Brat Shoreditch is sort of the Williamsburg of London, and Brat is the epitome of a great Shoreditch restaurant, effortlessly cool and seemingly uncomplicated, yet exceptional. Everything is cooked in an open kitchen over wood, and smoke permeates the spare, dimly lit dining room. The space pulses with warm energy, and the food is terrific:…
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COURTESY Sometimes wearing a bra can feel like a necessary evil—you don’t really want to wear one, but you do want the support that an au naturel look doesn’t provide. And while underwire is tried and true in terms of lift and support, it can be very unforgiving when it comes to comfort and movement—which…
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Michelle Ochs would like to propose a vibe shift. “In 2023, can we please swap ‘French Girl Style’ for ‘American Woman Style?’” asks the New York designer, who counts Blake Lively and Lupita Nyong’o as fans. “Honestly, I think it’s funny that people think French Girl is a genre, but not American Woman. I want…
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Are you with me on Team Cabbage? In the United States, cabbage will probably never be voted most popular vegetable — not even in winter, when it’s at its best. Certainly not with all those adorable brussels sprouts and multicolored cauliflower heads flaunting their charms. Yet cabbages are revered in cultures around the world. The…
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What should you wear to work if you’re nonbinary? It may not be the most pressing question that gender-nonconforming people face on the job, but with approximately 1.2 million L.G.B.T.Q. Americans identifying as nonbinary, employers and employees alike are exploring what professional attire can look like. “I think people treat me with more dignity when…
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Are you a woman who has been single for years and has struggled to find a good partner? Maybe you’ve tried online dating or joined a gym, but still haven’t had any luck. It can be disheartening to put yourself out there and not find someone who is a good match for you. However, it…
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I love a crisp white shirt with a good collar and a little length that can be dressed up or casual. I am drawn to well-made, classic white shirts and would ideally like to have several, in rotation, so they need to be reasonably priced. Have you ever found a unicorn such as this? —…
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Before I went to Noma, Noma came to me. René Redzepi’s pioneering restaurant in Copenhagen planned to announce Monday that 2024 would be the final year it will be open for regular business, as it transforms itself into a different kind of enterprise, Noma 3.0. Tables for farewell meals at Noma 2.0 will no doubt…
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Since opening two decades ago, Noma — the Copenhagen restaurant currently serving grilled reindeer heart on a bed of fresh pine, and saffron ice cream in a beeswax bowl — has transformed fine dining. A new global class of gastro tourists schedules first-class flights and entire vacations around the privilege of paying at least $500…
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“One of the most powerful things about this technology is that, like DALL-E, it does what you tell it to do,” said Nate Bennett, one of the researchers working in the University of Washington lab. “From a single prompt, it can generate an endless number of designs.” The Rise of OpenAI The San Francisco company…
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