North America – wayfarersoliloquy

Photography by Samantha Demangate Amongst the pyramids and ruins of Mexico’s heartland is a culinary story that has taken on ….(read more)

Photos by Samantha Demangate As the tumultuous year of 2021 winds to a close, the Yucatecan city of Merida prepares ….(read more)

All photos by Samantha Demangate On a cool evening in November my girlfriend and I set off on a food ….(read more)

  All photos by Samantha Demangate What is Mexico City without tacos? Food cannot define a place but tacos do ….(read more)

All Photos by Samantha Demangate The Pandemic has chained everyone to their households. The insatiable itch to visit far off ….(read more)

As the weather in Northern Michigan turns gloomy, what could be better than learning how to make beer on a ….(read more)

The Anishinaabek people spoke of a legend in which three bears, one mother and two cubs, swam across the big ….(read more)

For three days in September, during a blustery summer-fall seasonal transition, I drove south to the town of Manistee to ….(read more)

Michigan is not just about heavy water and shipwrecks. Much of the state’s aquatic charm comes from its inland lakes ….(read more)

All Photos by Samantha Demangate Pungent layers of mesquite smoke lingering in the crisp morning air greeted us as we ….(read more)

All Photos by Samantha Demangate Isolating in the rural desert for a pair of ocean-loving Californians proved to be an ….(read more)

Photos by Samantha Demangate Sedona was magical. Any other description wouldn’t suffice. If I said anything more, it would be ….(read more)

Photos by Samantha Demangate My girlfriend and I read a lot about Sedona’s unparalleled natural beauty far before we decided ….(read more)

Photos by Samantha Demangate Waking up well rested and ready to take on another day of driving, my girlfriend and ….(read more)

Day 1: Highway 101 to the 10 Road Tripping through America with a raging pandemic was no easy feat. Businesses ….(read more)

I must confess — I traveled during the coronavirus pandemic. As dicey as it is, I succumbed to the temptations ….(read more)

It’s been a far greater task writing about my hometown than an unfamiliar destination thousands of miles away. You can ….(read more)

My alarm goes off at 5:30am, on what normally would be an average Saturday. I get up, hydrate, stretch, and ….(read more)

If you’re coming from one of California’s sprawling webs of urbanity you’ve probably ventured, or at least thought about venturing ….(read more)

Winter greeted me as I touched down at JFK airport during an intense February blizzard with high winds and whiteout ….(read more)