The pub that feels like a cave
A Mainz layover, an underground brewery, and the pair of beer mugs that came home in the suitcase.
Stories from the road
The longer versions of the stories behind some of the things on the site. Layover essays, restaurant accidents, antique-shop afternoons. Written by whoever brought the item home.
The polenta pan they sold me
When the restaurant in Argentina realized how much I loved the pan they'd cooked my dinner in, they sold it to me on the spot.
More stories coming
Christmas in Old Jerusalem · Tokyo antique-shop afternoons · The Y-12 ferry from Kunming to Lusaka · The cuckoo clock that came back from Bavaria — and others. Bookmark this page; we add as we travel.