Let the minutes stretch. Let the morning settle. Let the simple scene—green grass, white stucco, tall trees, a muted sky—be enough.

If this is how day one looks, I’m happy to see what the rest of the week sounds like.