One Day in Danville

This once down-and-out mill town is now being called the “Comeback City.” It’s easy to see why.

Feral Gatos in the Alleyways

Isla Mujeres is beautiful in the way that many places in Mexico are beautiful: naturally stunning, but gritty. Like a gorgeous woman who’s smoked too many cigarettes.

The Final Peanut: Disjointed Notes from a Florida Vacation

I drummed up a little contest for the two adults in the car. I grabbed a tin of Mr. Planters cocktail peanuts from the passenger seat. Placed a single nut in my mouth.

Like a Dog in the Woods in the Nighttime

When I was in my early 20s, I took a bus to New York City for no reason other than to do it.

One Day in Fiumicino

I spent my last night in Italy eating a DiGiorno pizza at a small table in a rustic cottage.

‘The Got Dang Redneck Riviera!’

Florida’s ‘Forgotten Coast’ is by turns breathtaking and frustrating, with the soul of a mysterious old moll.

Back in the Outer Banks

Childhood memories, skimboarding fails and mild thalassophobia on the Carolina coast.

Life, as in Wineberries

The delicate balance of tartness and sweetness.

I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Low Country (Blues)

An ill-fated camping trip to James Island has one lesson to teach: listen to meteorologists.

Eight Days on Okaloosa Island

A trip to Florida’s Emerald Coast bookends a writer’s ‘younger years’