Gentleman Sail
Sailing has perennially been one of mankind’s most evocative and symbolic ventures. Great poets throughout history, including Samuel…
Ten Tips for the Aristocratic Imposter
Picture yourself conversing with the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, flanked by a billionaire founder of a chemical manufacturing company on your left and a governor on your right. If your background is similar to my own you might, as I often did, experience imposter syndrome in moments like these. How do you hold your own in conversation? What do you bring to the equation?
Airport Civility has Taken Flight to the Lounge
Images on magnetic tape flicker in succession as a spinning mirror-drum, and revolving disc project (and resurrect) a way of life lost to the ages. In this film we see painted hot air balloons adorning the bulkhead of a 1958 Pan-Am Boeing 707. Six passengers laugh and mingle, seated in the round upon a cushioned booth as flight stewardesses deliver complimentary meals and beverages on trays of sterling silver. A centerpiece of potted flowers adorns the table.
Old San Juan: The Rhythm of La Bomba and Hidden Delights
I have briskly strode the streets of Old San Juan on many occasions, I have sauntered through them but once. This 500-year-old city can be just as easy to hate as it is to love. If you only look at the surface, the city’s whimsy runs no deeper than the pastel paint adorning its Spanish colonial buildings. To truly love La Ciudad Amurallada, one must first scale its stone walls and look beyond its many blemishes; and, frankly, this is impossible to achieve without first surrendering to “island time.”