

A Jewel in Italy - Several, in Fact.
Dating, travel, Bergamo, and a pasta dish worth finding.


The Ultimate Irish Sweater
A short story about my discovery of Rossan Knitwear and finally visiting their small, family-run business and store.


Chasing the Phantoms of the First World War
For the last two weeks, I have been poring over a WWI tour for a truly special group of clients. These guys are/were at the peak of their...


The Call of War...
Since the days of my youth, growing up in Belgium, I have been fascinated with war... We had a German bunker in our neighborhood that we...


Homeward Bound
Writing this note from a little mattress with a Cinderella fitted sheet, on the floor of the daughter's bedroom of a dear friend of...


How to Travel - A Simple Set of Rules
Between growing up in abroad and having been living in, traveling, and running tours in Europe for the past 7 years, I thought I would do...


The Theology of Bombing...
I got a text message this morning from a friend of mine on the heels of the Brussels attack. No Europe for me... This crap is going to...


To Lee, or Not To Lee...
A Letter to the Members of Save our Circle - and Americans at Large: My father was a giant Robert E. Lee fan. He nearly named my brother...


Dead Men Walking
When you stay in a foreign place, no matter how amazing, unique, and charming it is, you can become adjusted and lose a bit of that...


Speaking in Tongues... Reflections in Budapest
Laying in bed, in a trippy little design hotel located right on the banks of the Danube River, waiting for my cell phone to charge up a...



















