United B737 Max 8 First Class

Route: Anchorage to ChicagoPlane: B737 Max 8Date: 13 Oct, 2024Price: $1,193 including an onward flight to Ottawa via Chicago (originally $2,009, lowered to $1,610 as economy flex with a cash upgrade booked via Air Canada, then rebooked when the fare was further dropped during a pilot strike) Comfort: The leather Read more…

The Starry Night

Everyone should be able to enjoy art—focus on the word enjoy. Some art museums started banning photography in the late 2000s when smartphones started having quality cameras to boost gift shop revenue and protect delicate works from automatic flashes, but the decision has been reversed in the mid-2010s partly from Read more…

MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is severely overrated. Don’t go, don’t waste your time, there is better art out there available with more dignified treatment with more democratic access. Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn Museum is free and has a better viewing experience than MoMa, the Art Institute of Read more…

United B737-700 First Class

Route: Chicago to TorontoPlane: B737-700Date: 14 Oct, 2024Price: $1,193 including an onward flight to Ottawa via Chicago (originally $2,009, lowered to $1,610 as economy flex with a cash upgrade booked via Air Canada, then rebooked when the fare was further dropped during a pilot strike) Comfort: The thick leather armchairs Read more…

Hamilton on Broadway

Overrated, overpriced, overcooked. A show shouldn’t be running night after night for years in a row. This is akin to American television shows that run thirty or forty seasons as they get progressively worse. After the original Lin-Manuel Miranda left the show, it should have been a cue to move Read more…

9/11 Memorial

Underneath the two square waterfalls where the twin towers once stood in New York City lies the memorial to the 3,000 who died. It sits in the original basement space of the towers with fragments of the mangled structure on display. I had previously seen one such fragment in Albany Read more…