CITIES, AND WHAT THEY DON'T PUT IN THE GUIDEBOOK
People have tells. Cities do too.
August Vale won't tell you what he does for a living. He'll tell you where to stay, where to eat, and which street to avoid after dark. Field guides built from cities his work keeps taking him to — his experience, compressed into a PDF you carry.
02 — THE ARCHIVE
Guides by country
Each guide is the practical residue of a trip August won't fully explain. Pick a country to see what's written — or subscribe on the Substack and every guide, past and future, comes with it.
22 MORE COUNTRIES IN PROGRESS
Places he's already been and hasn't finished writing: England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Greece, Japan, Serbia, Croatia, Chile, Argentina, Romania, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Monaco. New guides land roughly monthly — subscribe on Substack to hear when one does.
03 — THE STORY
About August Vale
WHEREABOUTS UNCONFIRMED
My name is August Vale. I can't tell you exactly what I do for a living — only that the work has taken me to more cities than I can easily remember. Sometimes for a few days. Sometimes considerably longer. My clients value discretion.
My friends know better than to ask about the work. They ask about the places instead — where to stay, where to eat, which neighborhood to avoid. Over the years, I realized I usually had an answer. I notice things. It comes with the work.
You'll get a PDF — a sort of field guide to the city. I don't only want to share my experience. I want you to recreate your own.
Read the rest on Substack →04 — THE LETTER
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The full stories are paywalled on the Substack. Subscribe, and every city guide comes with it as a PDF — past and future, included. Prefer to buy just one? Every guide above is also sold individually, or on Gumroad.