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20 Jul

Saipua: Dream Flowers

I adore flowers and have rarely seen such hauntingly beautiful arrangements as Saipua creates.  Started in 2006, Sarah is a self-taught flower...

17 Jul

BONDST Restaurant

Situated in an historic, Soho-style brownstone, BONDST offers guests  three, distinct levels of enjoyment.  The ground floor houses BONDST...

7 Jul

Almanac of World History

I had recently expressed (somewhat jokingly) a desire to learn the history of the entire world. For my birthday, I received National Geographic’s...

30 Jun

Chefs Club

Located in the Puck Building on Mulberry just off Houston, Chefs Club is a masterful, innovative dining experience.  The daily menu is created...

28 Jun

Bags – To the Market

Waxed cotton, light as a feather, baby change purse as charming as its parent…hails from Paris (natch), but designed by Bess Nielsen of...

27 Jun

Bags: Tanga To The Beach

soft yet tough, Lamu’s dhow sails are patched together into a wonderful weekender Tanga bag decorated with a star or heart and sporting...

26 Jun

Being Mortal

Atul Gawande, Being Mortal‘s author, is one of those rare and remarkable beings:  Practicing surgeon, writer for the New Yorker, author...

24 Jun

Meditations #65

I live on a young island, with one foot on the Eurasion, another on the North Atlantic plate. Slowly, steadily, they drift apart, and...

28 May

Iceland: An Island Still Becoming

New York-Rejkyavik is a mere 4h37m, a remarkably short time in which to travel to a virtual moon. We all know that NASA sent its astronauts...

20 May

Meditations #64

In the narrow places of life, it is important to be still. In those precarious moments, we need a steady walk and an absence of noise. We need...

10 May

China Through The Looking Glass

The most wonderful show, China Through the Looking Glass, has opened at the Met Museum and will be up until August 16.  It is a stunning, meandering...

7 May

Next to Heaven

 Many years ago, when the wonderful animal behaviorist and naturalist, George Schaller, was studying snow leopard, he spoke to me of the Tibetan...

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