Gear Lab
If you're looking for one pair of pants to choose for your carry-on, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better option than the Western Rise Evolution Pant 2.0. If you were to pick one and only one pair of pants to bring with you on a trip, these would handle whatever you throw at them.
The Daily Grog
The world's best restaurant, NOMA is shutting down at the end of 2024. But are we missing the point?
The Daily Grog
Hey folks, This email is coming to you from Madrid, Spain. Steph and I just finished a week in Portugal with two of our best friends. We started in Lisbon, went up north to the seriously beautiful Schist villages, then to Costa Nova, and finally back down to Lisbon. Sadly
Essays
It was the most rain the city had seen in weeks, maybe months. It was unrelenting, but so was my hunger. Braving the downpour, we make our way up and down the network of hills on which the city of Valparaíso, Chile, is built. Just about every street is lined
The Daily Grog
After about three weeks of traveling around Italy with Steph's parents, the contents of my stomach feel like a coordinated dance of cacio e pepe and Negronis. I'm not complaining.
The Daily Grog
Since most of us are probably dealing with some travel-related nightmare at the moment, I figured I'd take a satirical look at the airport experience.
The Daily Grog
Updates, social media, emails, the future, and dive bars.
Gear Lab
This post was sponsored by the team at Western Rise. Their biggest sale of the year has arrived! 30% Off site-wide and 40% off ALL BOTTOMS with code HOLIDAY30 for a limited time. I know some people who buy holiday gifts for their loved ones throughout the year – if they
Gear Lab
Summary Overall, Airalo eSIMs have relieved so many headaches for travelers and are finally cashing in on the promise of eSIM technology. Buy Now at Airalo.com ProsConsNo physical SIM card neededData only, no phone number provided – aka, you still need to have a phone numberPretty cheap data options locallyNeed
Colombia
What happens when you mix explosives, beer, and gringos? Nothing good, at least that's what Steph and I find out in Cali, Colombia.
Chile
Pisco, wine, stars, small towns, and snow-capped mountains. What else do you need? As part of our ten-day road trip through Chile, we stopped and spent a few nights in Vicuña, a small town nestled into the Valle del Elqui. So how do you spend 72 hours here? We have
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