Georgia has been my home since 2002. A year earlier, I was on my way to Mexico when I somehow ended up under a palm tree in Batumi, sipping a warm beer at a faded plastic table, waiting for the train to Tbilisi. I probably should have made a left turn in Albuquerque. Then again, it’s a good thing I didn’t. 

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I spent the ensuing years working here as a journalist, covering the region mostly for Eurasianet, The Christian Science Monitor, Deutsche Welle and was a columnist at The Moscow Times. Bylines I can boast of include Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown (where I was also a guest in 2016), Foreign Policy, BBC, CNN Travel, The Daily Beast and the great Roads & Kingdoms.

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Since 2015 I have focused on Georgia's burgeoning food and wine culture, writing about it and leading food and wine tours. I established Meet Me Here Tbilisi to share what my team and I love most about this crazy, gorgeous, delicious country.

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