Hey, I'm Carlos. I'm a national writer for Baseball America, where I cover the MLB draft and prospects.
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Recent Note
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How to write a short story in five sentences by Nate
A fun piece on the nuts and bolts of short story writing, from Nate:
It's not unlike driving to the store. You take a left at the first light, go two blocks, turn right, etc. It may not be a "road trip" in the traditional sense, but it is a trip on a road (and you got your Cheetos). In the same way, this "short story" may not be what you're imagining, but it is a story that is short (and the knight slayed the dragon).
Recent Photo
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Lagos
Lagos and the Algarve was the final leg of our trip to Portugal.
We intentionally planned to come here last because we expected it to be a lot more relaxing and slower paced than our other trips. It was the perfect way to end our trip.
We did one sunrise kayak tour that took us through caves near Praia da Marinha and got lucky enough to see dolphins. Apparently this was super rare for where we were at.
After that it was a lot of relaxing, reading, eating and wine drinking.

A sunrise view at the start of our kayak tour.

A cliff view from the inside of a cave on our kayak tour.

Hard to beat a breakfast view like this from our hotel. One of the better breakfast buffets I can remember having. We will miss the orange juice from Portugal. It's leaps and bounds better than what we typically get.

The place we stayed had a 20-minute walk to the Meia Praia beach.

We went into downtown Lagos a few times for dinner and Madi also picked up a hand made grater plate from The Original Grater.

A kayak selfie from inside the Benagil Cave, which I guess was used as a Windows wallpaper at some point.

This photo feels fitting for me. I was excited to see that White Monster was widely available throughout all of our stops in Portugal.

A sunrise view from Benagil Beach.