Dear Reader, The Surgeon General recently issued a stark advisory linking alcohol to cancer risk. The media, as expected, wasted no time distilling this into oversimplified headlines that sounded like: Wine Equals Cancer. The Surgeon General’s warning about alcohol and cancer…
Buenos Aires, Argentina It was a week that felt like riding a pendulum. This week Trump’s inaugural speech rang out, full of sharp jabs and selective rhetoric, stinging Democrats and Republicans alike. Soon after, the stroke of a pen sent…
The belt was stiff, thick, and smelled like real leather should. Not the overly-processed, factory-tanned stuff you find in designer boutiques. This was the kind of leather that still had life in it. You could see the imperfections, the tiny scars from…
I found myself in a Parisian barbershop. Another test of instinct. The doubt crept in the moment I realized I had to explain how I wanted my hair cut beyond just saying, ‘shorter.’ I hesitated. A simple act. Yet stripped…
I found myself in Paris this past week, lost in the labyrinth of VinExpo. From Monday to Wednesday, I wandered the cavernous halls, tasting my way through the world—France to Italy, Georgia to California, the familiar to the esoteric. By…
“In victory, you deserve Champagne; in defeat, you need it.” — Napoleon Bonaparte. February is that month—the last gasp of winter keeping us from the rush of spring, the warmth, the good stuff. It’s when gym memberships quietly get canceled, when…
