Image Something wild: The artist and author Edward Gorey, in a photograph from the early 1970s, favored a raccoon coat for a time.CreditBill Cunningham/The New York Times Last month, the Order of the Good Death, a group of academics, artists and death professionals, held its annual Death Salon, which this year took place at Mount…
Headliner Hachibei Freshwater eel is basically all that’s served in an intimate townhouse dining room, up a flight of stairs from the street. Here, grilled eel is seared on both sides as it is brushed with a sauce developed in Kyushu, the island in southwestern Japan where it is a specialty. It comes on a…
Most women have had a fling with French-girl style. From a perfectly undone beauty look to a wardrobe that seamlessly marries minimalism with the biggest trends, Parisian women have an effortlessly cool factor that’s easy to covet. Injecting a little je ne sais quoi attitude into your wardrobe has gotten easier thanks to labels that…
Image Jacob Sanchez, a runner at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica, Calif., heading out of the kitchen with the first order of the new chicken dish created by the executive chef, Jeremy Fox (far right). SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Standing beside a table of four at Rustic Canyon, a casual but ambitious restaurant here, a…
Due to their alleged health benefits, products containing pink Himalayan salt have become very popular in recent years. They also appeal to those wanting to take a more natural approach to their lifestyle. However, there is little to no evidence to support these health claims. This article will focus on pink Himalayan salt lamps and…
Image “It’s escapist,” Simone Paget said of her work with @joe_the_intern.CreditSimone Paget It began at the breakfast buffet. He was impossible to miss: ruggedly handsome, his chiseled cheek marred only by a single, stretching scar hinting at a rough-and-ready past. I sensed a military background, his clothing-optional approach allowing me the full scope of his…
Image At the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, hours before we broke up. Dogs on Instagram It was a typical New York City love story: We met playing kickball, bonded over jazz and fantasy football and dog runs. We were together for a year, but Astoria is far from the Upper West Side. Weeknights became…
There’s never a bad season for one of Diane von Furstenberg‘s signature wrap dresses, but with the weather oscillating between summery heat and blustery chill, autumn makes those staples especially essential. Right now, you can save up to 50 percent off of those dresses on the DVF site—plus DVF pencil skirts, sweaters, pants, and more—so…
Earlier this year Henry, a new restaurant in the lobby of the Life Hotel on West 31st Street, quietly died. You wouldn’t know it to look around the place on any recent night at 8, when a seamless playlist of hip-hop and R&B unspools as servers carry stacked beef ribs to what seems like every…
Dear Sugars, My husband and I have started trying to conceive a baby, our first. While at a recent family gathering, we got onto the topic of births, and I mentioned that I wanted my husband and my best friend with me during the labor and birth of our future child. After we were home,…