Postcards From a Most Unusual Summer
Seven writers from across the globe offer a glimpse of how they drank their way through a changed landscape in Tokyo, Melbourne, Paris and beyond.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: PUNCH
Postcard From New York, or, Searching for Home in Any Old Bar
Sebastian Modak, fresh off of 120,000 miles of travel, longs for the bars, near and far, that he called home.
- story: Sebastian Modak
- photo: Sebastian Modak
Postcard From Paris, or, Summer as a Day Dream
Lindsey Tramuta recalls a summer whose message of fearless resilience—along with oversized spritzes and plenty of wine—acted as a temporary balm.
- story: Lindsey Tramuta
- photo: Lindsey Tramuta
Postcard From Melbourne, or, a Winter of Piña Coladas in Confinement
Besha Rodell searches for solace at home as her city locks down for a second time.
- story: Besha Rodell
- photo: Besha Rodell
Postcard from Tokyo, Or, A Summer of Un-Olympian Pleasures
From a sweltering Japan, Yukari Sakamoto considers the appeal of izakaya at home, popsicles dipped in shochu and an Olympic season that never was.
- story: Yukari Sakamoto
- photo: Yukari Sakamoto
Postcard from Mexico City, Or, How to Mourn the Cantina
Michael Snyder contemplates a summer without the blurry, tequila-fueled afternoons and chance encounters that only the city’s great, democratic watering holes can provide.
- story: Michael Snyder
- photo: Michael Snyder
Postcard From the Real Portlandia
Jordan Michelman takes stock of the drinking scene in his city during a season of unprecedented unrest and unity.
- story: Jordan Michelman
- photo: Jordan Michelman
Postcard From Transylvania, Or, How I’d Rather Be Drinking in Bundoran
Stranded in Romania, Yolanda Evans finds herself wishing she were in the Irish surf town of summers past.
- story: Yolanda Evans
- photo: Yolanda Evans