Booze and cigarettes are essential to good journalism. –Jack Shafer, Slate
During the last Pagan tradition-based Christian drinking season (i.e., Christmas), The Economist‘s Gulliver at the magazine’s Business Travel desk asked: Time for a Tipple? Read it. But don’t try some of this stuff at home. And unless you’re a pro, don’t do any of it alone. Note: In photos below, Messrs. Thompson, a writer, and Acosta, a lawyer, are seen traveling and working circa 1970.


