A Restored Colonial-Style House on Brazil’s Coast $2.3 MILLION (13 MILLION BRAZILIAN REALS) This two-story colonial-style house with a courtyard and views of the ocean and mountains is in the historic colonial center of Paraty, one of the best-preserved towns on Brazil’s Costa Verde. The 6,997-square-foot, four-bedroom house was built between 1860 and 1870 on…
For many couples, a shared love of eating and drinking is what bonds them together. Whether they prefer cooking at home, dining out or enjoying wine with friends, there are gifts to satisfy every epicurean taste. The eight ideas below, recommended by four chefs from across the country, go beyond standard registry staples like mixing…
My favorite holiday tech gift doesn’t require batteries or software updates. It’s not even a gadget, though it was made with technology. Can you guess what it is? A few years ago, my wife experimented with her iPad and a digital stylus to make digital illustrations. Using Procreate, a drawing app, she loaded a photo…
Two actors have left one of America’s most popular soap operas after declining to comply with an on-set vaccination mandate. The actors, Steve Burton and Ingo Rademacher, were fixtures of ABC’s “General Hospital,” a long-running daytime drama set in the fictional town of Port Charles, N.Y. About one in five American adults has not received…
On the world stage, Colombian fashion has become well known for its sophisticated use of hand-wrought ancestral techniques, from weaving and embroidery to beading. It is not uncommon to see a brightly colored Mochila bag — a staple accessory for most Colombians — or a typical palm straw hat on international catwalks or being worn…
“I descend from a family which has always been engaged in textile handicrafts,” Ms. Milkovic said. “Slavonia, where I was born, has a rich tradition of embroidery and really richly decorated national costumes.” In keeping with these pandemic times, Etno Butik Mara added face masks, which can be personalized with embroidered gold or silver initials…
“When I first saw it, it was pretty rough — a bunch of old warehouses, no plants anywhere. It was a dust bowl of grease and oil,” said the artist James Delaney, of what is now Victoria Yards, in the impoverished Johannesburg neighborhood of Lorentzville. Still, it was a convenient site, much closer to downtown…
It was supposed to be the great comeback of Europe’s winter travel season, with bright Christmas markets with the aromas of sizzling sausages and mulled wine wafting through the air, skiers gliding down snowy slopes and opera performances welcoming in-person audiences in grand theaters. But then came a deadly fourth wave of coronavirus cases, triggering…
Last spring, the surprise star of Casa Décor, Madrid’s massive interiors and design show house, was not a trend emerging from Copenhagen or Paris, but rather a roomful of artisanal Spanish crafts. They didn’t have to travel far, having been created in Castilla-La Mancha, the vast and sparsely populated region south of the Spanish capital…
On Thursday, a larger-than-life helium-filled likeness of Grogu, the beloved “Mandalorian” character also known as Baby Yoda and the Child, will make his aerial debut above the streets of New York. The Grogu balloon marks the first “Star Wars” inflatable in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — a thrill for fans of that cosmic…