In Tokyo, Skipping the Hot and New for Enduring Haunts
Using a guidebook published more than 20 years ago, a writer searches out the bars and restaurants that express the city’s traditional eating and drinking culture.
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Rick Wolff, Sports Radio Host and Much More, Is Dead at 71
As a psychological coach (and ex-player), he helped revive a woeful Cleveland baseball team. He had a WFAN show about youth sports and shepherded best sellers.
Andrew McCarthy Wrote a Book About a Father-Son Pilgrimage. His Son Gets His Say.
Sam McCarthy accompanied his father on the Camino de Santiago and is featured in his father’s new memoir, but what did he think of it? The pair discuss their achievement.
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Read Your Way Around Los Angeles
Héctor Tobar is a son of Los Angeles, a city of “perpetual cultural mixing.” Here, he guides readers through the books and writers that cut through the city’s layers.