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Border Land: the Columbia Gorge's Budding Wine Scene
My story on the Columbia Gorge's buzzing wine scene is in the July/Aug. issue of Condé Nast Traveler . Magazine space being what it is...
Jul 8, 20256 min read


How to Be a Responsible Cannabis-Consuming Traveler
I wrote this for Conde Nast Traveler back in April. This is part of a collection of stories on the intersection of weed and travel,...
Jul 23, 20226 min read


Great Escape: Oregon's Wallowa Mountains
I recently got to write about one of my favorite regions of Oregon: the Wallowa Mountains. It may be a five-hour drive from Portland,...
Sep 22, 20215 min read


KEX: the Cool Icelandic Youth Hostel—Now in Portland
The sun-filled dining room at Dóttir (Photo by Mikael Lundblad) These days, it seems like a new hotel opens in Portland every week. I...
Nov 13, 20194 min read


Women in Weed
It seems to me that many of the most creative cannabis ventures in my home town of Portland are run by women. I was pleased, then, to be...
Jun 15, 20194 min read


Where to Eat in Fraserhood, Vancouver
A glass of Frappato and the menu at Osteria Savio Volpe A decade ago, the east Vancouver neighborhood now known as Fraserhood was mostly...
May 1, 20171 min read
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