Travel

The dreams are starting again, sooner than I expected. In this dream, I board an overnight flight across the county and start a fresh day in New York City. Ascending the cracked, smelly subway steps into the noisy city air feels like a homecoming. I’ve barely slept, but who

Last summer, I was turned down for a job that would have let me travel several times a year. The job was with a former employer, where I knew most of the people and knew basically what to expect from the line of work, which was producing corporate events. I

Before this year’s trip to New York, I eagerly circled many food destinations in my guidebook; but as typically happens, I resized my ambitions after arriving and feeling overwhelmed by options. During my four days there, I mainly played it by ear and stuck to restaurants that didn’t

A 2025 New York Trip

Like many folks who grow up seeing it only on television, I’ve always had a thing for New York City. For years I longed to visit, but as a West Coast suburbanite without much extra money, I had to settle for San Francisco and Seattle to get my fix