Adam Hanft

It is in the spirit of allowing our minds to be “nourished and invisibly repaired” in the course of “trivial occupations” that I bring you this third edition of “Annals of Attraction.”

Plus, the pandemic as an excuse for city-shaming.

Avi Telyas’ Makerhoods is bringing a wildly bold yet inarguably intuitive approach to the transformation of cities.

From a streaming service you didn’t know you needed to a collectible form of iridescent glass, these are the things Adam Hanft is recommending right now.

With the immutable gaze and stoic relentlessness of a Distraction Figure, I’m beginning a column series that brings together things I like under one sheltering-in-place roof.

How can companies derive reputational value from their COVID-19 relief efforts and contributions without coming across as smarmily opportunistic to consumers?