OTHER PROJECTS

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

• A Quest for Authentic People and Eats in Shreveport, May 2019 [pdf]

• Building a Dream: Austin's Wayback Cafe & Cottages, May 2019 [pdf]

• A First-Timer's Guide to Lubbock, October 2018 [pdf]

• Nashville: Made in Music City, May 2018 [pdf]

• Alabama Gulf Shores: Off the Hook, February 2018 [pdf]

TEXAS HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE

• Lindy Chambers, Bellville, March 2019

• Faye Landham, Granbury, January 2019

• White Christmas in Texas, December 2018

• Texas fruitcakes, December 2018

• Home Cookin' Highway, October 2018

• Ronin Restaurant, October 2018

• Wiseman House Chocolates, February 2018

• Bandera's Rancho Cortez, August 2018

• Austin Steam Train's North Pole Flyer, November 2017

• SeaWorld San Antonio, November 2017

• Eagle Mountain Farmhouse Cheese, October 2017

• Granbury's haunted history, October 2017

• Bryan's Catalena Hatters, May 2017

• Fredericksburg's Das Peach Haus, January 2017

• Crushing it at Messina Hof, April 2017

• Soap-making at Sauer-Beckmann farm, November 2016

• Essay: Lost and Found, October 2016

• Jellystone Park Hill Country, August 2016

• San Antonio's Doseum, October 2015

AAA MAGAZINES

• Amarillo Sod Poodles, Texas Journey, March/April 2019

• Burklee Hill Vineyards, Texas Journey, January/February 2019

• Day Trip: Grapevine, Texas Journey, November/December 2018

• Cover story: Take a Bite out of Shark Week, Alabama Journey, July/August 2018

• Day Trip: Amarillo, Texas Journey, March/April 2018

• A Lucchese Boot, Deconstructed, Texas Journey, March/April 2018

• A Passage to India, Texas Journey, March/April 2018

• Cover story: Happy Birthday, San Antonio! Texas Journey, January/February 2018

• Profile: Vincent Huizar, Texas Journey, January/February 2018

• The Eagle has Landed, Texas Journey, January/February 2018

• A Different Kind of Oil Boom, Texas Journey, September/October 2017

• Day Trip: Bastrop, Texas Journey, November/December 2017

• Essay: Belle of the Baile, Texas Journey, September/October 2017

• The Wright Way, Northern New England Journey, March/April 2017

• Cover story: Flock Together, Alabama Journey and Texas Journey, January/February 2017

ABOUT ME

My recent articles have appeared in Good Housekeeping, AAA's Texas Journey, Texas Highways, Costco Connection, Southwest: The Magazine, Alaska BEYOND, Wine Enthusiast, Family Vacation Critic and Cruise Critic.

I wrote the book Budget Travel for the Genius in 2015.

I'm a proud member of 
Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA).