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A Trip to the Witch Doctor in La Paz, Bolivia
Afar
July/August 2010

In Oakland, Innovation is on the Menu
The New York Times
June 27, 2010

In Vietnam, Cauldrons on Every Corner
The New York Times
March 21, 2010

The World's Most Beautiful Bridges
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
December 2009

A Real Roman Holiday: The Short Story of Calcata
National Geographic Traveler
November/December 2009

The World's Sexiest Affordable Destinations: Moravia
Travel + Leisure
September 2009

Mumbai and the Luxury of Solitude
World Hum
August 11, 2009

On the Perils of Travel Writing
World Hum
July 6, 2009

Monkeying Around Paris
The Faster Times
July 4, 2009

How to Write a Bad Travel Story
World Hum
June 8, 2009

The World's Most Amazing Hotel Pools
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
June 2009

Bike Around the Bloc

National Geographic Adventure
April/May 2009

A Changing Smithfield Still Holds on to Dublin-Style Fun
The New York Times
April 26, 2009

Mumbai on the Rebound
The Washington Post
February 8, 2009

What's the Deal with Duty Free?
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
January 2009

Where to Go Next: Prague
Travel + Leisure
January 2009

The Pasta Artist
Lexus Magazine
Fall 2008

Czech, Please: A New Star at the Bar
The Washington Post
July 6, 2008

Cold War Legacy: Peaceful Hiking in Bohemia
The New York Times
July 6, 2008

Philadelphia's New Icon

Time Out New York
March 27, 2008

How to Cross the Street in Rome
World Hum
March 6, 2008

Along a Road of Antiquity
The New York Times
February 3, 2008

A Feast of Festivals in Tuscany
The New York Times
October 7, 2007

Wild Spas: The Divine Therapy
The New York Times
August 26, 2007

Turin's Shady Side
The Washington Post
July 29, 2007

A European Castle Call
Conde Nast Traveler
June 2007

My Special Education: The Semi-Retard's Guide to Learning Italian
PerceptiveTravel.com
May 2007

Adriatic Odyssey
Sherman's Travel
Summer 2007

Do as the Romans Do and Head for the Hill Towns
Sherman's Travel
Spring 2007

Buon Aperitivo: Dining at Roman Wine Bars
Sherman's Travel
Winter 2007

Caught in a Czech Funk
World Hum
February 2007

The Search for Strudel in Prague's ever-changing Zizkov,
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
February 11, 2007

Day Out: Calcata, Italy: Where Newcomers Gave an Old Town a Second Life
The New York Times
Jan. 28, 2007

Restored Jewel: Old Dubrovnik,
The Boston Globe
Aug. 20, 2006

Hot Nights:
-Strandbar Hermann, Vienna
-Tabaq, Washington, D.C.
Conde Nast Traveler
May 2006

Montenegro--Coming Soon: The Next Small Thing?
The Washington Post
March 25, 2006

Vienna's New Waltz
Zink Magazine
March 2006

The Pasta Nazi
World Hum
March 2006

The Coast of Bohemia
PerceptiveTravel.com
March 2006

Daily Dish: The New New Prague
epicurious
Dec. 2, 2005


The Cheapest Places on Earth: Montenegro
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
Oct. 2005

The 10-Point Escape Plan: Dubrovnik
New York Magazine

August 8, 2005

Of Kings and Cows
South Florida Sun Sentinel

June 26, 2005

European Spas: Krynica, Poland
Conde Nast Traveler
June 2005

Hot Nights: PoD, Dublin
Hot Nights: Potthouse, Belfast
Hot Tables: Hot, Prague 
Conde Nast Traveler

May 2005

Tour du Jour: Belfast Safaris
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
May 2005

A New Berlin Rises from the Bauboom
Chicago Tribune
February 27, 2005

Olomouc: One Cheesy Czech Town
Student Traveler
February/March 2005


Hot Nights: Lola Lounge, Berlin
Conde Nast Traveler
May 2004

Intoxicating Eger
Bootsnall
May 2004

Silk Roads
Travel + Leisure
March 2004


In Vino Homoeroticus
BlackBook
September 2003

Cesky Krumlov: Flooded--With Tourists--Again
Chicago Tribune
Sept. 2003

Planet Stalingrad
Playboy
April 2003

Bone to Pick
The Wave Magazine
Oct. 2002


Czech Your Liver
The Wave Magazine
Sept. 2002

Eloping, Italian Style
Chicago Tribune
Aug. 2002

Livin' La Vida Aloha
The Wave Magazine
May 2002