“Bordeaux wines have never been better, and rarely have they offered such extraordinary value for money—even among the greatest wines.” —Florence Cathiard, co-owner of Château Smith Haut Lafitte. airmail.news/sh/7Xh72q

Sant Ambroeus’s culinary director researches Renaissance recipes dating back to Caterina de Medici, who famously introduced the fork to the French court. airmail.news/sh/7Xh73l

On the short list of things Larry admits to being good at: “Detecting when I’ve said something and inadvertently hurt someone’s feelings. I’ll know it on the drive home.”airmail.news/sh/e9h4gy

Kelly Clarkson posted a photo seemingly showing Molly on sale for $15,000. Art of Play says she could buy an identical model of the mechanical bird by the same artist for $15,000. airmail.news/sh/3Ehmyx

Tina Barney took her first photography course in Sun Valley, Idaho. Soon after, she drove 27 hours to Houston to show her prints to a museum curator, who acquired them on the spot. airmail.news/sh/6Zh599

Hunter S. Thompson’s plan to win the Honolulu Marathon: sprint the first three miles with Ralph Steadman in under 10 minutes, so far ahead that “they won’t even be able to see us.” airmail.news/sh/lAh83p

Reports of the arrest supplied enough details to identify the suspect. Online sleuths connected the dots in a split second. An arrest had begun to look like a verdict. airmail.news/sh/kOhR26

Theranos’s lobby had little gold sinks on pedestals because Elizabeth Holmes liked to wash her hands a lot, and conference rooms named for Isaac Newton and Jonas Salk. airmail.news/sh/z5hjq6

Flannel isn’t a Paul Bunyan hand-me-down. It’s a layering piece. The key is to make it a supporting player, not the star. airmail.news/sh/ZyhXAa

Larry David’s first D.S.A. proposal: all doors to private homes stay unlocked. Strangers may enter “to open your fridge, use your bathroom, floss, or just relax and watch a ball game.” airmail.news/sh/n5h3p8

The Metropolitan Opera premieres “Lincoln in the Bardo” on October 19, an adaptation of George Saunders’s novel with music by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by Royce Vavrek. airmail.news/sh/PEhEo9

When the Paulis opened Sant Ambroeus on Madison Avenue in 1982, they brought New York its first real espressos, real cornetti, and panini. airmail.news/sh/7Xh73l

Nicholas Brandram’s sisters are adamant that their brother was not the Putney Pusher. They are campaigning to clear his name and hold the police accountable. airmail.news/sh/kOhR26

Many renowned Bordeaux now sell for less than their Napa Valley Cabernet counterparts, which is why Bordeaux is one of the best values in wine today. airmail.news/sh/7Xh72q

Art of Play says Kelly Clarkson had been trying to buy Molly, a “one-of-a-kind singing and dancing bird automaton who is permanently attached to our walls and isn’t for sale.” airmail.news/sh/3Ehmyx

“There’s nothing interesting about me and there’s no interest in me.” Larry David’s first e-mail to his future biographer. After a pitch, his follow-up: “Oh Jesus. If we must.” airmail.news/sh/e9h4gy

In 1980, “Running” magazine offered Hunter S. Thompson an all-expenses-paid trip to cover the Honolulu Marathon. He turned it into “The Curse of Lono,” long out of print and now being reissued. airmail.news/sh/lAh83p

The Lincoln of the title isn’t Abraham or Mary Todd. It’s their third son, Willie, dead at 11 from typhoid fever and brought to Oak Hill Cemetery for entombment. airmail.news/sh/PEhEo9

“In L.A., you are what you drive. In N.Y.C., you are what you arrive in.” —Michael Hainey, on why the right winter coat matters. airmail.news/sh/ZyhXAa

“It’s Elizabeth Holmes.” Then silence. “I understand we’ll be making a film together.” Then she hung up. A journalist’s first call with the Theranos founder, in 2016. airmail.news/sh/z5hjq6