Coyoacan        The end of every year is a nice time, despite the news of the day refusing to bring the peace that is almost its hallmark.  There’s some closure, some time for contemplation, some time for family, rest, and relaxation.  Rather than trying to keep up, we’re able to pretend for a minute that …

            Pearl River      For decades, with good cause, people up and down the line have blasted Christmas as a commercial fandango.  Black Friday sales have bled into Thanksgiving in much the same way, but despite Amazon and the NFL, Thanksgiving still stubbornly remains a family-centered day, damn them all. I thought about this as mi …

            New Orleans       If there are superstars in pop culture, then Taylor Swift is a supernova.  She just set a record for 4 million sales of her new album, “Life of a Showgirl.”  In a music business hat trick of sorts, she released 38 different versions of the album across every platform other than …