City Guides
City Guide: Plovdiv, Bulgaria [Updated: 2023]
A field guide on where to eat and drink around Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Postcards
Postcard #011: Jazz and Rakia in Plovdiv
The Daily Grog Newsletter
TDG #007: When shoulder season travel goes wrong
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
Postcards
Postcard #010: A Scottish Road Trip
After a two-month-long whirlwind trip around Europe, we settle down for a little van life in Scotland.
The Daily Grog Newsletter
TDG #005: Who sets the menu?
The world's best restaurant, NOMA is shutting down at the end of 2024. But are we missing the point?
The Daily Grog Newsletter
TDG #002: Markets, traditions, and airport purgatory
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.
Colombia
Postcard #9: Of Beer and Explosions
What happens when you mix explosives, beer, and gringos? Nothing good, at least that's what Steph and I find out in Cali, Colombia.
Chile
72 hours in the Valle del Elqui (Elqui Valley)
Pisco, wine, stars, small towns, and snow-capped mountains. What else do you need? As part of our ten-day road trip through Chile, we stopped and spent a few nights in Vicuña, a small town nestled into the Valle del Elqui. So how do you spend 72 hours here? We have
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Postcard #8: Into the Desert
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Postcard #7: Of Pisco and Stars
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Postcard #6: Discovering Valparaíso
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