Hurricane season in Cuba
Here in Havana, when hurricanes approach, an eerie calm takes over
Life
Tuesday
The rural reality
You can take over your parents’ farm – or local law firm – and make it your own
What’s so fresh about ‘fresh hell?’
It may most often be used now as an echo of Parker
Tuesday
Gossip is good for you… so I’m told
Indeed, it has some evolutionary advantages
Tuesday
The pace is quickening in DC
This is Washington’s particular joke, sharpened in the second Trump era: violence is never just local
Wednesday
I made the Epstein cookies
Is it wrong to bake cookies from a recipe addressed to a pedophile and sex trafficker? They’re actually quite good
Monday
Trump goes tilting at windmills
They bring out the conservationist in him
Tuesday
Who’s buying up Palm Beach?
Donald Trump continues to make news in his hometown
Friday
On holiday with Goya
Spending a few days with the artist famous for his brooding ‘black paintings’ was not something I was sure I’d enjoy
Tuesday
The rise of millionaires, valet parking and facelifts in Palm Beach
New-found popularity brings high-end problems
How Major League Baseball lost its soul
Homestand is the most anti-MLB but pro-sandlot and hick-circuit baseball book ever published
The sad decline of painting
Pick up a paintbrush in a state-funded art school these days and you’ll be shown the door
Wednesday
How Palm Beach became Wall Street South
No fewer than 250 financial firms have relocated here in the years since the pandemic
The importance of the Band-Aid
The graduation from boo-boo kisses to Band-Aids is one of the most underappreciated milestones in a child’s development
The dog that haunts Russ Benzin
Skipper was hyperalert, Russ vigilant but pensive
Why are Europeans so untroubled by their ignorance of America?
Romano Prodi charges Trump with having broken the rules of international diplomacy
The joy of French school lunches
I can’t wait to hear about what my grandchildren had for le déjeuner
The beauty and complexity of salmon
It is always welcome at the table, both in material and topical form
The Sazerac: an old favorite… from New Orleans
Mixed with rye or cognac – or both – the Sazerac cocktail remains a classic
Is Alsatian wine primarily French or German?
It is said that Alsace is the sunniest spot in all of winemaking Europe