From left to right: 1) Re-reading old favorites. 2) Packing for my trip to Miami this weekend. 3) Working hard to perfect the new blog layout. 4) Shooting my packing guide to traveling with just a carryon. 5) Timberland is outfitting me for my mountain climbing adventures in Virginia next month! 6)…Read More
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In Praise of Staying In
Now that I’ve moved into a new place, I’m learning to love staying in. In my hectic world of nightly events, article deadlines, and perpetual meetings, I rarely get to spend a night at home by myself, and when I do I relish it. Especially as the weather gets colder, there’s nothing quite as comforting…Read More
What I’m Reading: Execution
You can spot the flaws in humanity with a brief scan of the daily paper. Bombings, deceits, murders, lies, we have some pretty fatal tendencies. But if there was any doubt about our interest in the grotesque, Geoffrey Abbott’s Execution dispels it. The book covers the history of 70 different modes of execution, organized in alphabetical sections. As…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Finding solace in my beautiful new apartment. 2) My first segment with City Line aired on Channel 5 yesterday. 3) Exploring menswear. 4) Latest dark, but fascinating, reads. 5) My promise to the city of Boston, made as part of the Public Trust exhibit. 6) Warhol’s Stalin at the Harvard Art Museums.