Nicole James

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  • Jul 3, 2026
    Grocery tourism is the hot trend of 2026 according to Condé Nast Traveler. This is all well and good, but also a bit late to the trolley because I have been practicing this...
  • Jun 15, 2026
    The Stepford Wives was once a horror story in a nice dress. However, that horror is becoming reality as we sit at our laptops and ask chatbots to validate our feelings. And...
  • Apr 6, 2026
    Roald Dahl’s chocolate river was the economic policy of my childhood. Dripping with glossy abundance, and available to any enterprising glutton with a low sense of...
  • Mar 24, 2026
    I am now almost certain that I live in the sourdough capital of the world. Not a sourdough capital. The capital. Every town within a 15-mile radius has at least three...
  • Feb 17, 2026
    Modern civilization would like you to believe that your brain is a faulty appliance requiring constant software updates. It must be optimized. Synced. Backed up. Fed chia seeds. Sat...
  • Jan 15, 2026
    Once upon a time, in 1751, New Yorkers actually ventured to what is now the Fulton Fish Market to watch a cricket match between the New York XI and a visiting London XI. This was not...