You know that friend –– the one who has top-notch recommendations for any city you throw at them? The one who knows about the best underground concert venue in Philly *and* the right way to order a cheesesteak? 

For my year writing for Common Living, I got to be that friend while showing readers there was a better (and cheaper) way to enjoy city life. Think: far-less-edgy Bourdain with a dash of Andrew Zimmern weirdness.

Sadly, Common is no more — and my 100-article-deep repository has gone the way of the dinosaur. But thanks to WaybackMachine, you can click through a few of my contributions which have been frozen in amber below.