I mostly walk around, take pictures, and write things.
The Daily Grog Newsletter
Hey friends, This is Skylar, and this is still The Daily Grog newsletter. After a month in Albania, we packed our bags and headed back to Latin America. First stop: Mexico City. But I'll be honest, I was a little sad leaving that part of the world. My
City Guides
A field guide on where to eat and drink around Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Postcards
The Daily Grog Newsletter
Hello friends, I'm Skylar, and this is The Daily (weekly?) Grog newsletter. It's damn near the end of January, and my ever-slowing synapses find it hard to believe that the first month of this year is about done. It's even harder to believe that
Hey there friends, This email is coming to you from a very wet and rainy Tirana, Albania. Can't wait to tell you all more about this beautiful country. We've been in Tirana for roughly a week and have another three or so to go. This is
Postcards
After a two-month-long whirlwind trip around Europe, we settle down for a little van life in Scotland.
Gear
If you're looking for one pair of pants to choose for your carry-on, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better option than the Western Rise Evolution Pant 2.0. If you were to pick one and only one pair of pants to bring with you on a trip, these would handle whatever you throw at them.
The Daily Grog Newsletter
The world's best restaurant, NOMA is shutting down at the end of 2024. But are we missing the point?
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Hey folks, This email is coming to you from Madrid, Spain. Steph and I just finished a week in Portugal with two of our best friends. We started in Lisbon, went up north to the seriously beautiful Schist villages, then to Costa Nova, and finally back down to Lisbon. Sadly
Essays
It was the most rain the city had seen in weeks, maybe months. It was unrelenting, but so was my hunger. Braving the downpour, we make our way up and down the network of hills on which the city of Valparaíso, Chile, is built. Just about every street is lined
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After about three weeks of traveling around Italy with Steph's parents, the contents of my stomach feel like a coordinated dance of cacio e pepe and Negronis. I'm not complaining.
The Daily Grog Newsletter
Since most of us are probably dealing with some travel-related nightmare at the moment, I figured I'd take a satirical look at the airport experience.