New York Times
Whatever you no longer think about the American West is partly because of Richard Avedon.
New York Times
A profile of Geena Davis and her spreadsheet
Wired
On Six Feet of Separation, the kid pandemic newspaper I started.
New York Times
A shooting, a life turned around, and about how we think about our lives in the first place.
Outside
I paid for the tweely virtuous curation of nature so you don’t have to.
New York Times Magazine
A scribble on a slip of paper becomes a mystery.
Alta Journal
A cosmic clock-stopping experiment on Bayshore Blvd.
The New Yorker
A summer camp for grownups in need of digital detox.
Afar
Inside Tokyo’s rent-a-friend industry.
Afar
Singapore to Bangkok by rail.
Salon
A profile of Lou Reed.
Afar
A Caribbean paradise from outside the resort walls.
Outside
Greed, nature, fear, change, large dogs, violent golfing and river rights.
(Republished in Best American Science & Nature Writing)
Afar
Wrote about a blessedly brief rough patch, and why Western Ireland is made for traveling sad.
The California Sunday Magazine
Busing through the Deep South with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
California Sunday Magazine
Samin Nosrat’s bid to become the Iranian Martha Stewart.
California Sunday Magazine
In the mountains of Peru, an ayahuasca retreat tailor-made for the startup set.
The New York Times
Never trust a stranger with $50.
Afar Magazine
Got on a f**king Proud Boys for this story about decolonizing Hawaiian tourism.
The Atavist
The tragic, miraculous and then unbelievable true story of Hollywood producer Simon Lewis.
Afar
All you need is gezelligheid.
Afar
New York is for children.
Pacific Standard
A defense of FOMO.
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com
In a straighter realm, a Bay Area wanderer is lost for good.
The New Yorker
The tiny Irish village where Barack Obama will always be president.
New York Times
EIGHTIES ROCK. Get it?
New York Times
Covid, Walmart, and the thin line between an essential and disposable workforce.
(A NYT Great Read)
New York Times
First story in the NYT’s lovely Never Too Late series. Come for Vijaya, stay for the photos of Vijaya.
Outside
Can the outdoors save guys from themselves?
(Winner of Lowell Thomas Award)
Alta Journal
On the nature-othering X-Treme Sport that is our contemporary imagination of Death Valley.
New York Times
If you click my penguin story it will be black and white and read all over.
Wired
Yelpification, ubiquitous appraisal and our culture of critique.
Afar
In a square mile of West Texas, vanishing roots of a wilder America.
Afar
A week in Iceland’s capital gets freaky.
Sunset
Inside the secret world of private train travel.
Wired
Millions, billions, goodness and the gospel of wealth according to Marc Benioff.
Wired
Psychedelic harm reduction, existential first responders and a little self-mortification.
Saveur
Hiking 20 mountainous Sardinian miles in the dark for the world’s rarest pasta.
New York Times
Behind-the-scenes guided tour of a NYT piece I wrote
Wired
Wealth and poverty and tech and dirty needles and church.
(Winner of Society for Professional Journalists Award)
The New York Times
Looking for a stolen horse.
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Dick pics, doxing exes, every war ever and other man things, reviewed.
California Sunday Magazine
Director Mike Mills hunts for his past.
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com
The former president’s biggest hater — and employee.
Medium
In which I open a restaurant in my house, for a night.
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com
Learning to stop being a loser and start getting the big bucks.