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Introduction Humanity’s fascinating and sometimes fraught relationship with mind-altering substances predates recorded history. Fully integrated into mainstream society, alcohol’s extensive presence doesn’t always do its symbolic importance justice. Those three words, “take a shot,” roll off the tongue so easily that we hardly even consider the enigmatic origins behind the...
Data presented by the BBC in February 2019 points to a correlation between meat consumption and wealth. Beef Magazine asked two times in 2014 if beef was on the road to becoming a luxury item. When the pandemic ravaged the world throughout 2020, beef was one of the many...
I spent three years working in a luxury glasses boutique on New York’s infamous Madison Avenue. Our clientele predominantly consisted of seasoned society fixtures, people who were cool in the 1980s, and men involved in creative industries from advertising to music management and architecture. Across demographics, clients would often...
A laptop is more than a machine, it’s a lifeline. Whether used for a career, a side hustle, a hobby, or staying in touch with loved ones all over the world, the portable computer is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity, especially as society collectively trades our WFH...
If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Sometimes, these stale old adages hold up. Even in an industry as performative as fitness is, with its Hollywood allure and outrageous fads, hand weights prove tried and true staples for achieving concrete results. When the world...
There are things we buy for others, and then those we buy for ourselves. Truly elegant objects, those that grow into old friends, occupy an intersection between the two. Denim like a second skin, boots for all manner of adventures, these are the garments that share our selves with...