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Brett Martin
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GQ Correspondent, NYT Mag, et. al. Three Beard Awards. Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution. Find me elsewhere. linktr.ee/brettsy
New Orleans, LA
Joined April 2008
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    Brett Martin
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    Oct 8, 2016
    Can we please remember that where TV news abjectly failed, newspapers may have saved the Republic. As intended.
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    Brett Martin
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    Jun 30, 2019
    Give me the confidence of a hotel that thinks I've turned on the TV to learn more about it.
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    Brett Martin
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    Jul 4, 2020
    I just biked down Bourbon Street and nobody's going to school this Fall.
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    Brett Martin
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    Apr 2, 2021
    When you paint your shutters to coordinate one week a year.
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    Brett Martin
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    Jul 22, 2018
    The first dinner I had with J Gold, I was so nervous that I tried to use a knife to cut my soup. The second, a long tasting menu, I asked if he ever took notes during meals. He looked at me and said, "That would be like taking notes during sex." A giant. RIP.
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    Brett Martin
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    Apr 20, 2017
    This a letter of recommendation from somebody who doesn't really want you to get into college.
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    Brett Martin
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    Feb 26, 2023
    How you can watch guests at a Best Western waffle machine and still think the public can be trusted with guns is beyond me.
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    Brett Martin
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    Oct 12, 2018
    I'm sorry I don't remember who led me to this obit, but it is amazing. legacy.com/obituaries/del…
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    Brett Martin
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    Apr 23, 2018
    Here's a thing I do once a year. It's my Best New Restaurants for 2018.
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    GQ's Best New Restaurants in America, 2018
    From gq.com
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    Brett Martin
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    Aug 28, 2020
    Thomas' English Muffins don't get enough mention in the pantheon of perfect supermarket foods.
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    Brett Martin
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    Apr 28, 2023
    Never forget @nolacampanella on Jazz Fest vs. Bourbon Street.
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    Brett Martin
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    Aug 23, 2018
    Here is my attempt to plumb the Mysteries of Houston, how it got cool, and what exactly that means, anyway.
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    Houston Is the New Capital of Southern Cool
    From gq.com
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    Brett Martin
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    Mar 2, 2018
    Don’t be so hard on yourself, little bag.
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    Brett Martin
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    Apr 14, 2023
    This place has now outlasted me in New York by twelve years.
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