Mercury is the messenger planet of communication, coordination, creative expression, and information processing. It is called to mind (and to blame) during its thrice-annual retrograde, when smoothness is traded for chaos, we feel compelled to text our exes, connecting flights get canceled, and toddlers accidentally livestream their naked parents. Depending on your date and time of … Read more
It was the old man and the sea of clones. In celebration of renowned author Ernest Hemmingway’s 125 birthday on Sunday, a bar in Key West Florida hosted its annual lookalike competition of the penman. The contest at the local watering hole Sloppy Joe’s Bar, one of the celebrated writer’s favorite hangouts, celebrates what Hemmingway … Read more
For nearly a century, the Ciprianis have courted celebrities, princes and potentates — from Ernest Hemingway and generations of Kennedys, Trump and the Clintons, to Taylor Swift, Bella Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio. First in Venice at Harry’s Bar — where the dynasty’s founder Giuseppe created the bellini from peaches and prosecco — then at Cipriani … Read more
A Wisconsin man took home first prize in Key West’s annual Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest — 11 years after he first entered the event celebrating the famous writer’s life. Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, was crowned “Papa” himself after strutting his white beard and portly stomach across the stage of Sloppy … Read more
Raise a glass, a coup, a mug or flute, National Cocktail Day is today, March 24. The word cocktail, according to Saveur barroom historian David Wondrich has its origin in the ginger suppositories given to horses before they were paraded for sale. A “cocked-up” tail was a surefire sign of a spirited animal and came … Read more