Men gripped wrists two at a time. Then hugged. Together, we were. After ye ole UK my brother and I hopped a flight a few time zones eastward, with the friend we had always planned to meet at Heathrow, around the midnight hour. “I got us lounge entry,” […]
Lavender fields brushed the side of the island of Hvar. It made us feel calm, those handful of nights in paradise. Argentina had been knocked out of the Cup. Threatened were the vibes. But dinner would that night turn things around. I couldn’t even tell you who won the […]
*Art: Neva river by Igor Dubovoy • Russia carved a seal upon my head. • For months, maybe years, the biggest oddest reddest whitest bluest most fascinating country in the world (at the time, still today?) had called to me (2). Here she was, for a she she was, […]
The stories we tell ourselves set the standards we live by. The love stories from the title, which are three, are to come. But first, a joust. An architect, a cook, and a writer walk up to a British immigration officer. This is literally what happened when our father, […]
photo by Bert Kaufmann via Flickr When you think of travel, good food, and adventure, who do you think of? Do you have time to wonder? Take out your boarding pass. Go. Entry point: Lisboa, Portugal. June 2018. (Exit port, supposedly, the same city, two months later.) […]