Spring Eating at Comune | Spring 2025
Cozy, intimate spaces are being edged out by cavernous steakhouses with TVs looping sports highlights and menus accessed via QR codes. Restaurants like Comune remain vital to this city.
Published Articles & Magazines
As the Editor in Chief of Refined Magazine and Assistant Editor of (614) Magazine and Stock & Barrel, I collaborate with a team of writers, photographers, and designers to showcase all that Columbus has to offer.
Stay awhile and take a look at my publications and articles!
Refined | Spring 2025
Columbus is on the verge of something extraordinary. And while we may long to skip ahead to summer – to the season of fruition – we are learning to embrace the beauty of April showers, in all the anticipation, potential, and promises of May flowers.
Refined | Winter 2024
Meet the Duttons: The Columbus duo redesigning and redefining tradition.
614 Magazine | September 2024
Drawing from antique European interiors to coastal Carolina taverns, Gene's brings style and a hyperlocal dining ethos to Historic Dublin.
(614) October | 2024
“Did you feel cool dining there?”
That’s probably not the usual question you’re asked when you tell someone you had reservations the night before at the hot new restaurant in town. But Chouette might just make that question more relevant.
But the first key to feeling cool at Chouette, is probably knowing how to say its name. This French-inspired restaurant, which opened Downtown mid-August at 66 N. High St. courtesy of Makeready Restaurant Group, is pronounced ‘shwet,’ a nod to the French slang for “cool.” And that’s precisely how you’re meant to feel here.
That’s probably not the usual question you’re asked when you tell someone you had reservations the night before at the hot new restaurant in town. But Chouette might just make that question more relevant.
But the first key to feeling cool at Chouette, is probably knowing how to say its name. This French-inspired restaurant, which opened Downtown mid-August at 66 N. High St. courtesy of Makeready Restaurant Group, is pronounced ‘shwet,’ a nod to the French slang for “cool.” And that’s precisely how you’re meant to feel here.
(614) October | 2023
From secret basement bars to local haunts, here's how Columbus is keeping the tiki scene alive and well.
Stock & Barrel | Winter 2023
Here's your guide to the history of greasy spoon, American-Chinese take out spots, and where to find them throughout Columbus.
(614) January | 2024
Matter Spicer, a local stylist for A-list celebrities and famous brands, is showing Columbus that it's possible to achieve anything you set your mind to -- and he looks good doing it, too.
(614) December | 2023
Columbus' newest bar, Cobra, embraces a laid-back atmosphere, complete with late-night noodles, Asian-American inspired fare, and cool cocktails.
(614) February | 2024
Rachel Joy Barehl, a Columbus matchmaker known as the "City's Superconnector" and the "Dating Doula," is giving singles the skills they need to find love, all without the bow and arrow.
Stock & Barrel | Fall 2023
Meet three masters of Columbus pizza and who they are besides just cheese and pepperoni.
Stock & Barrel | Summer 2023
Born in Athens, Jacki O's recently-refurbished Columbus taproom brings a polished new space with massive patios, on-site restaurants, and a whole lot more.
(614) February | 2024
I had the privilege of writing our introduction of Love in the Digital Age (February 2024), all about my experience in online dating.
