Postcards · May 01, 2025
La Mercè may not be Barcelona’s flashiest church, but it just might be its most meaningful—deeply tied to the city’s history, its patron saint, and a religious order founded to ransom captives. I visited on a quiet afternoon and was glad I did.
Postcards · April 29, 2025
A quietly personal look at the Museu Picasso in Barcelona—more biography than blockbuster, more early sketches than late-career fireworks. Understated, architectural, and surprisingly relatable.
Postcards · April 27, 2025
An hour in a pop-art palace with Banksy, Basquiat, and a giant bronze KAWS. It’s loud, flashy, and occasionally brilliant—which might just be the point.
Postcards · April 24, 2025
It took 30 minutes, one very lost driver, and a wrong turn uphill to find the entrance—but the Fundació Miró in Palma was worth the detour. Modernist architecture, unfinished canvases, and a studio that still feels like Miró just stepped out for a coffee.
Dispatches · April 11, 2025
Ponce de León’s house in San Juan is a study in contradictions. It was never technically his but built by his family after he died. In Cuba. He did way more than fail to find the Fountain of Youth, though he did spectacularly. And Ponce wasn’t even his first name! Yeesh.
Postcards · April 10, 2025
San Juan’s most scenic cemetery isn’t just a resting place—it’s a stage. Perched between El Morro and the Atlantic, Santa María is home to Puerto Rico’s greatest legends, some extravagant tombs, and one very tired dog.
Postcards · April 08, 2025
Spain built El Morro to control the Caribbean—and made sure everyone knew it. This is the fort that turned Puerto Rico into a maritime gatekeeper for nearly 400 years.
Postcards · April 07, 2025
A half-millennium-old cathedral with conquistador bones, a wax-coated martyr, and the faint scent of incense. I went looking for a saint in a glass box. I found something older.
Postcards · April 06, 2025
We took a look at the other fort in Old San Juan—the one without the crowds, but with centuries of layered defenses, colonial drama, and a working history that lasted into the Cold War.
Postcards · March 25, 2025
There are three faces to Mérida— one carved in stone, one kept in memory, and one still playing out in the streets. And all three versions layer neatly on top of each other…