On the Road
In Travel Journalism, After Every Disaster Comes “the Perfect Time to Visit”
But what big little lies do we tell ourselves when PR companies spin a local disaster into a travel opportunity?
Walking Off Grief on the Appalachian Trail
Every hiker is called to the trail for a different reason, but we all share a common goal: We all want to finish.
As a Black Woman, I’m Learning that Rest Is Resistance
Resting, in this context, is resistance.
The Whole Country Is Fighting: A Dispatch from Ukraine
“The whole country is fighting,” one of my relatives told me. It was a throwaway remark, but it was the most apt thing I heard that weekend in Ukraine.
Revenge Travel Helped Me Learn to Manage My Anxiety
Though I estranged myself from my toxic family, their hold on my mind still needed to let me go. So I got on a plane and left.
Finding Peace at the Most Beautiful Taco Bell in the World
I need the ocean to quiet my thoughts, the surfers to remind me I’m a person, the Taco Bell as a place where I become solid again.
Traveling With My Parents Taught Me “Growing Up” Is Not “Growing Old”
My parents were old. It was time to take seriously the last years we had left. That is not, of course, how they saw things.
Searching for a Piece of Home in Havana
On the plane, I felt the tension of visiting so many unspoken truths.
Biking Back Home in Bogotá
Bogotá has the largest network of cycling infrastructure in Latin America. It is a city that begs to be biked.
Our Hair: How I Found Community and Coconut Oil in France
Across the thousands of miles, and the hundreds of years of historical and cultural distance, Albertine and I had our hair in common.