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Over a hundred years have passed since the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but both Vienna and Budapest are still wrapping themselves in the glory of their 1890’s.
Here is my annual roundup of what I recommend. It’s not everything I read/watch/listen to, but it’s the things I suggest.
Smoke filled bars are just like gas stations. Why would you choose to be in either one?
Although I didn’t expect it when I moved here, my neighborhood became my respite. Yes, Chicago has its architecture, improv comedy, and Italian beef. But for me there’s Figo, Chris,…
As a former journalist, I’d say I have a finely tuned bullshit meter, so here’s how I make my news choices.
I like walkability, pub culture, and bake shops. After spending two weeks in the UK, I’m not sure I have any truly unique insights.
This is the big, final relaxing weekend before everything breaks loose, so I don’t have a lot of big thoughts to share with you...but lots of links!
The notion of moving from a defensive posture to a welcome, relaxed posture is easy to imagine, but terrifying to put in practice.
When I matriculated in the 1990’s, college was still a kind of overnight camp with education. You went to classes during the day to learn things that might help you…
I experienced a radical change in lifestyle recently: I got my first dishwasher in over 20 years.
I want to share with you the research I did on home solar panels so you can save a ton of money and help slow global climate change as a…
We all know what tastes good and with some repetition, we can get better at making food that pleases each of us. So, let me share some of my best…
Fortune favors the bold. So what exactly is our alternative?
January has been a good month for reading and thinking. With the cold weather, I’ve been sequestered on my couch, warming myself with my laptop. Here’s what’s been flowing through…
These are the ideas that lived in my brain for far too long in 2024.
For your edification, is a compilation of all the non-political things I liked this past year.
Looking at my fridge, you’ll see a weekly menu divided in a grid, organized by days and four boxes. The pandemic brought a small change that changed everything.
What if other creatures aren’t less than us, but just different? What if they are people?
The outsides and the tops of the buildings are glamorous, but get down to the ground level, where the humans are, it gets dusty.
The poetry of sayings make you believe the words have more wisdom than ordinary speech, and so they stay with you.
I think the way news organizations approach Dubai’s climate discussions is broken – primarily that politics needs to be covered more, because we’re now talking about money, not morality. I’m…