Travel · six guides so far

Eat, drink, wander

Coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, the odd champagne cellar, and things to do, city by city. From the places I've lived and the places I keep going back to.

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The guides

Stamps from abroad, tags from home

Passport · entries ENTRY · UK GB London 3 TRIPS · 20 DAYS ENTRADA ES Spain 8 DAYS · 2024 ENTRÉE FR France 5 DAYS · 2025 ENTRÉE · ENTRY CA Montreal 5 DAYS · 2026

COMING SOON TR Istanbul GUIDE COMING

ATL AtlantaLived 1993–2004 · 13 places CHS Charleston2 trips · biscuits and oysters PIT PittsburghHome since 2025 · 34 places, 4 walks

BNA NashvilleLived 2011–2025 · guide coming

SFO San Francisco + Napa ValleyGuide coming

Guides coming: San Francisco + Napa Valley, Boston, New York City, Miami, Dallas, Istanbul

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The ones I’d go back for

Atlanta Little Bear The menu changes every week with what local farms have Bib Gourmand Barcelona Berbena Save room for the crème fraîche ice cream Bib Gourmand Barcelona Cruix The rice, with a crispy base Bib Gourmand London Palomar Polenta Jerusalem-style Bib Gourmand London Bancone Silk handkerchiefs in walnut butter Bib Gourmand

Featured trip Three days on the Champagne trail Five houses on one avenue and one hill, and lunch at a two-star. 4 days in 2025. Open the France guide →

Day 1RuinartReimsDrink Blanc de BlancsDay 2Moët & ChandonÉpernayDrink Moët ImpérialDay 2Perrier-JouëtÉpernayDrink Belle EpoqueDay 3Veuve ClicquotReimsDrink Yellow LabelDay 3TaittingerReimsDrink Comtes de Champagne

From the garden to the plate

Kitchens that cook from their own gardens or change with the seasons. El ViscoBuilt each day on what’s picked from the hotel gardensMatarraña Ricard CamarenaVegetables from its own plots, picked each morningValencia Little BearChanges every week with what local farms haveAtlanta HuskChanges daily, all Southern ingredientsCharleston The White BullNew dishes every day; they mill their own flourDecatur

Learn something

Classes, tours, and tastings, the hands-on stops. Intro to Italian BreadBaking class at Bread AheadLondon · 2024 Market tour + paella classCentral Market, then cookingValencia · 2024 Citrus farm tourHuerto San EusebioCarcaixent · 2024 Five champagne cellarsRuinart to TaittingerChampagne · 2025

Home base

Places I've lived

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2025 to now. Home of the garden in Spring Garden. Visit the garden