Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London
I just returned from nine glorious days in London, a city I have always meant to live in, but didn’t. For whatever reason, life took me elsewhere on the Continent…
Ralph Yznaga: Austin’s Creative Bridge Between Old School and New Tech
Ralph Yznaga never seems to lose his sense of curiosity. When he talks about creativity, it’s with the spark of a lifelong experimenter, someone who still believes imagination is the…
Riding High: Saltillo’s Rodeo Spirit Saddles Up in Austin
At the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Austin, the air carried a hint of mesquite and melody—Mexico’s northern soul had arrived. The Governor of Coahuila, Manolo Jiménez Salinas, stood before…
An Allegiance to Life
An Interview with Agnes Nkhata – International DJ, Artist, Writer and Humanitarian How are you? I ask the question from my living room over Zoom, lightly, steam rising from a…
What Is Your Nightmare? Mine Is a Dream Come True
What is your nightmare? Mine is a dream come true: stepping into the 3D immersive set of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.…
Why Travel Opens Your Creative Mind
“This world is but a canvas to our imagination. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude… I am alarmed when it…
Maxims for a Fulfilling Life
A combination of adages, maxims, aphorisms and plain old common sense, this book embodies a host of life-long truisms. And while value of the quote depends on each individual person…
PATRICK CHURCH on Art and Fashion
Ask any fashionista to name the top three young fashion designers, and one name will appear for sure: Patrick Church. Patrick granted me an interview last week, and let me…
An AI that knows you better than you know yourself
Photo: Sir Tim Berners-Lee Sir Denis Hassabis, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year, is now the CEO of Google DeepMind. In March this year he gave a…
The Science of Longevity: How Measurement and Discipline Can Reverse Aging
Insights from Bryan Johnson’s SXSW Talk on Longevity Imagine waking up every morning feeling refreshed, full of energy, and ready to take on the world—not just in your 20s or…