Pitusa Blog

CARTAGENA As the days get shorter and the months get colder, wanderlust really fills our hearts and our minds as we gear up for a winter’s worth of Pinteresting dream destinations. Cartagena is high up on that list and since it’s only a short flight from most places in the US (and very close to our headquarters...

  Sebastião Salgado is a renowned Brazilian photographer who has committed his life’s work to documenting the poorest of the world and those without a voice. In his work he comments on the huge chasm between the rich and the poor, and the often detrimental effects globalization has had on their well-being and quality of...

We’ve woken up and suddenly it’s mid-October! It seems like this happens every year but every year, like clockwork, we’re still surprised. Since Pitusa is based in Miami, you can’t really blame us, considering we enjoy beautiful weather year round (please don’t hate us). But from what we hear, climate change is real, and the...

Lavender is one of those cure-all plants — always good for what ails you and an immediate go to for the modern healer as well as new mothers in search of natural remedies for their children. It has a reputation for being the OG calming and anxiety reducing go-to for herbalists as well as your...

In light of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, we wanted to post about this beautiful US territory that was ravaged by the hurricane. Puerto Rico is so close to our home base of Miami and we want to support them in any way we can. So much of the island has been devastated by the...

After the recent earthquake in Mexico, we were reminded what a resilient country with such open and giving people it is. In these current times of such extreme polarization and uncertainty, we were moved to write something about Mexico City – one of the most vibrant and exciting cities that we’ve ever had the pleasure...