You Simply Don’t See This Kind of Testimony Every Day

Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo unequivocally condemned the actions of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       You Never See High-Level Police Officials Deliver This Kind of Testimony Against One of Their Own   Monday's testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin consisted of a lengthy exegesis on how to transform policing in the 21st century, as well as the remarkable sight of a police chief sealing the fate of a former officer. Both of these features came courtesy of Minneapolis Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo, whose unequivocal condemnation of Chauvin's actions that led to the death of George Floyd was the strongest evidence yet presented by the prosecution. You simply never see high-level police officials deliver this kind of testimony against one of their own. Read More           Our 15 Favorite Online Furniture Stores Will Let You Live Out Your Home Design Dreams   A hypothetical situation: After four years of crashing on twenty-semesters-used bunk beds, handmewaydown twin frames, dumpster-dived platforms, and a mattress on a bare floor, you graduated college and prepared yourself for an adult life of good living. Then, some number of years passed—maybe three, maybe thirty—and it occurred to you that you haven't exactly achieved the home-owning or apartment-renting dream. That couch you're sitting on was the cheapest at Ikea, that bedframe came secondhand on Facebook Marketplace, and you up and bought the dining set after about two seconds of consideration at Target. And once you got them, you never really considered replacing them. Just a hypothetical. Maybe you've always loved online shopping for furniture. Whatever the reason, we've gathered up our 15 favorite online furniture stores for you to digitally meander through, from the affordable to the luxurious. Read More           The 16 Best Tank Tops for Working Out, Hanging Out, and Everything In Between   It's time to talk tank tops. Many—most, in fact—of the tanks on this list can pull double duty. Wear 'em to work out, then to meet up with friends (remember meeting up with friends!?) afterwards. Thanks to those quick-dry, anti-stink properties, you'll be looking good and feeling fresh when you roll up. Will you get a "sun's out, guns out" comment or two from said friends? Maybe! Or maybe not. But you're a tank-top guy now. You're sleeve-free and feeling top-notch, and you're ready for whatever the world throws at you. Read More           These Are the Best (and Easiest) Ways to Buy Booze Online   Do you want alcohol right here, right now, with as minimal effort as possible? Because our consumerist world quickly adapted to our medically-necessary hermetic ways at the beginning of 2020, there are plenty of websites that will deliver all kinds of alcohol to your door. These are some of the best options for buying alcohol easily online, whether you're disinclined to leave your home or your local liquor store doesn't have the bottle you're looking for. Keep in mind that independent bars and restaurants are trying to keep above water, so a cocktail-to-go order will never go amiss. Read More           Why I'm Saying Farewell to the Best Damn Job in the World   Throughout the past decade. Esquire's Food & Drinks Editor Jeff Gordinier has become accustomed to hearing people tell him, "You have the best job in the world!" The truth is that eating your way around the country takes a serious toll on your body, your family life, and your emotional equilibrium. For a man in his mid-50s, it's roughly as sustainable as Russian roulette. Here, Gordinier puts down his plate one last time. Read More           On The Blue Water   In April 1936, Esquire ran a story called "On the Blue Water," by Ernest Hemingway. Subtitled "A Gulf Stream letter," it was one of the many "letters" Hemingway wrote for the up and coming magazine: casual shards of first-person nonfiction dispatched from far-flung corners of the world (like Havana, Key West, and Paris), each one depicting the locale's way of life and way of sporting. "On the Blue Water" lingered in Hemingway's mind for over a decade; in 1951, he began expanding the letter's portrait of a fisherman's epic battle with a marlin into The Old Man and the Sea. Published in 1952, The Old Man and the Sea was to be his final full-length work before his death by suicide in 1961. The novel received the Pulitzer Prize, was name-checked in Hemingway's Nobel Prize for Literature citation, and continues to be taught in schools around the world. Read where it all began here in Esquire... Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2021 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019