Writing Portfolio

  • Frommer's Guide New Orleans

    Tami and co-author Lavinia Spalding's guide to New Orleans by locals, Frommer's style. Advice and ratings on dining, nightlife, accommodations, festivals, tours, and things to do for everyone. Plus maps, historical context, and tips on how to get around all in one easy-to-carry book. [2024]

  • The Road Less Traveled: Meet the Woman Revitalizing Rural Japan by Preserving its Vanishing Arts

    Nanami Granger founded Eighty Days Japan to connect travelers with artisans, makers, chefs, and “keepers of culture” in lesser-known destinations across Japan. From a series for Outlier Journeys highlighting women travel entrepreneurs. [2025]

  • How One Woman Found Everyday Life to Be the Best Way for Travelers to Experience Singapore’s Multicultural Heritage

    P.S. Yeo’s Everyday Tour Company takes travelers deep into Singapore’s UNESCO-recognized Hawker food culture. From a series for Outlier Journeys highlighting women travel entrepreneurs. [2025]

  • Finding Her Calling: Crafting Personalized Dream Experiences in Argentina’s Lesser-Known Places

    Vanesa Bremer co-founded V&V Experiences to help travelers adventure into the farthest corners of Argentina. From a series for Outlier Journeys highlighting women travel entrepreneurs. [2025]

  • Future City Foodways in Rural Japan

    How a vegan chef, Italian restaurant, and deer hunter in Hokkaido integrate cuisine into their small town's plan for a self-sustaining future. [2024]

    Winner of the 2025 Solas Best Travel Writing bronze award in travel + food.

  • Soulful Sleeps in New Orleans

    Twelve hotel recommendations that savor the spirit of New Orleans. [2023]

  • Crescent City Cuisine

    Dining, New Orleans-style. [2023]

  • Queen Trini Lisa's Ascension to New Orleans' Caribbean Soul Food Throne

    Lisa Nelson's path to becoming one of the city's most beloved chefs happened mostly on accident. [2022]

  • Natural High

    How Christopher Joe is developing nature tourism on his family farm in the Black Belt of Alabama in the American South. [2021]

  • Under a Blue Moon

    A kayaking camping trip in a Louisiana swamp connects a group of strangers. [2020]

    Winner of the 2020 Solas Best Travel Writing bronze award in adventure travel.

  • A Place of Many Tongues

    New Orleans has been, and will always be, a cultural melting pot -- newcomers and visitors alike just need to be willing to melt into it. The language of love helps. [2019]

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