A few days after New Year’s Eve, I was talking to a friend about resolutions, “new year, new me” BS and why has humanity chosen to mark the ending of a cycle some 10 random days after the beginning of astronomical winter in the northern hemisphere and not the summer…

It’s December 26th and here I am sitting at this new hip place on the street next to my apartment that opened just today. I’m having brunch by myself and I’m thinking whether I want to have dessert and eggnog too. I’ve been reading a book but I get distracted…

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Yes, a bit cliché, but what does this proverb entail really? Eat a lot of pasta, drive your Smarts and Fiat 500’s through the tiny cobbled streets, use bread as a side to the pasta, finish each meal with some tiramisu and…

When I was younger I would often stumble upon quotes explaining the correlation between happiness and people’s intelligence. Ernest Hemingway said that “Happiness in intelligent people is the rearest thing I know”. On the other hand, we’ve all heard that ignorance is bliss. How we choose to interpret this is…