My freelance writing explores various facets of culture. I am particularly focused on personal essays and human interest stories. Some recent pieces below.  

For Elle
Should I Stop Wearing My Ex's Clothes?
Ruminations on the past loves—and lives—we can never let go.

For Condé Nast Traveler 
The Long Spanish Goodbye
There's a tenderness in traveling with someone you just broke up with, as writer Sophie Mancini learns on a month-long trip through Spain.

For Vogue
What to Talk About on a First Date 

For Air Mail
Close-Up: Alice Jun
In Brooklyn, the young brewery owner is hand-making batches of Korean rice wine.

For Family Style, my column dedicated to this elusive term:
What is a Delicacy?
We live in an era of immediacy and overflow. Things once hard or slow to procure are now a blink away. Given this limitless accessibility, what in modern life can still be considered special, rare?

Is Delicacy a Choice?
The search to understand our collective desires may lie in the psychology of decision.

For the Wall Street Journal 
The Secrets of the Louvre, the Met and the Prado That Most Visitors Miss
Want to impress your most cultured travel companions? Curators of some of the world’s best museums spill their favorite trivia, lore and insider-y discoveries.

For W Magazine
TCM Practitioner Zoey Gong on Bridging Wellness and Nightlife

The Insider’s Guide to New York City

The Insider’s Guide to London

The Insider's Guide to Lisbon

The Insider's Guide to Oaxaca City




For creative projects, I most recently consulted on a book collection, working with Chef Daniel Humm on a series: The Plant-Based Chapter. The books explore the intimate stories behind his legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park and its trailblazing transformation to plant-based — the first and only in the world to have been awarded three Michelin stars. Collection coming soon.