The Chimeric Beast Overrunning Texas and Spreading Disease

Plus, Partiers Are Renting Luxe Airbnbs In Madrid for Secret Raves [Subscribe]( [View in browser]( [Image] [Image] The entire world in your inbox. Hello all— I hope your February is off to a great start! Here in D.C. we were tantalized by Spring-like temps , over the weekend, but soon it will be back to reality, and freezing! This week’s [lead feature]( covers a travel topic that I hope to do more of—animals! Brandon Withrow reports[on one of nature’s more bizarre looking creatures](, the nilgai, which was brought to Texas for conservation and exotic hunting and is now taking over. Benjamin Kemper has also filed from Madrid a [troubling but fascinating piece]( confirming what many of us with friends there had been hearing for months—that people across the city have been renting once-expensive Airbnbs to throw parties! Don’t miss [Clive Irving’s latest dispatch]( from the aviation industry, this time explaining the obstacles Boeing now faces both because of its own mistakes and because of China’s naked self interest. Enjoy! — [William O’Connor](, Travel Editor [Image] [The Chimeric Beast Overrunning Texas and Spreading Disease]( [The strange-looking creature encapsulates everything about the best of intentions. Once brought over for conservation and popular for big game hunting, the nilgai are taking over.]( [Partiers Are Renting Luxe Airbnbs In Madrid for Secret Raves]( [It's the worst kept secret in Spain's capital city—everybody knows somebody throwing an Airbnb party.]( [The Machiavellian Reason China is Putting the Squeeze on Boeing]( [While it has the altruistic reason of airline safety and the commercial reason of lower air traffic, there’s a third, nationalist reason Beijing is slow-walking Boeing's return.]( [The Inspiring Story of One of New York’s Top Sommeliers: Madeline Maldonado]( [The Da Toscano wine director sat down with our columnist to discuss dealing with hurricanes, racism and now a pandemic.]( [Keep Notes for Future Getaways in a Moleskine Classic Notebook]( [ ]( [There’s nothing better than a new, pristine notebook, and now is a great time to fill it with travel plans and ideas for future trips. Moleskin classic ivory-colored pages for jotting notes or sketching if the mood hits! Features an elastic closure for privacy and a bookmark ribbon, so you won’t forget where you left off!]( [BUY ON AMAZON ]( [“A little science, some fiction, a few detective stories—reading won’t make you a better person, but it can take you out of the world for a while, and this year that meant a lot.”]( —the always fabulous Malcolm Jones [writes about how books have allowed him to escape during the pandemic](. [Travel to Miami Beach (Safely) With This Book]( Miami Beach is the current destination of choice for the New York and California exodus, and its warm weather has given residents (and visitors) a degree of sanity during COVID that is the envy of all. In an era where a photogenic setting is, well, everything, it’s hard to beat the pastel wonders of Miami Beach. Which explains why we selected [Miami Beach]( as the latest installment to our series on beautiful travel-related coffee table books, [Just Booked](. The World’s Playground, as it’s sometimes called, is the subject of this gorgeous, eye-popping (covered in bright yellow with neon pink, purple, and blue accents) [book from Assouline]( with text by Horacio Silva. The book opens with Silva both extolling the city’s history and virtues, and defending it against historic critiques (particularly those leveled about lack of culture). From there, it’s a whirlwind tour of historic and contemporary photos capturing the vibrancy of what has become one of the United State’s most exciting metropolises. Check out our previous selections for our series on gorgeous travel-related coffee table books, [Just Booked](. [BUY AT ASSOULINE >>]( Please note that if you buy something featured in one of our posts or newsletters, The Daily Beast may collect a share of sales. © Copyright 2021 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 [Privacy Policy]( If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, [click here to view this email in your browser](. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can [safely unsubscribe](.