Esquire US - April - May 2023

Gunsapalooza!

At the world's biggest machine-gun shoot, a community of hardcore enthusiasts are married, buried, and bonded forever by their shared passion: blasting away with extreme firearms

Power Moves

After six years playing the heir unapparent on HBO's Succession, Kieran Culkin is ready to say goodbye to everything but the suits.

Air Apparent

The venerable Zenith Pilot roars into the future

Slow burn

After years of grinding away at his acting career, Pedro Pascal is enjoying sudden fame and near-universal adulation thanks to his dual streaming blockbusters The Last of Us and The Mandalorian. Over a weekend in New York, he talks about all of it and everything that's coming next.

A Virtuoso Chef Whose Time Has Come

At Tatiana, Kwame Onwuachi has drawn inspiration from New York City's history, and his own roots, to create one of America's best Afro-Caribbean restaurants and Manhattan's hottest reservation

charmschool

At Hermès, longtime menswear designer Véronique Nichanian lays out a vision of intelligent luxury that doesn't take itself too seriously

what i've learned

Antony Blinken U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, 60, WASHINGTON, D. C.

the best NEW hotels 2023

From a ranch in Napa Valley to a wellness retreat in Punta Mita, Mexico, here are the places where checking in could CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD

destination nowheresville, u.s.a.

The perfect American road trip isn't just about where; it's about why. Understanding this country more deeply, grappling with its flaws, but also seeing literally what makes it so beautiful. There are the expected expanses of natural wonder. Then there are the surprises: a ghost town in Utah, say, and the wild friends you meet there.

DEAR JUSTICE

A letter to my daughter upon her college graduation