Tort tourism (litivacation?) soft launch www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/n...

Question for the style guide nerds: why have so many English-language outlets stuck with "Turkey" years after the country's UN-official 2023 change to "Türkiye?"

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

I'm not trying to become a professional Michelin crank but the fact that one star officially means "worth a stop if you're in the area" is so out of line with reality

There are only two cultures: - Cold will heal you (fresh air, cracked windows, cold plunges, etc) - Cold will be the death of you (drafts, exposed neck, iced drinks, temperature contrasts, wet hair, etc)

Who among us shall cast the first stone re: passing out in the bathroom of a Virginia liquor store??

Love a sharp elbowed little kicker

1. first draft 2. what have I done draft 3. burn down my house for the insurance money and join the circus draft

Airbnb users - have you had hosts request money for damages? I'm hoping to talk with people who have paid (or avoided) these charges for a story. DM or email me at jenniferrosesmith @ gmail

Chasing bunnies out of the garden to conclude my Peter Rabbit to Farmer McGregor character arc

For a story: have you used AI models (like Chat GPT) to settle or adjudicate a dispute with your partner or in another relationship? If so, I'd love to talk.

Trying to share Apple TV logins and getting hit with this 😭

Vermont Alberta 🤝 "plz adopt me"

American friends - are you reconsidering visits to Canada this summer given political tensions? Approaching things differently in any way? If so, I'd love to chat for a story.

My love language, îles flottantes

The world demands UNESCO intangible heritage status for Québécois swearing

Essential listening for any travel media & industry folks who have read credulous coverage of NEOM with a little "hmmmmmmmmm" open.spotify.com/episode/1q9G...

Making friends in Zanzibar: "Where are you from?" "Vermont, in the east." "Like where Tupac was from? "He was west." "Oh, okay. Biggie?" "Pretty much, yeah"

Getting competing PR emails for "trending caviar bumps" and "how to do a no-buy year" is a little too on the nose if you ask me

Who will milk the cows here? m.sevendaysvt.com/news/feds-ar...

Researching and writing the Virtuoso impact list left me energized and hopeful about travel's potential for good — there's brilliant work happening from Mongolia to Italy and Canada, spanning cultural heritage, local economies, and environmental conservation 💚 www.virtuoso.com/travel/artic...

The travel industry subsidized Trump's inauguration, per @davelevinthal.bsky.social at @skift.com: among others Delta, United, Hilton, Airbnb, and (probably regretting it by now) the U.S. Travel Association skift.com/2025/04/21/t...

Texted the @newyorker.com Phish longread to a Vermont friend who immediately texted back "will read later I'm at a Phish show right now"

Helping my husband get our two bikes onto a direct Marrakech-Montreal flight this morning & I heard a frustrated fellow passenger let loose a "câlisse!" and was like "yep this is the place"

Our reps in DC are already speaking out about the illegal detention of Vermonter Mohsen Mahdawi. I just wrote to Phil Scott -- here's the link to email him. governor.vermont.gov/contact

Do you keep a journal when traveling? I'm looking for a source for a story (hoping to find a civilian, ie, not a travel writer)

Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.

It's bewildering that some of the world's most hospitable countries (Morocco, Jordan, others) are also places where children regularly throw rocks at/threaten cyclists, I would truly love to understand this

Time to order seeds for my Trump tariff garden 🌱

Ancient walking trails are being rediscovered and reimagined in places as disparate as Yunnanese mountains, Jordanian deserts, and far-flung Bhutanese highlands -- in my latest for Nat Geo, what that means and how to walk them. www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

Fascinating to hear — even as Musk says Western civ must be saved from its own empathy — to hear lefty-coded self-help and therapy types argue that we should stop feeling obliged to be compassionate. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/m...

Next week I'm going computer-free & OOO for a month, and have been doing a little experiment to tackle one of the biggest challenges freelance writers face when taking time off — scheduling future assignments so you don't have to scramble upon return.

I've been all about Vermont's country-store nightlife this year: dancing past seed racks at Harry's Hardware, bad Parker Pie karaoke, Fox Market sessions, walking into Maple Corner Community Store to find the whole town at Whammy Bar. For the WSJ, a love letter 💕 www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

It may not always be apparent to casual readers skimming headlines, but media is full of zombie publications trading on their reps while chasing quick bucks and clear-cutting any trace of institutional knowledge and memory. It's just heartbreaking.

Making maple syrup always strikes me as something closer to poetry than to agriculture

According to a staffer, Welch is voting no.

This is a great time for Vermonters to call Peter Welch about voting "no" on the continuing resolution

You know it's nearly spring in Vermont when you gaze across the frozen expanse of Lake Champlain to see two shirtless, shorts-wearing guys just ... out for a walk on the ice

Sap running, ice dripping, salamanders stirring 🤍

My innate need to ask a billion follow-up questions is actually pretty useful for now, but will be such a problem for my family and friends if/when the entire media ecosystem collapses

First episode of the new "Esti d'Franglais" podcast dropped (the only truly bilingual podcast I've ever heard?!) Highly recommended for anyone who speaks French & English and wants to better understand Quebec's (totally fascinating!) language and culture ⚜️ open.spotify.com/show/4yCIIvr...

Women are the future of travel, in the most literal sense: 82% of all travel decisions are already made by women, according to @skift.com. Older women traveling solo are a fast-growing demographic, and many are seeking out single-gender group trips. www.afar.com/magazine/wom...

Submitting that draft 💅👑⚡ Slipping back into that google doc for, like, just one more quick edit 😶😶

Just one more Vermont protest post? Because this person sending JD off at the airport pretty much sums it up. We save our love for our neighbors up north.

Walking into a small-town Vermont hardware store on a Sunday afternoon, to find an old-time music session out back by the shovels and pitchforks, just has me like 💗

Call for travel pitches (from an editor who is a pleasure to work with) 💕

When your ski resort is cooperatively owned there's no need to mince words

Sugarbush rn

Along with overnight snowfall totals and trail conditions, Sugarbush snow reporter and UVM grad Lucy Welch posted this message of resistance, solidarity, and hope to the resort's website this morning. It was quickly taken down, but still got sent to everyone who gets Sugarbush daily reports 💗

Currently r/Vermont is 100% dedicated to ruining JD Vance's Sugarbush ski weekend and it's honestly nice to see a little unity around here