Dean Z. Jackson

9 June

substack.comPortugal Pulled the Rug OutBut I Can Still Walk on the Beach

open.substack.comShakespeare in the Bread FactoryWhen you enter the vast grounds of the Unicorn Factory in Lisbon, it can be disorienting.

16 May

Please check out my latest article about Open Air Shakespeare and there recent performance at the Unicorn Factory in Lisbon. open.substack.com/pub/deanjack...

29 Apr

substack.comI Retired Early, Two Years Into The JourneyRewind to 2020.

26 Mar

substack.comMichelin Star Gazing (Part 1) A Tale of Three CitiesSeveral years ago, while traveling in Toledo, Spain, we happened to stay in a boutique hotel with a small, but rather fancy, restaurant.

19 Mar

open.substack.comSlow Travel: The Art of LingeringIt’s been a while since I posted an article.

6 Feb

open.substack.comBangkok Bedlam(Slow) Travel Like You Mean It

25 Jan

open.substack.comReflections on a Life Well TraveledI am sitting in my living room, my wife and personal tour guide, Kyra, having a nap in the bedroom with Lollipop, our mischievous and wonderful Poquito Podengo pup.

open.substack.comThe Journey ContinuesFriends, Visas & Vagabonds

8 Jan

The Journey Continues: Friends, Visas & Vagabonds open.substack.com/pub/deanjack...

31 Dec 2025

open.substack.comNew Year's Resolution or New Year's RevolutionThere is a specific kind of electricity in the air when the calendar resets.

31 Dec 2025

open.substack.comChristmas With the Cinnamon BearMy First Christmas in Colorado

16 Dec 2025

open.substack.comRest in Peace Rob and Michele ReinerMost people of my generation first got to know Rob Reiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic on “All in the Family” in the early 1970s.

10 Dec 2025

substack.comThe Day Beatlemania Hit LisbonThe Concert that Almost Was

6 Dec 2025

open.substack.comDivorce CourtI Left my I Phone for a Samsung

substack.comFriendsgiving in PortoA Taste of Home Far Away

3 Dec 2025

substack.com/@deanjackson... Happy Holidays! Boas Festas!

28 Nov 2025

open.substack.comOh! The Places We’ve Seen: A Seussian TravelogueInspired By Dr.

25 Nov 2025

open.substack.comWagon Train to PortugalI sit here in the living room of dear friends in Porto.

20 Nov 2025

open.substack.comTravel Before You’re Trapped:The Portuguese Residency Clock

17 Nov 2025

open.substack.comConfessions of a Lounge LizardConfessions of a Lounge Lizard

15 Nov 2025

open.substack.comPracticing Português PatienceListen up, folks. I thought I was ready for anything.

11 Nov 2025

open.substack.comNightlife in Lisbon: The Necessary SadnessThe first thing you notice about Lisbon, as the sun bleeds out over the Tagus river and the yellow light hits the tile-clad buildings, is the exhaustion.

10 Nov 2025

open.substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide; The Allure of Elsewhere.The first rule of marrying a tour guide is: you don’t get a vacation.

9 Nov 2025

open.substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide; Thanks to the Unsung Heroes of the Friendly SkiesSo I married a tour guide, the Unsung Heroes of the Friendly Skies.

7 Nov 2025

open.substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide: And We Moved to Portugal!!!I am nobody’s definition of homeless, but for a couple of months, I didn’t have a home, at least on the US side of the Atlantic.

open.substack.comSo I Married. Tour Guide: Flying Back to Yesterday.(Part 5: Takeaways From Our Japan Journey)

4 Nov 2025

Here is the culmination of our Japan journey. I hope you enjoy it. open.substack.com/pub/deanjack...

open.substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide: Bullet Train to Osaka!(Chapter 4: A Change in Scenery)

27 Oct 2025

Here is the latest chapter in my Japanese adventure. open.substack.com/pub/deanjack...

21 Oct 2025

open.substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide…Limping Through Japan(Part 3: Navigating Japan With a Disability)

substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide, Packing for Success!Packing for Success

19 Oct 2025

I’m still having adventures in Japan, and I plan to keep writing about them. In the mean time… substack.com/@deanjackson...

open.substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide…The Japanese Adventure Continues(Chapter Two: Tokyo Drift)

18 Oct 2025

Hey folks, here is part two of my Substack blog about my Japanese adventures with my own personal tour guide. open.substack.com/pub/deanjack...

open.substack.comI Used To Hate Traveling, So I Married a Tour Guide.Let’s face it; I was never a very good traveler. I always preferred a seat on the couch and reality TV to the seat in coach and reality itself.

17 Oct 2025

Stay tuned for part 2 of my Japanese adventure and please enjoy this post from So I Married a Tour Guide: open.substack.com/pub/deanjack...

open.substack.comSo I Married a Tour Guide, and I Ended Up In Japan…Finally.(Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins)

16 Oct 2025

I decided to bring my blog to Substack. I hope you enjoy it. open.substack.com/pub/deanjack...

m.youtube.comThinking about retiring to Portugal? Here are some questions to ask yourselfYouTube video by Vistas & Vittles

22 Jan 2025

We have revived our YouTube channel, Vistas and Vittles. Here is our first video of 2025. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_inZ...

17 Jan 2025

About 25 years ago I stepped away from acting, I thought for good. Turns out I was wrong. It only took a move to Portugal, and in February I go into rehearsals for my first professional acting job in decades. Go figure.

26 Nov 2024

Sometimes the best meals are off the beaten path. Kyra’s tour guide spidey sense found us this crowded hole in the wall where the locals eat and the avó rules the kitchen with an iron hand.

26 Nov 2024

21 Nov 2024

48 years ago I shared the screen with a future Desperate Housewife and Oscar nominee. (I’m front Right, she is second from Left in the back row). The story is in the book I co-authored, “Growing up Aspen, Adventures of the Unsupervised.” www.twistandturnpress.com www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-A...