Over the last decade, a gilded collection of elite hotels near Central Park have vied for the distinction of being the most expensive in New York. Several, including the St. Regis, Carlyle and the Plaza, opened more than 80 years ago. Most, including the Baccarat, a relative newcomer, greet guests with sparkly chandeliers. This month,…
Over the weekend, Harry Styles began a 15-night stand at Madison Square Garden, an impressive feat befitting one of the most popular musicians in the world. (He’ll begin a similar stretch in October at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. — his tour supporting his latest album, “Harry’s House,” consists of a series of residencies.)…
Headliner Rose Garden A trellised sidewalk enclave, dense with vines and roses, joins the lush, tunneled garden entry at the NoMo SoHo, formerly the Mondrian hotel. But the roses are not real. Rather, they’re high-quality artificial ones, the better to keep their fresh look into October when the outdoor patio will remain open under heat…
Charlie Chasen and Michael Malone met in Atlanta in 1997, when Mr. Malone served as a guest singer in Mr. Chasen’s band. They quickly became friends, but they didn’t notice what other people around them did: The two men could pass for twins. Mr. Malone and Mr. Chasen are doppelgängers. They look strikingly similar, but…
Mirrors lie. They reverse things. That face you see in the bathroom every morning, in your makeup compact: that is “opposite you” — the inverse of the face everyone else sees. We all know this, in theory. And yet, for the past two years or so, this simple fact has riveted and sometimes deeply upset…
In August 2020, the pandemic left the Minnesota State Fair’s veteran butter sculptor, Linda Christensen, stranded at her home in California. The fair that summer had been canceled, but the dairy chiseling would go on. After decades sculpting the fair’s dairy princesses, she knew of only one artist who could take her place: her apprentice,…
For me, as a writer, vintage clothing holds special value: There are stories embedded in the seams, memories stuffed in the lining, caught between the pleats, and hidden in the hems. Sometimes the previous owner has left evidence: a shopping list in the pocket, a coffee stain or a rip from an ecstatic night out…
It brings us no pleasure to report that summer is on its way out. But for those of us who are ready to layer up again, it’s almost our time to shine again. Madewell is ready to help us lean into autumn dressing again with their fall collection, one that’s as well-priced as it is…
Before the pandemic struck, Dimitry and Yelena Goncharov had spent four years looking for a second home in the Hamptons. Then, just as they were getting desperate for an escape from their TriBeCa loft, they found the place they had been searching for all along: a large, shingled home in East Hampton, N.Y., halfway between…
It’s Never Too Late is a series about people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. In 1970, Bonnie McKinlay, then a self-described “country hippie” in her early 20s, went to see Ralph Nader speak at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., about protecting the environment. “There was so much energy coming…