Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix are the soul of the Hell of the North – cycling’s toughest race (Gift Article) The course's cobblestoned sections are what make Paris-Roubaix so special – meet the people who clean and protect them all year round

Paris-Roubaix is a stone-cold beautiful bike race (pun intended) — equalled only by Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix who protect and tend the centuries-old pave sections of the race.

Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix are the soul of the Hell of the North – cycling’s toughest race www.nytimes.com/athletic/718...

Tour de France

🤩 Here they are!

The names and bibs of the 184 riders that will take to the start of the #TDF2025 tomorrow!

Tour de France 2025 preview: Schedule, stage guide, team rosters, riders to watch and more The 112th Tour de France gets underway in Lille on Saturday. Here's a complete guide to one of sport's most prestigious events

We're well into Tour de France week. Full preview here, with contenders for all four jerseys, a stage-by-stage guide, and the insight of Patrick Lefevere.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

Scenes from last weekend’s bike ride (my 1st in 9 months 😮)… Leipers Fork to Fly and back. A pretty flat 26 miles.

Starting tomorrow, I’ll have the magnificent Giro d’Italia (Italy’s version of the Tour de France to the uninitiated) on my screen(s) for 3 weeks. Also the finish in Rome on June 1 rolls through Vatican City! 🇮🇹

Whether you’ve been in Nashville for years or just got here a few years ago…

Who Was Marie-Antoine Carême, the Father of French Gastronomy?

Ready for this!

Who Was Marie-Antoine Carême, the Father of French Gastronomy? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/d...

Love this! Y’know, I never send a letter with any concern about a reply. It’s simply my own little way to connect outside the insane grip of our digital world.

I write letters. A lot of them.

Beyond shameful…

From Aleksey’s Market (718 Thompson Lane in Nashville). 💙🇺🇦💛

Ready for this!

I love a good parade. ✨

You are! And thank you.

Welcome to our religion.

Also, Scott Jennings vs. the Pope? Has he heard of the Holy Roman Empire?

That’s a new level of going ALL IN.

Ready for this big-time.

Perfect.

That’s an excellent idea.

Fabulous 🇺🇸💥

Amen!!!

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As long as you’re not that nightmare-inducing, lock-picking Jurassic Park velociraptor sort of dinosaur…😏

Despite deportation fears, this DACA recipient and Nashville business owner hopes for a future here in America Luis Cortes owns four Red Bicycle Coffee shops. He’s lived in this country for almost 25 years. But he still must plan for what happens if he’s deported.

Luis Cortes owns four Red Bicycle Coffee shops. He’s lived in this country for almost 25 years. But WPLN's Char Daston reports he still must plan for what happens if he’s deported.

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In the newsletter this week I wrote about what we might expect from the Grammys. The limits of what we might expect, really. This is a little shaggy but I hope I raised some interesting points n.pr/40WX9O2

I needed this…💕

“Hallucinated case”…😳

Pableaux Johnson, the Heart of New Orleans Hospitality, Dies at 59 (Gift Article) As a photographer, cook and writer, he united communities through shared meals, vivid storytelling and a deep love of the city’s traditions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/d...

Red Beans and Rice (Published 2014)

RIP to Pableaux Johnson, make red beans and rice today in his honor (gift link!) cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016...
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Hard times. Making stock.