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I Escaped The United States, But I Owe One American City Everything
It taught me how to build a life I eventually had to leave the country to continue.
It sounds dramatic. And—to some extent—it is.
I Asked Valencia to Fix a Bench. Then It Did.
Today, a short field note. One of the seemingly little things that accumulate.
For several months, the bench in front of our apartment was not bolted into the ground. This had been the case since March when the falleros on our block unbolt...
Cities Don’t Just Manage Overtourism. They Help Create It.
While researching a trip my wife and I want to take from Valencia to Spain’s north next summer, I stumbled upon something undercovered in the debate around overtourism.
We’re planning to make our way through Spain’s north entirely by trai...
Spanish Was Easier When I Couldn’t Hear What I Was Missing
The other day I had a conversation with the ladies who run my favorite chicken stand at the municipal market. As you might know, I love their hamburguesas de pollo (chicken burgers).
The conversation started with me complimenting them on...
I Want to Go Places and Ask Better Questions
Last weekend, I sent two emails.
One went to the roughly 100 people who bought lifetime memberships and have been with this newsletter through several iterations. The other went to free subscribers, who signed up anywhere between nearly fi...
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I live and work full-time in Spain, where I write about life abroad, cities, and investing and personal finance. I’m no longer a U.S. resident. I am based entirely in the EU. Using em dashes since 2005.
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