Home away from home?
From the time I arrived in France, aged three, with an American passport and barely able to form a sentence [...]
In the city of coffee
Italy is renowned for its coffee shops on every corner. This devotion to coffee, however, is taken to a whole [...]
Endless fretting
The other day, I found myself walking quickly to the subway in the worry that I wouldn’t make it to [...]
Papal stories
When I found out about Pope Francis’ death on Monday, April 21, I had just dropped my daughter off from [...]
Poker prophets
When our poker party convenes every Thursday evening, the discussion inevitably involves the seductiveness of gambling and games of chance. [...]
NBA Playoffs odds — and ends
The 2025 NBA Playoffs are scheduled to get underway today, and the field looks to be wide open this year. [...]
The perfect travel companion
Years ago, I stumbled upon a Peanuts cartoon that really stuck with me. It showed Charlie Brown briskly walking across [...]
From Alezio with love
Emigrants convey their native culture to every far corner of the world where they move in their quest for jobs [...]
On quitting
I come from a family that does not condone self-pity or taking the easy way out, which is why, when [...]
Feeling very gezellig
Gezellig is a Dutch word for which there is no real English equivalent. The Dutch use it to mean comfort, [...]
Review: The Shipping News
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1994, The Shipping News is an enchanting yet unconventional love story of [...]