Here, a collection of the featheriest, dirtiest, most edible, and all-around pigeon-est posts ever launched on this here ol’ sitio web.

From New York, Japan, Ireland, and Italy. Chosen by none other than me. Please enjoy the treasureness of happy long expat life.

New York

• It’s No Longer Quite the Springtime of My Life (March 2006)
• Tango at Home (May 2009)
• Untiss, Untiss, Untiss (August 2009)
• To the Expats, I Salute You (July 2010)
• The Things I’ve Carried (July 2010)
• The Long Island Railroad Montauk Line Travel Guide (July 2010)

Japan

• looova (January, 2007)
• Coming of Age Day (January 2008)
• Someone’s Knocking at the Door (May 2008)
• Sleeping in Coffins (July 2008)
• Campfire Stories from Japan, Part I (July 2008)
• Campfire Stories from Japan, Part II (July 2008)
• Hostess Cupcake (October 2008)
• I Am Bob (October 2008)
• Rice Fever, Rice Fever… We Know How To Do It (November 2008)
• The Mystery of the Ubiquitous and Radiant Train Station Ad Model (December 2008)
• At the Funeral of a Baby Girl in Japan (February 2009)
• Sticky Mess (March 2009)
• Petals Falling on Still Water (March 2009)
• Spring Ahead, Fall Back (April 2009)

Ireland

• Cat Paradise (September 2009)
• Please Sir, May I Have Some More? (October 2009)
• Osmosis, Like (November 2009)
• Along the River Liffey (February 2010)
• The Gift of the Pancake (February 2010)
• One Night in Galway (February 2010)
• The Five Senses of Inishmore (March 2010)
• Is There Life on Mars? (March 2010)
• Lunch at Temple Bar (March 2010)
• Someone’s Knocking at the Door… in Dublin (April 2010)
• Down the Pub (July 2010)
• Country Roads (September 2010)

Italy

• Zia Vittoria (September 2006)
• Latina, Italia and What I’m Doing Here (July 2010)
• Perfect Strangers (August 2010)
• The Handyman of Via Bad Soden (August 2010)
• Life in These Here Hills (October 2010)
• La Donna di Mistero (November 2010)
• Tight Spot (November 2010)
• Tales of Thanksgiving in Italy (December 2010)
• Screw the Foreigner (February 2011)
• Rate Mario’s Ass and Other Stories (February 2011)
• Beach (June 2011)
• USA vs USA (June 2011)

Assorted Travel Essays

• Oh My Boy! (Poda Beach, Thailand; October 2007)
• The Good Pain? (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; April 2009)
• A Cab Ride in Hanoi (Hanoi, Vietnam, April 2009)
• Some Like It Raw: Mettbroetchen in Düsseldorf (Germany, Düsseldorf; May 2010)
• TBEX Europe Top Ten Lists (Copenhagen, Denmark; November 2010)
• Things I Do Here That I Didn’t Do There (Japan, Ireland, Italy; January 2011)
• And Another Thing You Might Have Noticed So Far (Guatemala; April 2011)
• Notes on a Guatemalan Wedding (Guatemala; April 2011)

In Case You Ever Wondered

• Face Off (January 2011)