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Bregman, Rutger. Humankind: A Hopeful History. Original Dutch 2019, English Translation Little, Brown Boston 1921. NF; 12/25. Both a good friend and a random Instagram post recommended this and so reaching around as usual for something interesting I read it. … Continue reading →

December 2025 I had no idea when we booked the week of our anniversary at the Mexico hotel by the same name as this restaurant that we were diving into a worldwide empire. Nobu Matsuhisha is a 76-year-old Japanese chef … Continue reading →

December 2025 This is one of several restaurants in Nobu Los Cabos, a high-end resort on the Mexican Baja California peninsula. We are here for a week and haven’t yet had dinner at the main restaurant Nobu. It’s not clear … Continue reading →

Chekhov, Anton. The Complete Short Novels. circa1886-1902. Translation and collected by R Pevear and L Volokhonsky. Vintage, New York, 2005. F;10/25. From time to time I run across a famous writer (or in nonfiction some important people or events in … Continue reading →

October 2025. Our last meal in this strange and interesting town was lunch at this place which turned out to have one Michelin star. It was nothing if not slick and classy in its presentation and the food was not … Continue reading →

October 2025. This small place was one of four Michelin “bib gourmand” in town and the only one we were able to get to because of timing. Somehow the chef here creates wonderful mouthwatering food with nearly every dish using … Continue reading →

October 2025 We visited this town on our last day at the lake we walked south from the ferry terminal and eventually  sat down in the sun outside this place for a light lunch. A hurried waiter took our drink … Continue reading →

October 2025 We were in Milan overnight to make an early flight to Belgium, staying in one of those vapid hotels close to the airport. It seemed reasonable to expect no problem getting into the city and back easily and … Continue reading →

October 2025 We had a dreadful experience in this extremely self-important place. We were over a week in an air B&B in this touristy town, which turned out to be quite pleasant because we were able to travel the lake … Continue reading →

October 2025 The town is one of more than a dozen up and down Lake Como in northern Italy. There are three Michelin named restaurants in Cernobbio, more than any other town on the lake has, and this restaurant is … Continue reading →