Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

'Tis the season of the swimming pool, and here at Shots we've been patronizing our local public pools to escape the heat. One can't, however, frequent a pool without eventually contemplating its ...

A skin infection I picked up from a spa pool in Palm Springs changed the way I think about swimming. The water looked clean. The resort was nice. Didn't matter. Since then I've been a lot more ...