Elena Clavarino

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Senior Editor at AIR MAIL

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E.A. Hanks, Tom Hanks's Daughter, On Her Childhood and Her New Book, "The 10"

6 days ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

E.A. (Elizabeth Anne) Hanks’s literary debut has been a long time coming. After a decade of work, her book, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road, finally hit the shelves last week. The story is a personal one, weaving between a road trip she took as a teenager with her mother, Susan Dillingham, and one she took alone as an adult, in which she retraced that original journey along Interstate 10.
Guillaume Bonn’s Photos of African Wildlife Are Collected in "Paradise Inc."

6 days ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

Over a 20-year career, the photojournalist Guillaume Bonn has documented civil wars in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ethnic violence in Rwanda and Burundi, and the displacement of pastoralist communities in Kenya and Tanzania. Bonn grew up in Kenya, as did his father and grandfather before him, and his distinctive style—raw and unflinching—has made him a mainstay in magazines such as The New Yorker and Vanity Fair.
Two New Coffee-Table Books Capture the Timeless Allure of Palm Springs

1 week ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

In 1924, when the developer Pearl McCallum McManus opened his Oasis Hotel, in Palm Springs, it was like nothing the desert had seen before. Built with thick “slip-form concrete” walls to withstand the heat, the four-story structure had a sculptural silhouette that blended into the surrounding rock. Mount San Jacinto loomed in the distance. And trench doors opened onto a wisteria-covered terrace, where the view was nothing but dust and sunlight.
Palm Springs Eternal

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Elena Clavarino

Two new coffee-table books capture the timeless allure of Palm Springs, a favorite destination of Sinatra and Capote and a birthplace of modernist …
Travel to Japan Reaches All-Time Highs, Thanks to a Weak Yen and Gen Z

2 weeks ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

Every day, Instagram is flooded with countless carousels of girls roaming the streets of Tokyo in oversize denim jackets, or posing in kimonos on traditional tatami mats. There’s the requisite shot of a perfect toro nigiri, a thin veil of soy sauce glistening on top, or a close-up of a minimalist ceramic vase. On social media, at least, Paris has been usurped—according to a 2024 Titan Travel study, Japan is now the most searched-for travel destination on Instagram and TikTok.
The Whooping Crane is Critically Endangered. Now's the Time to Save It.

3 weeks ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

Meet Grus americana, the whooping crane: a towering, snow-white bird with a wingspan stretching more than seven feet. Instead of chirping, they “whoop,” letting out a trumpet-like call that carries for miles. With jet-black wing tips and dagger-like bills, they stalk the shallows for lunch—reptiles, voles, and the occasional berry. Every spring, males leap, flap, and toss grass into the air to impress potential mates. If the performance lands, they pair for life.
A New Coffee-Table Books Collects Propaganda From Around the World

1 month ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

The term “propaganda” evokes visions of conflict and control, yet its origins are surprisingly neutral. The word derives from the Latin propagare (to spread) and first appeared in the 17th century during the Counter-Reformation, when the Catholic Church established the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide—an organization dedicated to opposing Protestantism through missionaries and printed materials. Propaganda began to take symbolic form during the French Revolution.
Inside *the* Rio Carnival Kick-Off Party-the Baile de Arara

1 month ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

It’s two A.M. in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, February 28, the night before Carnival begins. At dawn, the streets will flood with bodies in fishnet tights and tiny bikinis, drinking Guaraná, Brazil’s answer to Coca-Cola, and cachaça, the sugarcane liquor in caipirinhas. But for now, the city sleeps. Most of the city, that is. In a mansion perched high in the lush hills of Santa Teresa, overlooking the Atlantic, a party rages on.
Luca Pronzato on We Are Ona, His Pop-up Restaurant Concept, and Working at Noma

1 month ago | airmail.news | Elena Clavarino

Few understand the possibilities of fine dining better than Luca Pronzato, the former sommelier and Noma alum who is revolutionizing the gastronomy world with his nomadic culinary studio, We Are Ona. Since 2019, the 33-year-old Parisian entrepreneur has been staging pop-up restaurants around the world, featuring renowned chefs—from Instagram personality Pierce Abernathy to L’Arpège’s Alexis Bijaoui—in striking spaces designed by leading artists such as Alexandre de Betak and Cristina Celestino.
Livin' la Vida Bloc-a

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Elena Clavarino

4 hours agoPresident Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when his on-again, off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent. “I think it’s going to make it more exciting,” …