nightcap
13 pickleballers standing guard ‘round your basketball court
Plus: Faux gras
Latest
film & tv
The Night Water 2024 Oscar Ballot
Plus: cultivating desert power
Day Soda
Day Soda #15: Year Three Coda
Plus: A song for the road
Night Water meta
Night Water: Year Three
A quantitative look at the third year of this newsletter
music
City Pop, Escapism, and Nostalgia for the Future
Japanese city pop is back, but its revival isn’t only about posh romantic tunes—the genre’s popularity can be traced to our political mess and the need to escape it
food & drink
Eulogy for a fallen bagel shop
A victim of capitalism and bagel man fratricide
food & drink
A British Veganuary Fast Food Tour
One vegan’s search for a decent vegan fast food option in London
Day Soda
Day Soda #14: Pokémon exercise their 2nd amendment rights
Plus: bonus Greggs content
food & drink
Every vegan thing I ate at Greggs this month, ranked
A Veganuary investigation of the venerable food-on-the-go chain
mailbag
Why did Dan’s plant die?
And more questions from the Night Water mailbag
Day Soda
Day Soda #13: Oops, All Music! Edition
Plus: A look ahead at 2024
holiday
The 2023 Night Water Gift Guide
An ephemeral, exhaustive, and extensive gift guide for every vibe