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A Night at the Opera: Can This Fading Art Form Survive Its Own Reputation?
My own introduction to opera was not, at first glance, a particularly auspicious one: a…
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You Were Always Creative
For most of my life, I never considered myself a creative person. I wasn’t drawn to painting, didn’t play an instrument,…
Eating the Seasons: Feeling the Heat
From primal origins, cooking over flame became something else beyond the early 1950s – a gendered, cultural construct. Or barbecue,…
Emotionally Hungover
Have you ever been lucky enough to be invited to a birthday, a celebratory occurrence in the form of a dinner and drinks, or perhaps…
Two Unhurried Days in Venice – Part 2
This story originally appeared on the Gents Cafe Newsletter. You can subscribe here. This urban exploration was made together with…
Siempre Madrid: A 24-Hour Escape Through the Barrios
When the sky is low over Belgium (“So low that a canal got lost”, sang Jacques Brel), especially during winter, Madrid’s blue sky is…
Catching the Wave of the Present Moment
GENTS CAFE X GAGGIA | This article is part of the “Over an Espresso” series—an invitation to slow down, brew an…
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