Cardinal Kasper

Harper's Bazaar Christmas cover featuring a stylized white face with red lips and green Christmas tree. Text reads: "Christmas Number" with stories by Dorothy Parker, Mazo de la Roche, Dorothy L. Sayers, Evelyn Waugh."

Out of Depth

Minne’s Diner is a fantastic breakfast joint in Rogers, Minnesota. Right off I-94, the place reminds one of so many other classic breakfast places in the big city–only the hours are different, i.e., this place actually has a closing time. It was here, last Thursday, that I and some colleagues gathered for breakfast and Evelyn Waugh’s short story,…

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Two antique brass-colored keys with intricate designs and loops, resting side by side on a light background.

Giving Over the Keys

The Edgewater Beach Apartments are an interesting sight on Chicago’s north side lakefront. Built in 1928, it was part of a complex that housed the famed Edgewater Beach Hotel which was built in 1916. The pink exterior of the building may strike some as gauche, but it was meant to complement the original Edgewater Beach…

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