A Tour of Portland's Best Vintage Shopping, Hotels, and Coffee Shops

It was on bus No. 20, zooming uphill past the renowned Powell’s City of Books toward the craggy, verdant cliffs of Washington Park, that I first encountered what felt like a genuine slice of…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2750 words)

Free To Be

Free to be ... who? All the musicians, artists, feminists, and other figures mentioned in this series.
AUTHOR:Dan Kois
PUBLISHED: Oct. 22, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2665 words)

Relishing Rome

In a city like Rome, nearly every restaurant has a story, and the one I like best from a recent eating tour involves Al Moro, in the Centro Storico. I first heard about this popular spot from an…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (782 words)

Seine and Sensibility

"Beneath the vapor's floating scarves, the Seine trembles, mysterious, like a magic mirror, and, shortly, you shal see what you shall see!" —Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac A tenor…
AUTHOR:Susan Hack
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2944 words)

The Molotov Party

Photo-illustration by Gluekit  (Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images (Trump); Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images (Bachmann); Kevin Winter/NBCUniversal/Getty Images (Paul); Michael Tran/Getty…
AUTHOR:Frank Rich
PUBLISHED: Dec. 26, 2011
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1057 words)

What Would Gabby Do?

Since her shooting, Gabby Giffords has been an idea as much as a person. What the people around her needed most was precisely what they didnt have, which was her guidance. Giffords had…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 12, 2011
LENGTH: 3 minutes (806 words)

The Woman Who Knew Too Much

On the afternoon of July 18, in remarks from the Rose Garden amid the bruising showdown with congressional Republicans over the debt ceiling, President Obama made what the White House billed as…
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5858 words)

Five incredible reads about the eccentric men of high fashion.

longformLongform.org's guide to the greatest long articles ever written.By Anne GarrettPosted Saturday, July 30, 2011, at 7:10 AM ETEvery weekend, Longform.org shares a collection of great stories…
PUBLISHED: July 30, 2011
LENGTH: 3 minutes (797 words)
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