Adrian Lee

all you can do, when a tech company says “so long and thanks for all the data, here’s an auto-generated graphic!”, is to try to find meaning:

Opinion: A wok to remember: Saving our parents’ legendary restaurant in Toronto’s Chinatown is about more than just food By picking up the torch from their parents and taking over Yueh Tung, the family restaurant, Jeanette Liu and her sister are working to preserve culture, memory, and identity – before it disappears

Happy to have helped with this beautiful photo essay in @theglobeandmail.com about a Chinatown restaurant in Toronto that's equal parts home and 好味: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Canadian whisky is good, actually If Canadian whisky is having a moment, the best offerings of our diverse national spirit – in its way, a kind of patriotism in a glass – are ready for their close-up

It took more than a decade, but it happened for me: I wrote in @theglobeandmail.com about whisky, thus definitely validating my years of collecting. (Specifically, about a big opportunity for Canadian whisky that it has spent years preparing for): www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b355f60...

Just (don’t) do it: The power of being bored In a world determined to distract, just being alone with your thoughts is an act of defiance

“Don’t just do something; sit there.” This weekend’s @globeandmail editorial on the many consequences of our fear of boredom (including in world politics, cc @frankfukuyama.bsky.social ), and why we need to act with intention in the face of distraction: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b355f60...

I wrote about my trip to Hakone in Japan, where I learned that the contrast between hot-spring serenity and city stresses is very much the point, and each is integral to the other: @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b355f60...

Opinion: Donald Trump is making America a monarchy again It took 249 years, but the U.S. has apparently rejected its founding fathers’ democratic experiment – and made King George look like a winner

It's King George's revenge: Donald Trump is making America a monarchy again.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

i heard you like it when the algorithm tells you what you listened to this year. great! then surely you will like to know about the @theglobeandmail.com writing you consumed by adrian this year:

Celebrity endorsements might have hurt Kamala Harris more than they helped The support for Democrats from A-listers such as Taylor Swift backfired, or at least failed to move the needle. That’s what happens when celebs are seen as unrelatable elites

This @theglobeandmail.com column is about why A-lister endorsements for Kamala Harris didn't move the needle in the election, yes, but it's also about a celebrity vibe shift that has been happening for years now: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...