12
Jun
Letters from Paris: On cities as museums.
It’s springtime in Paris and I have something to confess (although the fact that I feel the need to
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Writings
12
Jun
Letters from Paris: Things Parisians Like.
The thing I love about Parisians is they just don’t give a damn. And that, contrary to popular belief,
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12
Jun
Letters from Paris: Flâneur as Voleur.
PARIS — Aggravated robberies are up more than 40 percent in the Paris public transport system, and the government places blame
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12
Jun
Native Son. White guilt.
Baltimore haunts me. And I fear it always will. I feel guilty. Guilty for being white. Guilty for taking flight.
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12
Jun
On craftsmanship, the right tools, and cinematic storytelling.
Cults hold a special fascination for me. I was in one once, from the tender ages of 16 to 24,
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12
Jun
Weiwei-isms, a Sazerac, and the West Village.
Sitting on a bar stool in the dark, red light of The Spotted Pig in the West Village. Drinking ale
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12
Jun
To Seth and parties of five.
I always wondered which one of my siblings would die first. Now I know.
My brother lies in a funeral
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12
Jun
The Inaugural Second Sundays.
Second Sundays (not to be confused with Sunday Suppers, although if you did confuse ours with theirs, we would be
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12
Jun
On Whisky-Centered Design: Designing the Glencairn Whisky Glass
TASTING whiskies can be a clinical, prosaic task, nosing and assessing, jotting notes, reconsidering, lips compressed in concentration, brow furrowed.
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12
Jun
Ode to Common Things.
by Pablo Neruda.
I have a crazy,
crazy love of things.
I like pliers, and scissors.
I love cups, rings,
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