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26 Apr

Saraswati Papers

  Hand crafted in Bali with integrity and named for the Hindu Goddess of the arts, beauty, knowledge, and poetry, Saraswati Papers are...

19 Apr

Spring in New York

Harbingers of Spring..we all wait for them, no matter where we are.  A jonquil, the cherry blossom, pansies, tulips, jettisoned coats. I look...

11 Apr

Riusuke Fukahori

The art of calligraphy finds a new voice with a broom in the hands of Riusuke Fukahori.  His work is extraordinary, not only the large calligraphic...

7 Apr

Peekamoose Restaurant

It is hard, when you live in the city, to think slow, to think small, to think consciously.  And yet it is as compelling a need as feeding...

5 Apr

ACME Restaurant – Noho

A really delicious new restaurant in an old space in Noho, Acme serves up locally grown fare beautifully presented and prepared.  We shared...

4 Apr

Richard Turere: Maasai Inspiration

The Maasai have a complex relationship with Lions.  On the one hand, they admire them more than any other wild animal.  The lion is the warrior’s...

28 Mar

Hotel Americano

Did you know that we have a Riviera too?  Yup, located between the High Line and the Hudson River and it has just become one sexy stretch of...

26 Mar

Meditations #45

This is your Thailand…the graceful carving, the floating roof.  Your senses are prepared for these iconic images. But be awake to another...

19 Mar

Bert Stern: Original Madman

My life intersects with Stern’s and Monroe’s in two places. When I was in my late teens, I became friends with Stern’s assistant...

17 Mar

Ett Hem – A Stockholm Secret

  Located in a turn of the century Arts and Crafts building, Ett Hem is the kind of hotel that makes me purchase a ticket and fly half...

15 Mar

Pondicherry

“The Riviera of the East”, Pondicherry is a haven of French style located on the southeast coast of India. The city was designed...

6 Mar

The Graham & Co.

I think we all secretly harbor the desire to run a B&B that looks and feels something like The Graham & Co.  I know a number of people...

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