Sebastian Modak is a freelance writer and multimedia journalist based in New York City. In 2019, as the New York Times’ 52 Places Traveler, he traveled to and reported from all the places on the Times’ 52 Places to Go list. His work has also appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, The Washington Post, AFAR and more.

Postcard From New York, or, Searching for Home in Any Old Bar
Sebastian Modak, fresh off of 120,000 miles of travel, longs for the bars, near and far, that he called home.
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