On weekends when we’re not pondering the ways we can make travel more sustainable, plowing through guide publications, or debating the origins of abstract expressionism, we often find ourselves on the hunt for a decent slice of p... Read More

It may have been something in the tea, but March was a testy month for the American and British relationship of yore: between the Stamp Act (March 24, 1765), the Quartering Act (March 22, 1765), the Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770... Read More

New York in the 20th century is endlessly fascinating on a number of fronts, but perhaps none more so than from the perspective of architecture. It was a century of rapid change, now evidenced by the swing from historical revival... Read More

To both the casual observer and the curious intellectual, the fascinating city of Paris highlights the layers of French history through culture, fashion, and food. Though we'd never turn our nose up at the occasional degustations... Read More

        “Go thou to Rome,—at once the Paradise,        The grave, the city, and the wilderness.”        Percy Shelley (1792-1822)We’ve been one to be caught wistfully wandering around Jane Austen’s tombstone at Winchester Cathedr... Read More