Why go with just plain chocolate cake when you can add a hint of mint? This summer in Sweden I was unhappy to find out t…
Month: November 2011
Discarded Toys Live Happily Ever After (In Battle Formation)
Okay, the concept is slightly macabre, but so are these resurrected toys and fairy tales. In consideration of the holida…
Then And Now: Pleats
Designers have long found inspiration in pleats, from Mariano Fortuny’s “Delphos” dress to Stella McCa…
20 Unusual Uses for Lemon Juice
When life gives you lemons, use them to clean your house. Juicy, aromatic and highly acidic, lemons bring out the flavor…
Lustables: Analog Nights
In homage to mixed tapes, record players and analog youth. Feeling nostalgic for a simpler time when mixed tapes meant, …
The Insider’s Guide to Life: The New Chic
ColumnWhat defines the new chic? Grit and glimmer in conscious measure. Over dinner recently, a colleague and I abandone…
On Trend: Blue Jean Baby
Look beyond traditional jeans and make things more interesting by finding new ways to wear this beloved fabric. If you a…
From an Ex-Pat…with Love
ColumnJane Austen’s tomes on relationships are revisited with 21st century reading glasses. “It is a truth univers…