Nancy Rommelmann

In light of Portland’s Royal Sonesta Hotel—bought in 2016 for $108.3M, and selling this week for a reported $6.83M, a 93% drop —I am re-upping my monograph “The Gloss of Good Intentions: How Portland Blew a Chance to Become the Next Great American City.” nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/the-gloss-of…

"Masquerading as a journalist" as opposed to...

We got off a Chinatown bus from Philly and flagged a cab. Saw the cardboard in the front seat and thought, what the... Worse inside, including about 30 Dunkin' cups, a (possible?) body-bag in the back, and GPS verbal directions set to "ear split." Have you seen like in NYC taxis?

Sunday morning long read from always worth reading George Packer. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m off to read Philip Roth
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/…

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