Each issue, I choose a theme as a source of inspiration for the shoots and stories for the book. A launching pad for ideas, goal posts for a discourse, and a scarlet thread to tether our creative patchwork.
If your last year has been anything like mine, it’s been pockmarked by clenched jaws, tight fists, and a certain white-knuckling approach to life. After two years of life on hold, vaccinated travel lanes started opening up—see our city guide to four far-flung destinations for your next getaway starting on page 93—only to be curtailed by yet another COVID