Week of July 26th

A Steinway & Sons walnut upright piano that was commissioned in 1912 for the ocean liner Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic

During the Titanic’s maiden voyage, musicians played pianos from Steinway & Sons to entertain passengers.

Before its provenance trail was traced in the last few years, nobody showed any interest in it.

The nonprofit aims to raise 125,000 dollars to get it and make it accessible.

The only other Olympic piano known to survive is a Steinway grand Bill Wyman sold for about 38,000 dollars. No one knows its precise location.

Ho Ch Minh City, known as Saigon, is Aisa’s city-that-never-sleeps.

The author was summoned to a watering hole in Thảo Điền.

Her first stop is Summer Experiment, an Aussie-run cocktail spot with one of the most ambitious menus she’s seen

Then she heads to the CỘI, a live jazz venue

people in Vietnam drink coffee and tea all day and all nigh. Most cafes are open 24/7.

At 1AM people check out the rooftop club Observatory.