Greetings! I’m a Philadelphia-based journalist
who’s written for dozens of newspapers, magazines,
custom publications, and websites. Click here for a long, but
incomplete, list.
I like pursuing stories that stretch either my descriptive
touch (such as my best travel or art pieces) or my
reporting nose (a meaty business story). And, of course, I
like writing articles that bring into play my specific
interests: architecture and urban studies, Japanese
contemporary and traditional culture, home and garden,
photography and theatre, world capitals and beautiful
things (jewelry, ceramics, great buildings). If I can get
two or more of these to intersect-- see my report on how a
Tokyo neighborhood is fighting re-development at
www.metropolismag.com-- all
the better.
[ For
samples of some of my other recent online writing, check
out my stories on Collecting Architectural
Drawings and
Campaign
Memorabilia, both for
Conde Nast Portfolio.com.
Or, visit HGTV.com to learn more about
Warming Up Your New Home
and
Cool Ideas for Fall
Decorating.]
In addition to pushing my way towards 20
years of freelancing, I’ve recently taught journalism
at two universities, sold my original photography, and
opened and operated an evenings-only dessert cafe. In
between, I’ve read stacks of books (I like Saramago,
Henry James, Nabokov, McEwan), seen lots of movies, learned
a few hundred Italian and Japanese words, flaneured my way
through New York, Philadelphia, London, Paris, and Tokyo
repeatedly, and watched many, many episodes of Sex &
The City and Seinfeld. (Yup, I have no
children...)