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Coming Soon: A Quarterly(ish) Travel Newsletter!

June 28, 2026 //
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Reporting from Guatemala, 2026

June 2026:

The Curious Passport is moving to a quarterly travel newsletter later this summer.

I started this blog in 2014 (2015?) as a way to kick-start a freelance travel writing career and workshop the stories I wanted to tell.

It took me a while to get started, and 10+ years of incredibly hard work (including an overwhelming amount of rejection) later, I’m proud of the stories I’ve had the opportunity to share in publications like Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Bon Appétit Magazine, Lonely Planet, Adventure.com, San Diego Magazine, New York Magazine and more.

As I painstakingly built my portfolio year after year, I even came across an opportunity to publish a book. It took me (and an entire team of collaborators) five years to bring it to the world. San Diego Cooks published in 2024. During that time, I took a step back from freelance writing.

Now, I’m back to freelance writing and pursuing travel stories around the world again.

Soon, I’ll launch transition my little corner of the internet into a quarterly(ish) newsletter. It will expand on what drew me to travel storytelling in the first place—a curiosity for life’s deliciousness. It’s about the food (always), the people and places that make our world unique.

Learn more about it, and sign up before Issue 001 launches later this summer.

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Postcard from: Muir Woods National Monument

January 13, 2026 //
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Before we decided on a destination for a quick winter weekend, we considered our parameters. We agreed that we wanted to go somewhere that had the feel of a cosmopolitan city with a world-class food scene.

We wanted to “eat our faces off” in the city and also immerse ourselves in nature. We wanted a dedicated afternoon of movement and awe. But nature couldn’t be more than a couple hours away.

Coming from San Diego County, Los Angeles felt too close. And as a city, LA feels more urban sprawl than what I typically think of when I think of a city. I’ve always wanted to visit the redwoods in Redwoods National and State Parks.

But it’s a six-hour drive from a major city. Enter San Francisco, and Muir Woods National Monument. 

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Categories California, Passing Through, Travel, Wellness

Our New Espresso Machine

January 2, 2026 //
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Espresso Machine
The reason I rarely buy coffee in the wild these days.

Our espresso machine is like our first child. At first, its seemingly complicated features intimidated us. With time, it’s become a natural part of our everyday lives. Like our cohabitation, it’s still new. 

Every morning, I pad downstairs and make my way across the cool wood floors and into the sun-filled living room, where our kitchen is also located. The espresso machine’s sleek, shiny presence with all of its knobs and buttons says: Instant gratification does not exist here.

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Categories California, Curious Palate, San Diego, Travel, Wellness
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