about
Hi. I'm Doug. Writer, tourist, pastry fiend, and fan of old-school, dead-tree mail. If you want to contribute to the Awesome Cause of Bringing Back Old-School Mail, please send me a postcard--my address is at the bottom of this page (along with other contact info).
The basic details:
I'm a freelance writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) and
specializing in travel, food, design, and culture stories. My articles and
essays have appeared all kinds of places, like the San Francisco Chronicle, WorldHum.com, the Onion AV Club, and the Lonely Planet travel writing anthology A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World (which is, naturally, available at your local independent bookstore and Amazon).
And! I have a book of my very own coming out soon-ish. It's a travel memoir called Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day: One Man, Eight Countries, One Vintage Travel Guide. Coming April 2012 from Perigee Books/Penguin. Go mark it on your calendar. I'll wait. (Thanks!) All the details are over at the book web site ...
In the event you want to know more:
As a freelance writer, I specialize in offbeat takes on familiar topics and issues--that is, the unexpected angle on the thing you thought you knew all about. I'm a travel writer who doesn't mind being called a tourist or, at times, staying firmly on the beaten path, because I'm firmly convinced there are plenty of stories left to tell if only you know where to look. (Spoiler alert: that's kind of a big theme in my book.)
I graduated from Carleton College with a degree in American Studies and can tell you way more about the social significance of diners than you ever wanted to know. (Tip: in the Twin Cities, go to the Band Box Diner; Mickey's is for, well, tourists.)
Write to me, will ya? (And I'll write back.)
Also, I'm a huge fan of old-school mail, the kind you write on dead-tree
paper and send with stamps and stuff. Aegrograms, letters, postcards--I love 'em all. And I'm trying to bring them back. Enough with the digital "sharing" and tweeting and blog-commenting--they're all fine and good, I guess, but give me the personality and texture and charm of handwritten correspondence, please.
Join the cause! Write to me (address below) and I promise I'll write back. I might even add it to my online gallery of handwritten correspondence--a modern salute to old-school mail. Need a prompt? Tell me about that time you were a tourist in that famously touristy place ...
Send your postcard/letter/aerogram to:
Doug Mack
PO Box 1922
Minneapolis, MN (USA)
55458-1922
Or, if you want to get in touch the digital way:
E-mail me, won't you? doug@douglasmack.net
Or follow me on Twitter: @douglasmack
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Home page photo: Edinburgh, Scotland. May 2008
Hi. I'm Doug. Writer, tourist, pastry fiend, and fan of old-school, dead-tree mail. If you want to contribute to the Awesome Cause of Bringing Back Old-School Mail, please send me a postcard--my address is at the bottom of this page (along with other contact info).
The basic details:
I'm a freelance writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) and
specializing in travel, food, design, and culture stories. My articles and
essays have appeared all kinds of places, like the San Francisco Chronicle, WorldHum.com, the Onion AV Club, and the Lonely Planet travel writing anthology A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World (which is, naturally, available at your local independent bookstore and Amazon).
And! I have a book of my very own coming out soon-ish. It's a travel memoir called Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day: One Man, Eight Countries, One Vintage Travel Guide. Coming April 2012 from Perigee Books/Penguin. Go mark it on your calendar. I'll wait. (Thanks!) All the details are over at the book web site ...
In the event you want to know more:
As a freelance writer, I specialize in offbeat takes on familiar topics and issues--that is, the unexpected angle on the thing you thought you knew all about. I'm a travel writer who doesn't mind being called a tourist or, at times, staying firmly on the beaten path, because I'm firmly convinced there are plenty of stories left to tell if only you know where to look. (Spoiler alert: that's kind of a big theme in my book.)
I graduated from Carleton College with a degree in American Studies and can tell you way more about the social significance of diners than you ever wanted to know. (Tip: in the Twin Cities, go to the Band Box Diner; Mickey's is for, well, tourists.)
Write to me, will ya? (And I'll write back.)
Also, I'm a huge fan of old-school mail, the kind you write on dead-tree
paper and send with stamps and stuff. Aegrograms, letters, postcards--I love 'em all. And I'm trying to bring them back. Enough with the digital "sharing" and tweeting and blog-commenting--they're all fine and good, I guess, but give me the personality and texture and charm of handwritten correspondence, please.
Join the cause! Write to me (address below) and I promise I'll write back. I might even add it to my online gallery of handwritten correspondence--a modern salute to old-school mail. Need a prompt? Tell me about that time you were a tourist in that famously touristy place ...
Send your postcard/letter/aerogram to:
Doug Mack
PO Box 1922
Minneapolis, MN (USA)
55458-1922
Or, if you want to get in touch the digital way:
E-mail me, won't you? doug@douglasmack.net
Or follow me on Twitter: @douglasmack
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Home page photo: Edinburgh, Scotland. May 2008
