Other cities besides Rome that boast of their 7 hills: Dubuque, Iowa; Kampala, Uganda; Prague, Czech Rep.; Bamburg, Germany; Pula, Croatia; Brisbane; Australia; Chişnǎu, Moldova; Ibadan, Nigeria; Asunción, Paraguay; Saint Paul, MN.; and Satara, India.

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today ... to follow the "purple trail" left by Prince in Minneapolis. nytimes.com/2026/04/13/trave…

Santa Cruz, where I went to university, is a town that had a big impact on me. So, it was really great to go back last month and research and write, "36 Hours in Santa Cruz" for @nytimestravel, nytimes.com/interactive/2026…

I've recently traveled to Minneapolis twice for various assignments. I wrote and reported on this piece in November but updated it this month after the invasion of ICE traumatized the entire city. MPLS needs some love right now and I'm happy to give it. cntraveler.com/story/eating-…

I've been a fan of and advocate for Georgian cuisine for years and so I was happy to see the sudden explosion of Georgian restaurants in NYC recently. I wanted, though, to find out why. @EaterNY let me do just that. ny.eater.com/dining-out-in-n…

Cecilia Jimenez, the woman in Borja, Spain who turned the "Ecce Homo" (Behold the Man) into "Ecce Mono" (Behold the Monkey) died today. I hope she's in heaven sitting next to Monkey-Jesus. I loved seeing it with my own eyes and writing about it. bbc.com/travel/article/20240…

If you're going to gift someone just one book about Italy and the search for the lost foreskin of Jesus, make it this one! a.co/d/a5DCVx4

Today is as good a day as any to remember that “pavo” means “turkey” in Spanish and “pavo real,” literally “royal turkey,” is a “peacock.”

In this airport lounge in Budapest, there is a low-level hum of the blending of different languages along with a few very boisterous pockets of confident American accents broadcasting to us all what they did on their trips along with various details of their life stories.

I love writing about restaurants that I love. In this case, @infatuation let me pen small love letters to my favorite places to feast in Prague. theinfatuation.com/prague/gu…

Sin City, City of Lost Wages ... America's Steakhouse Capital? I tucked into meaty Las Vegas for Food & Wine: foodandwine.com/las-vegas-st…

One day while eating pho in NYC, I stopped and wondered: this national dish of Vietnam had to have originated somewhere, right? So, I booked a flight to Hanoi to go find out. Here's the result: ace.aaa.com/publications/foo…

When I learned that @AuthorDanBrown had set his latest novel in Prague—my home away from home—I was curious to learn what places he liked there the most. And so, here it is: nytimes.com/2025/09/15/trave…

On heavy rotation during the Southern roadtrip, part II: Doechii, Dolly Parton, Rufus Wainwright, A Tribe Called Quest, Rosalia, Parliament, Curtis Mayfield, Rolling Stones, Harry Styles, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Raphael, and Radio Futura

Soundtrack to our Southern roadtrip: Bob Dylan, Leon Bridges, Indigo Girls, Prince (entire "Sign o' the Times" album), Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, Aretha, Alabama Shakes, Sly Stone, Joni, and, in West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads," both John Denver & Lana Del Ray versions

Food & Wine asked me to write about some of my favorite restaurants in my neighborhood, the West Village/Greenwich Village in NYC: foodandwine.com/greenwich-vi…

In 2002, Thailand started a program called "Global Thai," a soft power move that subsidized Thai restaurants abroad. It's been a huge success. Now the Czechs are doing something similar with beer. I wrote about it here. bbc.com/travel/article/20250…

Iowans love it when people from the rest of the country recognize our awesomeness. This week, the state was pleasantly surprised to see just that. A piece in @WSJ hailed Dubuque, Iowa as a top summer destination. Writer @davidfarley joined the show to discuss why he wrote the piece and what surprises he encountered. Auto-play timestamps: 00:49 Highlighting Dubuque, Iowa 01:25 David Farley's Connection to Dubuque 02:08 Urban Renewal in Dubuque 02:55 National Trends and Dubuque's Role 07:20 Surprising Discoveries in Dubuque 12:18 Misconceptions About Iowa 16:20 Final Thoughts and Farewell

I went to Dubuque last month, the town I was born in and where spent the first 6 years of my life. Much has changed--in a good way. wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/dub…

I sipped my way through Prague recently, talking to some of the city's best bartenders about the only Czech cocktail, the beton: punchdrink.com/articles/beto…