Let The Games Begin!
The Olympics used to give art awards, the Eiffel Tower was once a big car ad, and other tidbits.
![Let The Games Begin!](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/07/IMG_4917.jpg)
A Dove with Claws
Tricky Dick and the Man in Black, superheroes, and phone comedy, oh my.
![A Dove with Claws](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/07/IMG_4893.jpg)
On Divination
Some sort of way, this week's edition is all about surviving the struggle, which, as we all know, is real.
The Things We Tell Ourselves
A helpful old man, an update on the Seine, and a call for your favorite books right now.
![The Things We Tell Ourselves](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/03/IMG_3827.jpg)
The Ballad of Ben Lomond
Plus, a profile of Chef Mauro Colagreco, an ode to the Menton lemon, and a feminist (maybe) shark flick.
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Westward Ho
Greetings from Utah, where I arrived yesterday to surprise my mother, who is having one of those milestone birthdays like 18, 21, 50, and the one she's actually having today. I got to the house at around a little after 1 p.m. mountain time, which is apparently
Ode to Françoise
Songbird edition, featuring Francoise Hardy and the artist who formerly played Tina. But, you know, other stuff too...
![Ode to Françoise](/content/images/size/w1460/format/webp/2024/06/IMG_4622.jpg)
The Eagle with Two Heads
When I was in France recently, I picked up a vintage movie poster of Jean Cocteau's 1946 film "Belle et la Bete" (Beauty and the Beast), which I first saw with a friend when I was in high school. I remember marveling at the special effects
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"Is it too much to ask?"
Speaking your mind, minding your manners, and other odds and ends.
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The Sea Cure
A slower pace, a conversation with Rosa Jackson, and a beautiful bookbinding atelier in Old Nice.
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