A personal, reader-supported journal by a writer walking the 88-temple Shikoku pilgrimage route in Japan, with dispatches on feet and heat, side trips, small-town encounters, food and sake. It reads as a warm, self-deprecating travelogue rather than a guide, and offers little practical route advice beyond the author's own experience.
Website: https://www.sakesumo.com/
Veteran restaurant critic Robert Sietsema writes about New York City dining, focusing on inexpensive eats, neighborhood food crawls, and restaurant openings. Readers get specific dish and venue recommendations along with historical and cultural context.
Lee Rosen, a retired lawyer who travels full-time, writes essays on digital nomad life covering visas, domicile and tax residency, and the practical effects of climate and instability on travel. Readers get first-person experience combined with legal and policy analysis.
Long-form essays that read Italian buildings, monuments and gardens slowly, tracing how layers of history, restoration and invention shaped what visitors see today. Mixes archival detail, on-site observation and personal travel narrative, with practical visiting guidance.
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