𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋

Perspectives from U Street's Leading Glaswegian Shepherd, his white-haired human, and today's first photo.

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

@eat_dc Is your feed on any other social media platforms? Hoping to find it elsewhere as I will soon be exiting X.

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains that his usual wardrobe serves him poorly for a day in Dubai and envies the Emirati sheiks in their flowing robes.

https://t.co/Z9TWNF2pQQ

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains about lack of vision in Toronto and reduced speed limits on the Paris Beltway.

https://t.co/l1pCzaqxkT

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé announces that his editorial minions in London will have to maneuver around the coffee and Swedish bun crowd for several weeks.

https://t.co/319nQ5kDSj

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains about the airport in Lisbon and unattractive storefronts of Chinese-owned businesses in Budapest.

https://t.co/Lf91dhArnD

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé dispatches his boyfriend and elderly mother to Lisbon to assist him in apartment renovation. The details are quite tedious.

https://t.co/uAlrvQ2Ssh

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains about plastic plants, Japan’s customs agency,, and adult travelers arriving in Tokyo dressed as toddlers.

https://t.co/ViK7eubV4c

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains about companies too hesitant to jettison “rigid inclusivity initiatives” and reimpose dress codes in what he deems an unjustified effort to assuage younger workers.

https://t.co/FjQabF3TT5

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains about the demise of print airline magazines and then, in another effort to support the cherished institutions of his glory days, shops at a department store.

https://t.co/dnfdwBIw1D

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

@sweetgreen Will do so when Curry Cauliflower or Elote Bowl are restored to the menu.

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains that the new Starbucks CEO should not work from home, but should be in the field making sure stores are maintained and limiting options so customers are not “oversized infants.”

https://t.co/MHYkTT9CR7

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

@lahoare Clearly you don't eat your share of Passover matzo.

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé depicts St. Moritz as a type of modern Alpine Mayberry.

https://t.co/L3QbT9pQeX

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Not caring to view the action from Paris, Tyler Brûlé instead critiques the diving performances at the pool of a Swiss hotel.

https://t.co/VSAzL0ntcz

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé overlooks that the increased summer tourist trade in the Alps may have something in common with the decreased winter snow.

https://t.co/0OFXnDpSmm

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé, in Paris for the Olympics, complains about excessive athleisure in the opening ceremony uniforms and a surfeit of drag queens, but praises Celine Dion.

https://t.co/uYDa0nOCnE

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé complains that coverage of Friday’s worldwide wave of air cancellations was overwrought (probably because it was a day he had no flight to catch) but still plans to acquire a safe to stash a few thousand dollars for the next tech meltdown.

https://t.co/CNXp87ZoP5

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé spends time off in Sanremo, Italy, a place he acclaims for the absence of non-Italian tourists, but then complains that the once-grand hotels along the Mediterranean are either faded or abandoned.

https://t.co/vDXTnJ2XVl

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé advises against summer travel to Japan, but recommends taking the Italian railroad from Barcelona to Madrid.
https://t.co/51LMEmxqvn

[𝖮𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝖽 𝖳. 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗎𝗋 @otberbur]

Tyler Brûlé attempts to balance the need to improve the Monocle website with his determination not to make quality content (as opposed to his column) available for free.

https://t.co/DQzGdTVr4y