A collection of late night missives from a friend. Stories from late nights, lost roads, and shared drinks. New editions are currently sent out through skylarrenslow.substack.com, but I migrate the archives over occasionally.
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A somewhat serious framework for figuring out what’s actually worth eating on the road.
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Please, someone save humanity from airplane WiFi
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Plane time is your time, don’t let them take it from you.
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People watching, Paris edition
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Sights and sounds from a walk through Paris.
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How we always fail Paris
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On French police sirens and a brief rant about travel content.
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The problem with summer
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And pictures from the North Cascades.
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Ah, f*ck. My friend travels like Anthony Bourdain.
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I hope I packed some extra underwear.
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Fly with me at your own risk
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Or what was supposed to be day one of walking through the North York Moors.
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Braving the larch madness for orange blood
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In pictures, an epic Fall sunrise in the Pacific Northwest
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In Bavaria, the clocks run differently
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Or, Oktoberfest in pictures.
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The Unofficial Taxonomy of Beer
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Everything you think you know about beer is wrong.
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In Pictures, a PNW Summer
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Summer rain, thimbleberries, and the backcountry.
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My suitcase algorithm
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Should we travel like this anymore?
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On the Albanian Kafe
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In Albania, the humble kafe has no equal.
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Summer Bits and Bobs
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Catching up, lake days, upcoming trips, gear talk, and some recs.
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Raicilleros, Philosopher Kings (Part 4)
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On drinking a cultural landscape.
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Raicilleros, Philosopher Kings (Part 3)
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According to raicillero Don Lupe, I have a feminine name.
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In Pictures: Vallarta
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A bit of a rant, and then some pictures.
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Raicilleros, Philosopher Kings (Part 2)
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If the birds are singing, the raicilla will follow.