@tswick.bsky.social
Travel writer and essayist, amateur photographer and cartoonist. Native of New Jersey, friend of Poland, defender of Florida, fan of the unsung.
Two years ago this week my memoir Falling into Place appeared. But the read-by date hasn’t passed.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Two years ago this week my memoir Falling into Place appeared. But the read-by date hasn’t passed.
I was rooting for the Blue Jays because I thought it would be fitting for Canada to have the World Series trophy while Florida has the Stanley Cup.
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I was rooting for the Blue Jays because I thought it would be fitting for Canada to have the World Series trophy while Florida has the Stanley Cup.
There is no better illustration of the disdain editors have for travel writing than the appearance in the New York Times Magazine’s special Voyages issue of a story about a three-day retreat in an all-dark room.
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There is no better illustration of the disdain editors have for travel writing than the appearance in the New York Times Magazine’s special Voyages issue of a story about a three-day retreat in an all-dark room.
Not sure why the City of Miami thinks it needs a lot of land for this.
October 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not sure why the City of Miami thinks it needs a lot of land for this.
At The Lynx bookstore in Gainesville.
September 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At The Lynx bookstore in Gainesville.
A quick reminder that I’ll be speaking this Wednesday at 7 pm at the Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC.
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A quick reminder that I’ll be speaking this Wednesday at 7 pm at the Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC.
I’m going to be speaking about my memoir “Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer” at the Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC on Sept. 24 at 7 pm.
September 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m going to be speaking about my memoir “Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer” at the Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC on Sept. 24 at 7 pm.
My celebration of The Great Railway Bazaar - published 50 years ago - is also an examination of travel writing over the last 75 years. theamericanscholar.org/the-great-am...
August 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My celebration of The Great Railway Bazaar - published 50 years ago - is also an examination of travel writing over the last 75 years. theamericanscholar.org/the-great-am...
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery in Montreal.
August 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery in Montreal.
Here in Quebec, it looks as if Trump is meeting with French fries covered in gravy and cheese curds.
August 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Here in Quebec, it looks as if Trump is meeting with French fries covered in gravy and cheese curds.
I’ve been adamant that AI will never replace travel writers, but then I read this sentence from the Tribune News Service in today’s Miami Herald: “I visited some churches and cathedrals, of which Portugal has many.”
August 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I’ve been adamant that AI will never replace travel writers, but then I read this sentence from the Tribune News Service in today’s Miami Herald: “I visited some churches and cathedrals, of which Portugal has many.”
Six years ago I wrote about the problem of overtourism - and suggested a solution: lithub.com/standing-roo...
August 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Six years ago I wrote about the problem of overtourism - and suggested a solution: lithub.com/standing-roo...
One of the obits for Tom Lehrer, who died this weekend at age 97, described him as “popular and erudite,” making him perhaps the last person to be depicted with those two adjectives.
July 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
One of the obits for Tom Lehrer, who died this weekend at age 97, described him as “popular and erudite,” making him perhaps the last person to be depicted with those two adjectives.
Seeking relief from the heat? My memoir will transport you to winter in northern Greece; Providence, Rhode Island; and - most chillingly - Warsaw, Poland.
July 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Seeking relief from the heat? My memoir will transport you to winter in northern Greece; Providence, Rhode Island; and - most chillingly - Warsaw, Poland.
Went to see the Panthers lift the Stanley Cup at the Elbo Room and on the drive home, listening to an oldies station, heard Connie Francis singing “Where the Boys Are.”
June 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Went to see the Panthers lift the Stanley Cup at the Elbo Room and on the drive home, listening to an oldies station, heard Connie Francis singing “Where the Boys Are.”
The Herald’s story on Broward dining focused on upscale restaurants, omitting the ethnic. In The American Scholar (Winter 2024) I wrote: “Miamians were famous for never crossing the county line, but foodies drove north for our Korean and Vietnamese restaurants.” theamericanscholar.org/florida-man/
June 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Herald’s story on Broward dining focused on upscale restaurants, omitting the ethnic. In The American Scholar (Winter 2024) I wrote: “Miamians were famous for never crossing the county line, but foodies drove north for our Korean and Vietnamese restaurants.” theamericanscholar.org/florida-man/
Watching the French Open this weekend I thought it fitting that the windy women’s final ended on an unforced error while the five-and-a-half-hour men’s final ended with a winner.
June 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Watching the French Open this weekend I thought it fitting that the windy women’s final ended on an unforced error while the five-and-a-half-hour men’s final ended with a winner.
Habemus papam. There is something beautifully subversive about putting on the world stage right now a compassionate, multilingual American.
May 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Habemus papam. There is something beautifully subversive about putting on the world stage right now a compassionate, multilingual American.