The Sunday supplement: no. 77

Personal favorites for hotel bars, oblique ways to enjoy professional tennis, my favorite long reads of recent, and more

The Griswold Inn, Old Lyme, Connecticut

Let’s start with hotel bars. Here are some favorites if you find yourself roaming the United States. Hopefully they’re not all obvious ones for locals.

• Los Angeles: Hotel Figueroa – downtown, light-filled, nice for a daytime meeting. Also love Tower Bar on the strip, Lily’s Bar in Hollywood when it’s not crowded, and The Georgian (bar and room) in Santa Monica.

• Nashville: The Hermitage Hotel. Sit at the bar, not the little tables, order the deviled eggs.

• Connecticut: The Tap Room at The Griswold Inn in Old Lyme, originally built in 1735 as a schoolhouse.