Barack Obama, among his policy priorities, wants you to “smoke and be happy.” He shared that wish with the purveyors at the Paradox Coffee Shop, who passed it along during my recent visit to Amsterdam. These guys seem to know him pretty well – they even sell (along with weed and smoothies) a limited-edition poster [...]
A few months ago, I interviewed Daniel Rose for United’s Hemispheres magazine. During the two hours we spent together, his phone rang about 47 times. It wasn’t a good thing, he explained, because those callers wanted… a reservation. Rather than pick up and tell the would-be suiters that Spring was booked four months in advance, [...]
Not long ago, I sat down with some friends to try a new restaurant called Frenchie. Of the two entrées on offer, I chose a simple-sounding truite fumée, asperges (smoked trout, asparagus) over the too-simple-sounding salade tomates cerises. I mean, who serves cherry tomatoes in May?* I must’ve looked puzzled when my starter arrived, because [...]
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