Articles and Samples
Articles
I’ll do pretty much anything for a good assignment — or a bad one that pays really well: Take off my clothes; get slathered with German goat butter and wrapped in plastic; eat grasshoppers, ants, and grubs….
I do have my specialties and preferences: food and spirits, especially that relating to the Southwest U.S. and Mexico; travel, especially in warm places and countries where camels like to live; art and architecture; spas; or any combination thereof. And dogs, which is a whole separate genre; see my Dog Slave page. But I’m also a research junkie; when an unfamiliar destination or topic comes my way, the thrill of the chase kicks in.
Samples
A writer’s control over her published work is like a Manhattan apartment owner’s control over her co-op: conditional, and subject to lots of arcane rules. Not all these pieces are brand new, but they’re ones I like — and can either link to or reproduce.
Food & Spirits
Chef Suzana Davila, Middle Eastern food, sommelier Laura Williamson, Tucson’s international restaurants, Chef John Sharpe
Spas
Phoenix/Scottsdale wrap-up (as it were)
Nature
Hummingbird banding