Op-Eds, Politics, and Think Pieces

In a survey run by the U.S. Travel Association representing the American travel/tourism economic sector, 9 in 10 USA voters want COVID relief

These are my thoughts on a broken blog and what’s in store for restarting & refreshing my brand during a tumultuous time.

Sharing an insider look into my experiences as a gay travel writer, nothing to really learn here except to just do you

New 2018 rankings from the ILGA-Europe shows Europe’s best countries for LGBTQ rights and policies

Everyone has a handful of tips and secrets to creating a successful travel blog – but what are the things they’re not actually telling you?

It’s not some noble desire to be my own entrepreneur. Rather it’s a healthy mix of fear and worry and frustration with the state of the world. We’re a generation of scrappy fighters, forced to take on new challenges to live the life we always thought we’d have.

Okay. So for a few days now there’s been all this talk of this Yelp/Eat24 staffer in San Francisco. She wrote a blog (an open letter) to her company’s CEO, basically explaining in her own personal situation what a fucked up system we’re all trapped in. Naturally (because corporations will always win), she was fired shortly …

Why traveling is all about the act of giving and receiving – and why we need to make the joy of giving a part of our everyday lives

After visiting Cereal Killer Cafe, a story about how this hipster Brick Lane café came to be the symbol of London’s gentrification & why it doesn’t matter

It’s human nature to want to know, to want to understand. But maybe we shouldn’t try to know everything all the time…