damaskin

Besides being near unfindable, the hotel it turned out, was seriously luxe. The chic restaurant offered oysters, Champagne and soft-shell-crab sushi. The clientele, which came and went all the time, was a mix of bewildered locals, extremely beautiful young women, silent security types with Rolex watches, inexplicable groups of Italian men speaking English, and billionaires who parked their Rolls-Royce SUVs in the gated drive, just in time for the special “gastro” nights of whole imported bluefin tuna.

Who opens a hotel a few months into a devastating war?

Expand your horizons.

Mike Gibbs - Chrome Waterfall Orchestra 🎶🎵

Chick Corea - Inner Space 🎶🎵

What shall we do about this..

In this Moment — Beautiful Tragedy

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No idea who these guys are. Internets search mistyped. For future reference.

Militaria

Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking

I know that often I don’t know what to say. “That sounds really hard” is usually a solid option.

Mari Andrew

Today’s financial system is not perfect, but it usually works so well that people rarely stop to ask: “Whose liability is it anyway?” Yet, being a direct liability of the central bank is a defining feature of a CBDC. In practice, that trait means destabilizing the financial system is a defining feature of a CBDC. Consequently, the risk posed to financial markets is just another reason why Congress should prohibit the Federal Reserve and Treasury from issuing a CBDC.

Cato

If televisions are in short supply, the price will rise relative to other goods and wages. A supply shock can’t make the price of everything go up unless the government gives people enough money or debt to afford the higher prices.

John H. Cochrane writes in WSJ

View of downtown Boston.

Boston

Picked up $3 Saint Saëns/Bruch record at the local shop, Music Research Library. In very good condition. 🎶

Patients who happened to have a heart attack during a week when hot-shot cardiac surgeons were away at national conferences were found more likely to survive.

For you

#NowPlaying In This Moment 🎶

Best “In the Airl without Phil Collins.

Highly recommend. Every story (actually a fairytale) leaves an imrint on your mind. White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link 📚

But maybe you aren’t very smart. My mother says good-looking people often don’t bother. 💬

From: White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link 📚

#NowPlaying Billie Eilish 🎶

Back Bay, Boston.

“Shit!” he says. “What’s wrong, Sarge?” “I just always say that when I wake up,” Shaftoe says.💬

From Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson 📚

No Agenda

Good Morning Boston!

Good Morning Boston!

Kind of Blue 🎶

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