I am never bored at work. Not even during quarantine. 

Upcoming work: AARP magazine, Nashville Scene, Independent Banker, Preservation, Health, Wanderly, and a guidebook for a brand-new Moon series.

Recent work: Real Simple, AARP magazine, Time Out, Independent Banker magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, LA Times, PUNCH, Independent Banker magazine, Culture Trip, AAA World, JTA, Nashville Scene, Kveller, InsideHook, a new edition of the Moon Nashville guidebook, and more.

My Moon Memphis (with chapters on Little Rock and Hot Springs) guidebook, features years of research on the Bluff City was published in January 2020. My Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip guidebook to the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway was published in January 2018 and was completely updated for 2021, with more details on the Mississippi Delta.

I am a Master Gardener of Davidson County and in 2020 began writing a quarterly gardening column for Tennessee Home & Farm magazine.

Upcoming events: On April 27, I’ll be talking about the movie “Shiva Baby” at the Belcourt Theater’s remote Living Room Film Club with the Nashville Scene.

On July 15, I’ll be joining the Hello Ranger podcast to talk about the Natchez Trace Parkway.

I’m helping lead remote Music Evolution tours for Unexpected Atlanta.

Past events: I moderated a (remote) discussion with Sue Eisenfeld, author of Wandering Dixie, as part of the 2020-2021 Nashville Jewish Book Series.

I taught for The Porch again (this time, remotely) in January and February 2021 with author Deborah Douglas.

I spoke on a panel at the New York Times Travel Show in January 2019; at the Travel Adventure Show in the Bay Area in February 2018; the Bay Area Book Festival in April 2018, and at The Bookshop in Nashville in April 2018.