How To Start a Travel Blog
I’ve been putting this off.
Not the traveling — that started a while ago. Not the writing — I’ve done that for years, mostly under someone else’s banner. But this: the moment when you put your own name on the thing. The moment when the blinking cursor isn’t an assignment or a client brief, but an open invitation.
So here it is: the soft launch of Short Drops and Tall Tales — my attempt to write a different kind of travel blog.
Not a chronicle of perfect vacations. Not a checklist of beaches and brunches. Something slower, rougher around the edges. Something that feels more like real travel — the kind that humbles you, surprises you, and occasionally ruins your shoes.
I’ve been lucky enough to walk through places I’d only seen on faded postcards. Some stories I’ve carried back. Others are still smudged in notebooks or tangled in voice memos. This blog is where I’ll start untangling them.
You’ll find:
- Personal travel essays — the things that stuck with me
- Cultural snapshots — small things that speak volumes
- Historical echoes — because places are never just now
- And food, always food — the edible parts of memory
If you’re here at the beginning: thank you. You’re early, and I appreciate it.
If you’re the sort of person who reads the first post before anything else, this blog might be for you.
And if you’re curious where it’s all going, the best way to stay close is to subscribe. It’s free. I don’t do spam. I barely do plans.
But I do stories. And I’d like to share them with you.
Let’s see where this goes.