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Sarah Shemkus

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Shore-dweller, cheese-lover, writer of things.

287 words in 17 moments in 8 cities since December 10th, 2013

Most Popular Stories by Sarah

Winter

Twinkly

Gloucester — Surrounded by brothers-in-law, loud and bantering and stealing my sweet potato fries. Drifting through my second glass of sauvignon blanc, getting lost in the ceiling’s constellation of lights.

The Ocean, Street

Lobster boats in one of America's last commercial fishing ports.

Gloucester — When you don’t live in Gloucester, the problem of over-fishing is simple. The problem, clearly, is those greedy, myopic fishermen, destroying our oceans to score a quick buck. When you do live in Glou...

Food, Chinatown

Peking duck

Boston — It all started in Hong Kong, where my cousins and I gorged regularly on dim sum: pork buns, mango pudding, dumplings of every conceivable variety. Alas, when we attempted to recreate the experience in...