The Best Cuban Rums To Bring Home

Now that it’s legal to return to the US with Cuban rum and cigars (thanks to President Obama relaxing trade laws, effective Monday), Town and Country editor Sam Dangremond selects the six best rums worthy of luggage space. Dangremond spoke with Kenneth McCoy from The Rum House and Jack McGarry of BlackTail to get expert answers and—for anyone who’s traveled extensively—the results don’t surprise but …

Twitter: Stronger or Weaker?

While there may be an intense Wall Street-applied weight impacting the future of Twitter, a quick glance at the service during any milestone event (which can be read as “Presidential debate”) or all that falls between (such as every other television program or cultural touch-points) reveals something very different. According to an essay in the New Yorker by James Surowiecki, “Though it’s grown revenue to …

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize in Literature

Bob Dylan “has the status of an icon,” noted the Swedish Academy upon honoring the singer/songwriter with the announcement that he will be this year’s Nobel Prize recipient in literature. This statement is undeniable. From Dylan’s decade upon decade of musical—though arguably poetic—contributions and the movements that they spawned or spurned, his impact has been global. “For 54 years now he has been at it …