We all know there is magic all around us, but some of it we got used to. The sun seems forever to be setting or about to rise, and over the years you spend on this planet you simply cannot be awestruck twice each day. But then, there is the other kind of magic: things that are rare, along with … Read More

We all know a membership doesn’t automatically spell excitement. There are a plenty of mundane things you can be a member of: the library, the gym, a supermarket reward system and even the bridge club, if you have grandchildren. But all that is not extraordinary, and thus has no place here. We’re talking about members only clubs for fearless adventurers, … Read More

Paris, 1988 If you happened to be friends with a certain elegant Frenchman by the name of Francois Pasquier in the Paris of the 80s, he may have invited you to a secretive picnic somewhere in the 16th arrondissement. Or one of his friends may have, as each of them was asked to bring a companion. Only the day of … Read More

For most people, the word “museum” conjures up a similar image: large, brightly lit rooms with roped-off walls. Tired attendants slouch in corners repeating something about flash photography. A guy in a hat rambles pretentious half-truths about the art at an unsuspecting love interest. Not to mention the queues, so long you have to reroute your mail. As we all … Read More