In my latests for @gardenandgun.com, I recommend you stash the passport, grab your weekender, and explore these Southern destination dupes gardenandgun.com/articles/sev...

File under: Cutest Story I've Written this Year.

For your Friday morning reading: My second piece for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social on Farm to Batteau, a James River dinner cruise that will float you back in time. www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/two-c...

Are we shifting away from the minimalist aesthetic? Mary Randolph Carter tells me she thinks so in my latest for @gardenandgun.com gardenandgun.com/feature/clut...

We're getting a bit loosey goosey with the term camino. Next thing ya know, we'll have a Chicken Strip Camino, a harrowing walk through Charlottesville's famous Route 29 Raising Cane's, Popeye's, KFC corridor.

And finally #3, I went off the rails a bit to get this quirky story on Merle Haggard's California Zephyr train car now in service for Virginia Scenic Railway gardenandgun.com/articles/wai...

#2 Botanical breaks are booming. But what’s behind our love of traveling to gardens? I traced the trend to ancient Egypt to find out for @nextavenue.bsky.social www.nextavenue.org/botanical-br...

Been a busy week with three new stories. First up, where to thrill-ride in the South gardenandgun.com/articles/sev...

My D.C. travel hack? Stay at The Wharf www.travelagewest.com/Travel/Famil...

Call me crazy, but I think good manners are a positive good. My latest for @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/sent-son-chi...

Travel publicists, send me your quirky stories. Luxury amenities are great, but the stories I'm interested in have some eccentric detail, offbeat element, or peculiar provenance.

Squeeze the day: Two revitalizing juice recipes to jump-start the new year. https://buff.ly/4h6vrDT

Looking for luxury hotel brands that still carry hard copy daily newspapers for guests.

How can you turn 4th grade state history lessons into a great spring break family trip? Here's my Washington state itinerary for ParentMap www.parentmap.com/article/fami...

My anecdotal look at the filthiest places on a plane www.fodors.com/news/airline...

Proud to accept this DEI recognition from the @natjaorg.bsky.social

In other news, here's my hot tip for Turks & Caicos www.roadtripsforfamilies.com/turks-caicos...

It's me, hi. I'm the problem, it's me. www.fodors.com/news/travel-...

Love a bodice ripper? Then head to the South. gardenandgun.com/articles/ste...

Source Request: I'm looking to speak to flight attendants and flight utility crews about the filthiest places on planes for Fodor's. DM open.

In honor of Jane Austen's 250th, I interviewed Austen experts on all the best ways to celebrate one of English literature's greatest writers for BBC. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

What I’m trying to say is, you heard a funny rhyming book while I took “Oh the Places You’ll Go” as an edict.

Just saw SpaceX’s break up from Turks & Caicos

SOURCE REQUEST: I'm looking for Virginia companies with great employee wellness programs (think health education, fitness programs, stress management strategies, flexible work arrangements, and a positive company culture) for a story for Virginia Living magazine. #journorequest

All set on sources. Thank you!

Looking for an MD to comment on the physical trauma that could result from stowing away on a plane. #journorequest

#journorequest I'm looking to interview a sustainable second-hand shopping expert who can speak to the environmental impact of the clothing industry for a piece for USA Today. DMs open.

It's the one year anniversary of my first BBC piece. So let's celebrate with a pikkujoulut and a read www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

Gisèle Pelicot is the real Person of the Year podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Once more with feeling, Go Navy! Beat Army! ⚓️

Lots of projects in the works for 2025. Looking for more stories at the intersection of travel, history, food, and hopefully 🤞 humor.

But the most important of these to me was examining travel through the eyes of families like mine, those caregiving for someone with dementia thefoodsection.com/mindful-of-a...

Took to the sky from a doctor’s perspective www.thrillist.com/travel/natio...

Retraced the origin story of a legendary camp gardenandgun.com/articles/the...

Pissed off a lot of Disney fans www.today.com/parents/essa...

Take a history deep dive into some of Virginia’s greatest inns gardenandgun.com/articles/all...

Reveal a booming hotel parlor game www.travelandleisure.com/how-mahjong-...

Cover some of the coolest and cutest coos I’ve ever encountered at Culloden Battlefield www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hig...

Hot to wrote about my NPS fanatic husband www.npca.org/articles/365...

🧵It was a growth year in my freelance career. I wrote dozens of stories, landed dream pubs like Travel + Leisure, BBC, and Smithsonian, but most importantly, got to make a living doing what I love. Here are some of my fave pieces…

When your subject emails after a story goes live with "Great article! Very much appreciate you putting a spotlight on this." 😭 ☺️

Introducing my first @smithsonianmag.bsky.social story. Huge thanks to @meilansolly.bsky.social for her exceptional editing work. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thes...

This weekend you can take a holiday musical deep dive in Virginia as I explain in my latest for @gardenandgun.com : gardenandgun.com/articles/vir...

Thrilled to be one of the dozen. Go read AND subscribe!

It feels very weird to join another platform and do a formal intro, but here goes: I'm a freelance writer based in central Virginia. I try not to limit myself to a beat, but generally speaking, I cover travel, history, food, and books. The quirkier the story, the better.