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…
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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.…
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“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…
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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…
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I visited Harrison again last year, at the house she shares with her husband, Michael, and their two teenage children in the hills of Southwest Portland. Michael is a soft-spoken graphic designer who works mainly on labels for wine bottles (including Harrison’s). The house is inviting and lived in, with plenty of plants, a record…
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The American practice of setting off fireworks on July 4 stretches back to the first Independence Day celebration in Philadelphia in 1777. Today, it’s a beloved tradition that almost seems impossible to replace. But with concerns over air quality, wildfires and supply chains, some cities are doing just that. This year Salt Lake City is…
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The wildfire that destroyed Lorraine Toussaint’s house in Malibu, Calif., in November of 2018 did not leave her unsheltered — she had a rental apartment in Midtown Manhattan — but it did leave her unmoored. “To my daughter and me, home always means dirt. Home has to have dirt and plants,” said the Trinidad-and-Tobago-born Ms.…
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Cool-kid chefs turning local bounty into Michelin-worthy dishes, an artisan whisky boom and a clutch of stylish hotels have helped Scotland shrug off its saturnine image and rebrand as a misty, moody mecca. The cult following of the time-travel television series “Outlander” has added to the patina. Its depiction of Highland clan life, along with…
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On a recent June morning in Brooklyn, Chloe Sarre nearly drifted into sleep on a bed in a cozy room as a makeup artist used a needle dipped in a semipermanent liquid pigment to carefully prick about 20 microscopic dots across her cheeks. Keila Cummings, the artist and a co-owner of Browstress, a cosmetic tattoo…
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The machine stood beside a deli counter, towering over cardboard boxes piled near the entrance to the Iconic Magazines store in SoHo. It had the stature of a standing washer-dryer, with black buttons, rows of blinking lights and gauges labeled with celestial bodies — “sun,” “moon,” and the eight planets — on the front of…
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