Revitalizing Rio de Janeiro
Antonio Carlos Jobim once explained, “New York is great, but it’s a mess; Rio is a mess, but it’s great.”
Oct 2011
Articles by Andrew Solomon: Food, Travel & Design
Jan 2010
A Trip Through Peru
Everywhere we found water hyacinths in bloom; Monet’s lily pond had nothing on these streams.
Nov 2008
Adventures in Antarctica
The tropics may be fire, but the world ends in ice.
Jan 2008
Madagascar: A Safari Tour
The bizarre flora and fauna seem to be the result of a mad collaboration among Dr. Seuss, Jim Henson, and God.
Oct 2005
A Culinary Tour of China
In the past five years, Chinese cooking has risen phoenixlike from the ashes, and divine food is now to be found in the country's unnumbered restaurants.
Jul 2005
I Came, I Saw, I Haggled
When I walk through the memory palace in which I live, my past seems to be with me.
Sep 2003
A Silver Ball
All that glitters is not gold. Some of it is silver.
Aug 2003
Song of Solomons
How often do you find a South Pacific island nation with your name on it? And how often does it turn out to be just what Herman Melville said it would?
Jun 2002
Museum Without Walls in Japan
Benesse Island is not just a museum. It is certainly not just a hotel. It is a synthesis of the two, and that synthesis feels very Japanese.
May 2002
My Dinner in Kabul
I did not go to Afghanistan for the food... Dinner my first night in Kabul, however, was a revelation.
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