Michael Shapiro
  • Home
  • About
  • Books
    • The Creative Spark
    • A Sense of Place
    • Guatemala: A Journey through the land of the Maya
    • Internet Travel Planner
    • —Anthologies—
    • The Soul of a Great Traveler
    • The Best Travel Writing 2015
    • The Best Travel Writing 2011
    • The Best Travel Writing 2005
  • Stories
  • Interviews
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Gallery
  • Testimonials
  • Contact
Select Page
Giant Among Giants: Mike Krukow, Alaska Beyond, August 2019

Giant Among Giants: Mike Krukow, Alaska Beyond, August 2019

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 1, 2019 | Interviews, Sports, Stories

San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow is one of baseball’s best announcers, but for years has been battling a debilitating muscle disease. Yet he never complains, and for Giants fans he remains a treasure of knowledge and irreverant wit. Here’s my...
Boys of Winter: Playing baseball with my heroes at SF Giants fantasy camp, Lexus magazine

Boys of Winter: Playing baseball with my heroes at SF Giants fantasy camp, Lexus magazine

by Michael Shapiro | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog, Sports, Stories, Travel

Back in 2008, I received a dream assignment from a gorgeously designed magazine called Lexus that’s read by more than 1 million Lexus drivers in North America. The editor asked if I’d spend a week in January playing baseball at San Francisco Giants fantasy...
Tracking elusive pumas in Patagonia, Summer 2016

Tracking elusive pumas in Patagonia, Summer 2016

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 11, 2016 | Blog, Interviews, Sports, Stories, Travel

Typically when traveling overseas I like to stay a while. But when an editor emailed and asked if I’d be willilng to travel to Patagonia to track pumas for a week in the dead of the southern hemisphere’s winter, I leapt at the chance even though I...
Seeing Yosemite through a blind man’s vision, Alaska Beyond, April 2016

Seeing Yosemite through a blind man’s vision, Alaska Beyond, April 2016

by Michael Shapiro | Apr 2, 2016 | Blog, Sports, Stories, Travel

“Close your eyes and you’ll see what I mean,” says my skiing companion Walt as we traverse the 10-mile trail to Yosemite’s Glacier Point. My friend Walt is legally blind, unable to see the grandeur of Half Dome and the park’s other...
Kayaking to see bears at Alaska’s Pack Creek, Alaska magazine, Aug. 2015

Kayaking to see bears at Alaska’s Pack Creek, Alaska magazine, Aug. 2015

by Michael Shapiro | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog, Sports, Stories, Travel

There are a number of places in Alaska where you can see bears, but when I heard that Admiralty Island near Juneau has a protected bear reserve and that the best way to get there is by paddling a kayak for a couple of days, I couldn’t resist. The irony: it took...
Sweet home Chicago: Blues, baseball and barbecue, Inspirato, Summer 2015

Sweet home Chicago: Blues, baseball and barbecue, Inspirato, Summer 2015

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 8, 2015 | Blog, Food, Interviews, Music, Sports, Stories, Travel

Sometimes, if you’ve worked with an editor for a while, she approaches you with an assignment. And occasionally she opens the door to your dream story. When my editor at Inspirato suddenly had an opening for a feature and asked me to pitch a story about Chicago,...
« Older Entries
Michael Shapiro

Recent Posts

  • National Geographic, December 2020: In remote Nepal, new roads bring opportunity and perils
  • National Geographic, November 2020: How the mystique of Wales gave strength to a legendary writer
  • Essay: A Month of Sundays, The Bold Italic, June 11, 2020
  • The Press Democrat, Feb. 20, 2020: Sarah McLachlan reflects on making music and giving back
  • Kauai Garden Island, Jan. 2, 2020: Surviving a Rogue Wave
  • Sierra magazine, June 2020: The Case Against Cruising. Proposed legislation seeks to clean up an environmental pariah
  • The Press Democrat, July 1, 2020: ‘California Rocks’ at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art shows the heyday of rock ’n’ roll

Categories

  • Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Stories
  • Interviews
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Gallery
  • Testimonials
  • Contact

© Copyright Michael Shapiro