“Is that part of the counter supposed to be on fire?” I asked the bartender, and pointed at the open kitchen of Firedoor, in Sydney, Australia. There is so much open flame on display at this restaurant, it was a little hard to tell if the small, bright flicker on one of the stainless steel…
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The white pantsuit has become, against all odds, one of the most powerful emblems in Washington, D.C. I know, I know. You’re thinking: not again! Not another story about a white pantsuit! But there’s no escaping it. That is the point. It has become a statement in itself, layered in meaning and nuance; loaded with…
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ImageA proposed playlist for hackers. Connor Ball, the 23-year-old bassist of the British pop band the Vamps, was in the shower when he realized something was up. The song he was listening to on Spotify, by the American singer Lauv, had suddenly stopped. “That’s a shame,” Mr. Ball remembered thinking. (He couldn’t start it again;…
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“Cabbage Patch Kids. Like, their heads.” “This opera house I went to in Venice???” “But like the BABY Cabbage Patch Kids.” “Powdered donuts.” “When I did a fitting at a couture atelier in Paris. The dressing room there.” “Strawberry wine!” Behold the group chat of several fashion editors, all trying to pin down the smell…
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PARIS — The festive holiday lights of Paris sparkled from store fronts and Christmas garlands, arched over roads and the Eiffel Tower, twinkled over the River Seine and through an inky black sky. It was the eve of an indefinite national strike in France. The public walkout was expected to be the country’s biggest demonstration…
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Tasmanians have heard all the tired jokes from mainland Australians. The country’s isolated southern island state has been so overlooked in the past, it’s even been left off maps of Australia. In recent years, however, Australians have changed their tune. Tasmania is experiencing a surge of weekenders and property buyers, driven by a newfound interest…
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As the chef and co-owner of the pioneering Hudson Valley farm-to-table restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Dan Barber is besieged by artisans trying to collaborate with him. But one day, in the spring of 2015, he heard from a Pennsylvania ceramist named Gregg Moore and instantly knew that this call was different. “He started…
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Last month, Andreas Valentin, a 66-year-old professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, traveled more than 6,000 miles from Brazil to Berlin to participate in a restitution ceremony, of sorts. He was the guest of honor at the unveiling of a … well, not new, exactly, but renewed fashion brand: Manheimer, founded by…
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I was packing up my things after a teacher training in a K-8 school when a woman stopped me. Her pained expression was as familiar as what she confessed; “I’m a pushover. I hate conflict. I avoid other teachers and parents. It happens in my other relationships. I feel like we don’t grow past ‘Mean…
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Welcome to the T List, a newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. Each week, we’re sharing things we’re eating, wearing, listening to or coveting now. We hope you’ll join us for the ride. (Sign up here, if you haven’t already, and you can reach us at tlist@nytimes.com.) Visit This A New Kyoto Hotel, Complete…
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