The task facing anyone designing a garden: “We’re predicting the future — we’re seeing what’s not there.” That’s how Ethan Kauffman, the director (and lead soothsayer) of Stoneleigh, a public garden that opened five years ago on a historic estate in Villanova, Pa., puts it. The thing is, garden-makers also have to see what is…
The author and influencer Christina Najjar — known to her more than two million social media followers as Tinx — spent eight formative years in the Bay Area of Northern California, attending Stanford University, where she majored in English, and working in San Francisco for the Gap, Poshmark and other companies. During her time in…
It was 6 a.m. — 2 a.m. to my raddled East Coast brain — and my husband, daughter and I were staggering through customs in the Ponta Delgada Airport, on the island of São Miguel, the largest of the nine islands that make up Portugal’s Azores archipelago. Despite the fog inside my head, my energy…
When I cook for myself, the only real guideline I follow is the pursuit of flavor — everything else is a suggestion. And sometimes, particularly with a cuisine I’m not too familiar with, this means following a recipe to the letter. But more often than not, pleasure is the goal, which means steamed cabbage and…
Happy Independence Day! This is by far one of my favorite days to be in the city. The fireworks (both legal and illegal), the big “we outside” energy, the ample parking. You love to see it. So make the most of the holiday, even if it’s just lazing around and catching up on “Love Island…
David Gilmour, a Canadian-born entrepreneur who in the 1990s built a luxury resort on Wakaya, a tiny island he owned in Fiji, and then created Fiji Natural Artesian Water, turning a local resource into a leading bottled brand, died on June 11 in Manhattan. He was 91. The cause was cardiac arrest, said David Roth,…
Atmosphere It’s a combination of an Old World cafe, an Old New York bakery and a 21st-century FOMO generator. Somehow it all works out. Servers are close at hand, observant, accommodating. Noise Level Loud. Recommended Dishes All breads; escargots; steak tartare; leeks vinaigrette; mafaldine with rabbit; half chicken; pork collar; chocolate torte; caramelized white chocolate…
The Third ‘Fourth’ Is the Charm While I was dancing, another grad student said, “I know someone who dances just like you.” “No one dances like me,” I said; besides, I was pursuing women. But next semester, when I saw Steve, a decidedly male student in a turtleneck, my entire body shook with passionate interest.…
“My father is a very modest man, never seeking any glory or fame or accolades,” Carole Chervin said during an interview at Carvin French, the fine jewelry atelier in New York co-founded by her father, André Chervin. For nearly 70 years, Mr. Chervin and his team of artisans have executed thousands of designs for an…
In 1955 the idea of the gray flannel suit as the symbol of the soul-deadened corporate drone entered the American lexicon thanks to Sloan Wilson’s novel, making it pretty much impossible to look at that particular item of clothing in a neutral way ever again. It became the stand-in for our skewed work-life balance, the…