Shout out to Bemelmans, an inarguable treasure. And shout out to the immensely & similarly charming Tosca , in San Francisco, where Erin & I had dinner the other night and which never disappoints.

BUT these places are not U.G.H.Z. because they are highly grammable and therefore susceptible to invasion by annoying hordes, screaming out to be

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At 97, Monti is animated and unstoppable. She runs Santa Maddalena as her personal passion project, accepting no applications and choosing writers according to her instincts, in consultation with her network of friends, publishers and other authors. Her taste, developed over a lifetime of nurturing and being nurtured by literature and art, is... See more

Entering The Soaring Twenties

In the Soaring Twenties Social Club there are

Poets

Designers

Programmers

Lawyers (but the good kind)

Marketers (but the good kind)

Business owners

Gamblers

Essayists

Musicians

Storytellers

Rat Race abandoners

Idlers

Bohemians

And every other kind of interesting, weird and unique type of character you would hope to find in a... See more

At Maxwell we’re trying to reframe social clubs to be around this idea of inclusive exclusivity - you may not be able to get into the Soho Maxwell, maybe it’s full or you just aren’t friends with those people. Or maybe you can’t afford it, but that’s ok because we’re creating a system within which multiple Maxwells can be started at various price... See more

Beginning:  Launched at the start of 2021 by Q&A co-founders, Carter and Suzy Ryoo, Venice Music offers services to indie artists including distribution, marketing, and A&R support, plus creative, digital, and sync services.Venice says that, since its launch a year-and-a-half ago, it has “curated a group of creative geniuses” that includes over 100... See more