Jon Fasman
@jonfasman.bsky.social
Senior culture correspondent, The Economist. Podcaster: "The Intelligence", "Checks and Balance". Ex-DC, Singapore, Atlanta, London, Moscow, Providence. Author: "The Geographer's Library," "The Unpossessed City," "We See It All".
Ecuadorian lunch, Corona Plaza. Highlight was the smoked tripe (foreground). If you’re in NYC please consider giving some love (and $) to the city’s hardworking, resourceful street vendors. I love Queens but they’re in every borough. As much as any restaurant they make this America’s best food city.
June 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ecuadorian lunch, Corona Plaza. Highlight was the smoked tripe (foreground). If you’re in NYC please consider giving some love (and $) to the city’s hardworking, resourceful street vendors. I love Queens but they’re in every borough. As much as any restaurant they make this America’s best food city.
Quite a roster from the Best Borough
June 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Quite a roster from the Best Borough
New England is the best part of America. I will take no questions at this time.
April 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New England is the best part of America. I will take no questions at this time.
This week's cover: America's imperial presidency www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
January 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This week's cover: America's imperial presidency www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
There are acceptable days, good days, memorable days, great days, transcendent days. and then there are days when you take your son to see your favorite band, which is (for now) also his favorite band.
November 30, 2024 at 3:26 AM
There are acceptable days, good days, memorable days, great days, transcendent days. and then there are days when you take your son to see your favorite band, which is (for now) also his favorite band.
Nobody likes anything as much as I like cooking for a holiday.
November 24, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Nobody likes anything as much as I like cooking for a holiday.
Cartographic beauty: the MTA’s new/old Vignelli-inspired map
November 21, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Cartographic beauty: the MTA’s new/old Vignelli-inspired map
If you have a screens-and-office type of job, I cannot recommend highly enough spending one day each weekend outside, ideally somewhere beyond phone reception, doing manual labour. Bonus shot of a stone wall built (probably) in the mid-to-late 17th C, without power tools, standing strong.
November 16, 2024 at 8:16 PM
If you have a screens-and-office type of job, I cannot recommend highly enough spending one day each weekend outside, ideally somewhere beyond phone reception, doing manual labour. Bonus shot of a stone wall built (probably) in the mid-to-late 17th C, without power tools, standing strong.