Hong Kong attraction, part 4
At Heathrow, standing at the gate to board the last leg of my circuitous trip between Los Angeles and Hong [...]
Photo essay: Open air market
When I go to one of the two open air markets within a quarter hour of our house, it [...]
Mind the gap
I returned home for the Christmas break in late December. Welcomed by the red buses and red noses of local [...]
The last of the wacky tycoons
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? - Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard [...]
Fly the funny skies
It’s been six years since my last confession. And it had been that long since I last boarded an airplane. [...]
The businesswoman inside me
Over the Christmas break was the first time I stepped out of the business school ecosystem since starting and returned [...]
What has become of the USA?
I live in a small village in the countryside of south Apulia, not far from the place where I was [...]
The last storyteller
In the painful final days of his life, my father, usually the most private and discreet of men regarding his [...]
New country, new goals
By this time the last crumbs of panettone (a sweet bread served during the New Year) have finally disappeared from [...]
New Year’s lessons
Some years ago, I wrote a line that has recently re-emerged in my mind: Maybe I should go back to [...]
NFL 2026 Playoffs
The NFL playoffs’ opening Wild Card weekend round was just that — wild! From the Green Bay Packers grasping defeat [...]