Travel – Freelance Writing Portfolio

Nashville Scene: Tony and Cathy Mantuano to Helm Food and Wine at The Joseph

Tony Mantuano was the longtime chef at the Michelin-starred Spiaggia, one of Chicago’s most beloved restaurants, while his wife Cathy… More

“We have a butcher, a baker, and a candlestick-maker,” said Leah Larabell, co-owner of High Garden Tea, an apothecary-style shop…. More

The soundtrack in Nashville on Wednesday was not the usual Telecaster guitars, Orange amps and kick drums, but instead, chainsaws, generators… More

Every autumn, giant crowds—last year it was 886,037 people—head to New Mexico for the world’s largest hot-air balloon festival. The… More

Buried deep beneath Lexington is limestone. Water that flows through the limestone rock is said to make the bones of… More

Five new hotels (well, four hotels and one motel) are bucking both the Music City Airbnb trend and the domination… More

When chef Maneet Chauhan, also of Chopped and Iron Chef fame, was deciding where to open her restaurant, she chose Nashville. That was… More

Memphis loves music and drinking, sometimes in that order. Even the most nondescript bar in Memphis has a noteworthy jukebox… More

In 2017, Nashville surpassed Memphis (for the first time since 1890) as the biggest city in Tennessee and lately Nashville has been all… More

There’s a number everyone in Nashville knows. No, not the new area code (that’s 629). No, not the address of… More

Travel enlarges us. It humanizes those and that which we fear. And it works not just for those of us… More

Saving the best for last. It’s a concept oft used for dessert. And, perhaps for that perfectly aged bottle of… More