The Daily Beast: Paris is Très Brooklyn

Like fashion-forward New Yorkers used to covet Parisian trends (which created the Carrie Bradshaw paradigm), today Parisians are looking towards New York--Brooklyn in particular--for style cues. But this new era extends far beyond an open embrace of hipsterdom, Paris' Brooklyn obsession is its first open admission that it truly <3 NY.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/23/how-brooklyn-invaded-paris-next-stop-the-world.html

Lonely Planet: The Best Bathrooms in the World

For Lonely Planet's yearly Best in Travel series, my contribution for 2015 included a list of the top toilets in the world from the high-tech johns of Japan to the rugged, Crusoe-like loos when nature calls.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/the-royal-wee-the-worlds-best-bathrooms

The Daily Beast: Mexico's Hidden Beach

Off of Mexico's Pacific coast lies a small island chain with a secret inside--a circular beach hidden deep within the core of a stony islet, like the hole in doughnut. Worshipped by the ancient Huichol people, today it remains a place of awe and wonder for the hundreds of people who visit each day.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/14/what-made-mexico-s-most-mysterious-beach.html

The Daily Beast: How the French Do Detox

Throw away your juice cleanse, the French have figured out a much more pleasant way to rid your body of toxins and lose weight. The country's foremost spa retreat in Brittany has taken a page out of the Greco-Roman book of wellness, promoting a "healthy mind, healthy body" mantra amongst its guests. Oh, and there are a bunch of quirky treatments involving water hoses too...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/08/how-the-french-do-detox-inside-france-s-most-star-studded-wellness-retreat.html

Paradise Magazine: The Melanesian Festival

For Air Niugini's in-flight magazine I documented the Melanesian Festival held in July in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. A meeting of cultures from all over the region, the festival celebrated the most coveted arts and traditions of the different tribes from fire eating to elaborate costume work.

The Daily Beast: Secret Soviet Bunker Unearthed

During my years of exploring the Baltic for Lonely Planet there was always one destination that got stuck in my head: a super secret bunker in the pine forests of Latvia's Gauja National Park. Decommissioned in 2003, it's now open for tourists and provides incredible insight into the Cold War years and the austere Soviet mindset.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/25/the-secret-soviet-power-bunker-in-latvia-a-hiding-place-for-the-elite.html