Hobbie Weekly
One curated obscure weekend, every Friday.
Long-form, sourced, with the reservations cheat sheet. The first issue is free; the rest are $7/mo or $59/year.
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Pondicherry: the French-speaking town that out-conspired Madras
On the Coromandel Coast, an 18-square-kilometre former French colony still files property deeds in two languages and serves baguettes that out-Paris Paris. Five reasons it's not the obvious South India weekend.
"An 18-square-kilometre former French colony still files property deeds in two languages."