In Which I Look Deeper

There’s something about faces that is extraordinary. They are our most defining individual characteristic, and perhaps our most expressive. Without a spoken word, a face can effectively convey emotion, intention, judgement. So often, they are our first “tell” by which our family and friends read us. When we want to disguise our feelings we try […]

In Which I Appreciate Gothic Architecture

There’s something about permanence and persistence that always gets me. Things that come from the past and are still recognizable, retaining relevance long after they were first created. They tie us to another time and unite us in our humanity across centuries, millennia, and epochs, and sometimes they do so in unexpected ways. This is […]

In the Borderlands

The adrenaline rush of rebooking sustained me well into my flight out of JFK to Paris. I slept a bit on the plane, but by the time I hit the ground at Charles de Gaulle I was starting to drag and could feel the wall coming at me. Try as I might, the fatigue of […]

Off To The Cupboard With You Now, Chip

I was rushing out of my building on my way to the gym when my doorman stopped me. “You know what’s coming don’t you?” His eyebrows shot up. “You always seem to be here for bad weather.” I was intimately aware of the forecast, and had been for hours. A massive blizzard is bearing down […]

The Magicians of Sin City

I stepped out into the muted, pale pink morning of the Las Vegas Strip in an effort to earn my steps for the day, a steaming paper cup of cappuccino warming my hand, the occasional glug of it burning deep into my throat and chest. A sporadic runner hurried past along the glittering sidewalk, panting, […]

Why I Try to Make the Best of It

She sits on a quiet corner up the street from the Coliseum, and when the weather is warm you can sit at an outside table, under the trees that line the sidewalk. If you’re really fortunate the wind might sway the branches and you may capture a glimpse of the edges of the grand marble […]