August Issue
Author Paige McClanahan on New Tourism, living abroad, and how travelers shape our world
Interview by David Lepeska
Paige McClanahan’s innate curiosity and love for travel have helped her to carve out a brilliant career as a travel writer, most recently for The New York Times. Her first book, The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel, came out last month and has received strong reviews. From her home in Paris, she spoke with Escape Artist Publisher/Editor David Lepeska about her thinking behind the book, how she hopes tourism changes in the years ahead, and her experience of living abroad. Read More
Tradition and conversation around the hearth in the old Ottoman capital
By Paul Osterlund
On a sweltering July afternoon in the heart of Istanbul’s old city, groups of men huddle around colored plastic tables in the shade of the Aqueduct of Valens, an imposing, nearly 100-foot-tall stone wall built in the 4th century by its namesake Roman emperor. This is Duygu Ocakbaşı, a modest Turkish ocakbaşı, or grill house, and a beloved local eatery on the edge of conservative, working-class Zeyrek. Read More
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By Paul Osterlund
