Memoir, solo-travel essays, and The Four C's — by Suki Song.https://thelastromantic.co/https://thelastromantic.co/p/the-memoir-prologue-from-the-desk/https://thelastromantic.co/p/the-memoir-prologue-from-the-desk/The Black Sheep of the FamilyThu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-san-juan-the-art-of/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-san-juan-the-art-of/Thank you for your patience.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-cartagena-and-coralina/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-cartagena-and-coralina/Featuring animals, reflections and my love of Colombian cultureFri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-el-salvador-the-importance/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-el-salvador-the-importance/A drop in the ocean, for the collective consciousness.Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/b-b-bourdainism-bloopers-and-b-sides/https://thelastromantic.co/p/b-b-bourdainism-bloopers-and-b-sides/Let’s keep it real for a moment. With the world actively on fire, I think we’re allowed—no, obligated—to laugh. Preferably at me.Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-and-paris-shamelessly/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-and-paris-shamelessly/Diary of a Fed-Up Romantic.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-rome-marveling-at/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-rome-marveling-at/I didn’t kiss an Italian. Rome still kissed me.Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/vienna-last-night-2025-wrapped/https://thelastromantic.co/p/vienna-last-night-2025-wrapped/Wherever you go, there you are.Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-halstatt-and-oberautal/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-in-halstatt-and-oberautal/Oh Austria, what a start.Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-and-greece-women-should/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-and-greece-women-should/A transformative arc.Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-and-my-time-in-panama/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-and-my-time-in-panama/What’s the best that could happen?Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/mexico-and-the-four-cs-prologue-the/https://thelastromantic.co/p/mexico-and-the-four-cs-prologue-the/Audio included.Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-one-backpack-solo-trip/https://thelastromantic.co/p/bourdainism-one-backpack-solo-trip/”One does not take the A Train to Mecca.”—Anthony BourdainTue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/thank-you-mr-saint-laurent-for-the/https://thelastromantic.co/p/thank-you-mr-saint-laurent-for-the/My final reflection, and an important update before the Four C’s arc officially starts.Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/dear-reader-pay-attention-opal-the/https://thelastromantic.co/p/dear-reader-pay-attention-opal-the/Hrm, let the memories stitch, and let the feelings feel.Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-we-are-now-broke-people/https://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-we-are-now-broke-people/Well, this one’s a doozy. Read through for some free tips that cost me a lot of time and money to learn.Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-love-music-fashion-artare/https://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-love-music-fashion-artare/Recipe included.Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-alright-i-swear-good-times/https://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-alright-i-swear-good-times/Before the “good times”: in-laws, old debts, and my I-can-fix-it delusion. Ah, and Meet Wulf: charm, chaos, and a phone I shouldn’t have bought.Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/read_me-how-to-read-my-substack-and/https://thelastromantic.co/p/read_me-how-to-read-my-substack-and/Subscribers new and old, start here as your guide. I’m not an organized narrator, and I don’t think my audience needs one.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-bonus-chapter-wulf-still/https://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-bonus-chapter-wulf-still/Here’s the bonus reel: the part where I defend the man everyone expects me to crucify, admit I didn’t love myself yet, and thank the friend who saw me before I could see me.Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1s-good-times-are-coming/https://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1s-good-times-are-coming/Phew, that was a mouthful. Here’s my favorite piece yet.Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-nyc-intros-when-the-rich/https://thelastromantic.co/p/marriage-1-nyc-intros-when-the-rich/The first time I realized love could be class warfare, we were engaged in New York and I was wearing his red lipstick.Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/the-backstory-my-first-marriage-osama/https://thelastromantic.co/p/the-backstory-my-first-marriage-osama/Welcome to the decade where punk rock solved problems that guidance counselors could not.Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/a-letter-to-my-brother-the-sun-and/https://thelastromantic.co/p/a-letter-to-my-brother-the-sun-and/For the kid who became the sun while I learned to be human—read this when the world gets loud.Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/nugz-sobriety-and-vulnerability/https://thelastromantic.co/p/nugz-sobriety-and-vulnerability/This isn’t polished—it’s me, raw and unguarded, staring into the mirror I usually hold for others.Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/psychedelics-ulysses-mr-psychedelic/https://thelastromantic.co/p/psychedelics-ulysses-mr-psychedelic/A love letter to altered states, stubborn art, and the humble pen that keeps me from exploding.Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/humans-invented-hope-strippers-and/https://thelastromantic.co/p/humans-invented-hope-strippers-and/Carl Jung once said, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” I call it therapy. Expensive therapy. With therapists named like strippers.Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/steinbeck-the-present-and-not-gatekeeping/https://thelastromantic.co/p/steinbeck-the-present-and-not-gatekeeping/My therapist disrupts narratives with one deceptively simple question: “What is your goal today?” Recently, my answer has been almost radical in its plainness: I want to belong exactly where I am.Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/love-song-why-i-write/https://thelastromantic.co/p/love-song-why-i-write/My name literally translates to “Love Song”—which feels like both a burden and a compass. No matter what I’ve survived, I’m here to create connection, meaning, and beauty. Here’s why I’m here.Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/fck-marry-kill-austin-los-angeles/https://thelastromantic.co/p/fck-marry-kill-austin-los-angeles/I’ve lived in three major U.S. cities, and I’m still getting to know Austin. Current consensus? F*ck Austin, Marry New York, Kill LA.Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/the-lone-wolf-myth-and-the-price/https://thelastromantic.co/p/the-lone-wolf-myth-and-the-price/I’ve hit rock bottom, and instead of my usual “grind harder, hustle faster” survival strategy, I’m finally learning to rest. It’s not easy.Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/releasing-the-shackles-of-shame-on/https://thelastromantic.co/p/releasing-the-shackles-of-shame-on/Think of me as the cocktail no bartender wants to make, but once you drink it, you’re like, “Damn, that’s strong.”Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/found-on-facebook-a-letter-to-a-mother/https://thelastromantic.co/p/found-on-facebook-a-letter-to-a-mother/Some people write love letters to their moms. I’m writing to the wild woman who once ate a random flower on the streets of Seoul and told me to do the same.Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/notes-from-four-months-of-healing/https://thelastromantic.co/p/notes-from-four-months-of-healing/Recovery is 5% capacity, 100% honesty. These are my field notes from the trenches of cPTSD work.Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/a-letter-to-my-homeboi-and-every/https://thelastromantic.co/p/a-letter-to-my-homeboi-and-every/This isn’t going to be like my other writings. It’s not polished philosophy or travel musings—it’s something closer to bone. It hits the core of who I am,…Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/opal-a-blanket-and-my-first-real/https://thelastromantic.co/p/opal-a-blanket-and-my-first-real/My very first session with Opal wasn’t some quiet, Zen-like breakthrough — it was me blurting out my greatest hits of dysfunction at auctioneer speed,…Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://thelastromantic.co/p/a-letter-to-my-father-and-to-every/https://thelastromantic.co/p/a-letter-to-my-father-and-to-every/This is not just for my dad — it’s for every father who still has the chance to cross the line of shame and meet their children where love is waiting.…Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT