The Daily Beast: Have We Reached Peak Burger?

America's favorite comfort food keeps getting more extreme, with new toppings and fixin's adorning the ever-simple beef and bun. Will the burger continue to spiral off in different directions? Patty pundit from across the country weigh in.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/31/have-we-reached-peak-burger-the-crazy-fetishization-of-our-most-basic-comfort-food.html

Big Think: Is Airport Security Really Secure?

Throughout all of my travel mishaps over the last decade this article details my favorite (or least favorite depending on how you look at it): having my belongings stolen while passing through airport security.

http://bigthink.com/traveliq/is-airport-security-really-secure

Fest300: Asia's Best Music Festivals

The continent that champions J-Pop and K-Pop is also a serious force when it comes to other letters in the alphabet too, like E, D and M. Check out my carefully curated list of awesome music festivals -- the ultimate gatherings in Asia.

https://www.fest300.com/magazine/the-8-biggest-music-festivals-in-asia

Black Ink: Best Hotels

For Black Ink, the special publication for American Express Centurion members, I helped curate and write up reviews of the best small hotels in the world.

The Daily Beast: Why Brazil Will Never Be Fat

In an exclusive interview with Chef Murakami, a Japanese Brazilian chef based in Sao Paulo, the secret to Brazil's slender bodies is revealed, and it's more surprising than one might think. The prominence of Japanese cuisine in the World Cup country (Brazil has the largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan) means that the battle of the bulge might just be won.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/25/meet-the-chef-fighting-to-ensure-that-brazilians-will-never-be-as-fat-as-americans.html

Fest300: A Guide to Brazil's World Cup Cities

Use this handy mini guide to explore the four cities hosting Brazil's World Cup semi-finals. From the viewpoints of Rio to the cafes of São Paulo, you'll get the skinny on what to do after checking out the games.

https://www.fest300.com/magazine/mini-guide-to-brazil-s-world-cup-semi-finals-cities