Theater
What’s in a Name?
A 1941 book called Crosby Gaige’s Cocktail Guide and Ladies’ Companion is where my favorite cocktail first appears in print.
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Hotel bed sleep is the best sleep
Each time, new sheets.
La Comédie humaine: Va voir un psy
The French are nuts for Ça va. They think it’s “cruel and profound in its drôlerie.”
La Comédie humaine: Mot de passe
My journey to the savage heart of French culture was well underway.
I am living proof that you can go far in life without seeing a Beckett play.
There is a list called “Writers Who Are Not Funny in the Traditional or Indeed Any Other Sense, But Some People Nevertheless Insist on Participating in the Fiction that They Are ‘Actually Hilarious,’ ” and it feels to me that Beckett is at the top of that list.
The Whites of Quebec
How could anyone think white Canadians playing the roles of slaves was a good idea?
Imagine walking into work and hearing the same music at the exact same time of day—every day
Your entire work day has a soundtrack.
