Cari Shane

Cari Shane is a freelance journalist — and also a skier, swimmer, dog obsessed and a member of the gig economy playing Airbnb Superhost to people from all over the world. (She's also a dog sitter in the Rockies, which helps fund her need to ski.) A Manhattan native, she lives in DC and writes for a wide variety of publications including The Washington Post Magazine, AARP magazine, Slate, Cosmopolitan, Discover, Fortune, Business Insider, Scientific American, US News & World Report, American Way and more.

Cari writes about things that interest her, like fences in Africa that protect farms from elephants for Scientific American, pawpaw fruit in the Mid-Atlantic for National Geographic Traveler, female policing for Slate and the skoolie revolution for Business Insider, Bicycling magazine and Car and Driver. Cari is a member of ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors). Her eclectic portfolio of published articles is at carishane.contently.com.

All Articles From Cari Shane
Tweed rides and runs began in England, but have since gained popularity around the world, including in DC

How the Outlandish Tweed Ride Became an Annual DC Tradition

Competitive cyclist Eric Brewer had a novel idea in 2009. More than a decade later, it's become a beloved event.

This white fir from the Six Rivers National Forest in California is this year's DC tree.

Meet America’s National Christmas Tree, And the Man in Charge of Selecting It

Jim Kaufmann says this year's People’s Tree is one in a million

A bartender makes a cocktail at The Round Robin Bar at the Willard Intercontinental

A Drink-by-Drink Tour of DC’s Most Historic Cocktail Bars

Swilling our way through plus-or-minus 250 years of representative democracy

A gin rickey at the Columbia Room in Washington DC

How the Gin Rickey Became DC’s Most Iconic Cocktail

The story begins in a barroom in the 1880s