Field Notes
RSS Stories worth the trip.
Slow guides to places I know, and the occasional note about what welcome actually means. Free to read, always. One arrives by email each month, if you’d like it.
A slow guide A slow guide to Barcelona Catalonia’s open city — Gaudí, the sea, and a welcome built into the grid. 
A slow guide A slow guide to Seville Andalusia’s easy warmth — the Alcázar at dawn, long shaded afternoons, and the evening you arrive for. 
A sunlit guide A sunlit guide to Puerto Vallarta Mexico’s easy welcome — the Zona Romántica, the sunset over Banderas Bay, and why nobody blinks. 
A slow guide A slow guide to Chania Crete’s gentlest welcome — the Venetian harbor, long lunches, and why it stays with you. 
On the welcome What I mean when I say a place is welcoming Legal and cold are not the same as warm. The part you can’t Google — and the part I keep. 
A love letter A slow hour in San Miguel The trips you remember aren’t built around the famous hour. They’re built around the one nobody scheduled. 
For the cautious traveler Three questions before your first trip back For anyone who stopped traveling and has been waiting for it to feel possible again. Start here.