The above image was taken a year ago today. There were only a handful of tourists in a nearly empty Times Square on that Sunday, a day before schools closed and just a few days prior to a cascade of other closures and restrictions that would ultimately result in a…
Dear Cannes, I’m thinking of you as the international film festival you host each year would have opened today. Have I ever told you that if the French Riviera and Beverly Hills had a baby, it would look a lot like you (La Croisette in particular)? But only if the…
Dear India,I can’t imagine your streets empty in the midst of a nationwide lockdown. 1.3 billion people. Every time I’ve returned from one of your cities Manhattan seems empty. I’ve always liked that about you.I was plotting to visit this year and have so much to say to you. But…