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Lifestyle

On living slowly and deliberately.

A work from Ronald Ventura's LUNA at the Venice Biennale

Ronald Ventura Mounts a Collateral Show at the 61st Venice Art Biennale

At the 61st Venice Art Biennale, Ronald Ventura’s “LUNA” collapses the distance between two tidal cities — Venice and his native Malabon. Notes from the opening, and a friendship that goes back to 4 a.m. in the ’90s.

June 11, 2026
A cup of coffee by a window at dawn

In Praise of the Slow Morning

On coffee made by hand, the small discipline of not reaching for the phone, and why the first hour sets the whole day.

February 22, 2026
A single chef's knife on a board

The Case for One Good Knife

Why a single well-made blade beats a drawer full of gadgets — and what owning less in the kitchen taught me everywhere else.

January 30, 2026
An open notebook and a cup on a desk

What a Year of Saying No Taught Me

A small experiment in declining things — and the surprising amount of life that turned up in the space left behind.

January 9, 2026