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What to Wear to: A Summer Wedding

May 12, 2017

by David Isle.   Friends, the time is growing near when “have-nots” become “have-knots.” I refer, of course, to summer wedding season. The ultimate transitional season. After dispensing with the st...

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Goodnight, Sour Prince

May 09, 2017

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   The world has recently learned of the retirement from public engagements of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and consort to Her Majesty the Queen of...

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Book Review: Made in Paris

May 04, 2017

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   Coincident with the widespread realization in Europe and the United States that almost everything they consume was made elsewhere came a movement to buy domestic produ...

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Dining in the Dark

May 02, 2017

by David Isle.   I know of few restaurants in the world where a single meal is worth a plane trip. But Noir in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is one of them. The reason is not so much the food itself - ...

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The Jungle Will be Air-Conditioned

April 27, 2017

by David Isle.   I have had a most rare vision - past the wit of this man to say precisely what it was, but I will try. I went to Singapore thinking I would find a city - the “concrete jungle” as t...

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What Makes a Pair of Shoes "Good?"

April 22, 2017

by S. Charlie Weyman.  When I think of the value of good shoes, I’m reminded of a rainy night I spent at a bar with a friend. He must have placed his foot on the barstool awkwardly, because when we...

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Brits in India, Part 2: The Resistance

April 20, 2017

by Steve Gottschling.   You may recall my last post where I discussed the peculiar dress of the East India Company, one of the most infamous mixers of capitalism and violence before the world gave ...

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Be Kind to your Tailors

April 18, 2017

by David Isle.   As a measure of the darkness and frailty of the human spirit, it’s hard to beat fairy tales. One of the most famous, and most devastating, is “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The prota...

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