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Apr 8, 2026|6 min|travelhotelspoints

The Hotel Club Lounge Is Infrastructure, Not Luxury

What a good hotel club lounge is actually for: not glamour, but reset, flexibility, and a place to be taken care of even when the room itself is ordinary.

Mar 22, 2025|6 min|traveljapan

Nagasaki Is a City That Remembers Quietly

A trip report from Nagasaki — the atomic bomb museum that doesn't shout, a Christian history older than most Americans realize, and a compact port city that reminded me of Wellington.

Mar 16, 2025|5 min|traveljapanfood

Fukuoka Is the Kitchen Japan Doesn't Know It Has

A trip report from Fukuoka — hakata ramen, omakase with fish I couldn't name, two luxury hotels, and why Kyushu's capital makes a stronger case than Osaka.

Mar 14, 2025|5 min|travelperu

Machu Picchu Without the Hike

A trip report from Peru — Sacred Valley calm, a train into the clouds, and why you don't need to suffer to feel the scale of the citadel.

Mar 12, 2025|5 min|travelculture

Why Some Places Attract Serious Travelers and Others Attract Pinterest

Destination choice as social signaling — what the places you visit say about you, and why some destinations age better than others.

Mar 10, 2025|5 min|travelhawaii

Kauai Is the Hawaii I Wanted

A trip report from Kauai — the island for people who want topography over nightlife, and atmosphere over resort theater.