Brigadoon Weekend
Your weekly dose of the emerging issues + independent thinkers shaping commerce + culture
October 23, 2021
Get to Know:
Marie-Louise Sciò
Marie-Louise Sciò is the CEO and Creative Director of Pellicano Group's three Italian hotels, the Mezzatorre on Ischia, La Posta Vecchia in Ladispoli and Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole.
She's also the founder of the Italian lifestyle and e-commerce platform ISSIMO, which launched as a digital extension of the Pellicano world.
She is a Rhode Island School of Design architecture graduate and all-around tastemaker.
Her signature style is elegant, timeless, and understated luxury.
Three reasons why Marie-Louise Sciò is global street smart:
+ Grew up in a Slim Aarons photograph
+ Editor at Large @ Air Mail Weekly
+ Studied design and architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design
Bonus: Marie-Louise Sciò on how to travel in style - click here.
Five Weekend Reads:
A Cold War saga in Biden’s Washington: Members of the intelligence community are increasingly convinced that the Russian government is behind the hundreds of terrifying directed-energy attacks on diplomats and spies known as the Havana Syndrome. Will Congress respond to the “medium confidence” intelligence with countermeasures? As one member of the community told me, “We got bin Laden with medium confidence.”
Puck
Plan Z: The rise of Éric Zemmour: The fact that Éric Zemmour hasn’t yet declared himself a candidate in next year’s French presidential election is a bit of a joke. A Harris poll last week put him on 17 percent, ahead of all other rivals to President Emmanuel Macron.
Freddy Gray
Nuclear fusion edges toward the mainstream: Long-shot money is flowing into start-ups that seek the energy of the stars. Driving the investments is a rising alarm about global warming.
NYT
It’s quitting season: It’s been a brutal few years. But we’ve gritted through. We’ve spent time languishing. We’ve had one giant national burnout. And now, finally, we’re quitting. We are quitting our jobs. Our cities. Our marriages. Even our Twitter feeds. We’re not quitting because we’re weak. We’re quitting because we’re smart.
Lindsay Crouse + Kirby Ferguson
The big-wave safety paradox: Are the recent advancements in safety equipment and protocols making big-wave lineups more dangerous?
Patagonia
Quote of the Week:
“I never imagined supply chain problems would force me to drink so much Californian wine.” -- Emmanuel Roman, California-based PIMCO's French CEO
10 songs for this weekend
Feel Good - Ty Segall & Denée Segall
Go On - Ted Jasper
Buggin' Out - A Tribe Called Quest
Waxy Moon Pie - The Go Rounds
Love Spreads - The Stone Roses
Idontknow - Jamie XX
Oh Baby - LCD Soundsystem
Deep & Dream - Amir Farhoodi
Hello Good Morning (featuring TI) -Diddy
No Time To Play - Guru
Back On a Mission - Cirrus
Chaise Lounge - Wet Leg
Fool to Think - Dave Matthews Band
Ultimatum (featuring Fatoumata Daiwara) - Disclosure
Ngui Yi - Blick Bassy
Listen here.
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Have a great weekend.
-Marc
Marc A. Ross | Founder + Chief Curator @ Brigadoon
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