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2025

Lisbon & Sintra, PortugalOctober 2025

A Long Weekend in Lisbon

Four days of steep hills, yellow trams, custard tarts still warm from the oven, and one very foggy palace.

Cover photo: Lisbon rooftops in silhouette against a pink evening sky

Astoria to Brookings, United StatesJune 2025

Road Trip Down the Oregon Coast

Six days, one rental car, and 360 miles of cliffs, sea stacks, tide pools and the best clam chowder of my life.

Cover photo: Sea stacks rising from the ocean under a pale morning sky

2024

Kyoto & Nara, JapanNovember 2024

Kyoto in Autumn

A week of maple leaves, quiet temple gardens at seven in the morning, and learning to love standing in line for noodles.

Cover photo: A pagoda silhouetted against an orange autumn sky with falling maple leaves