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The journal from my trip to the Greek Islands many years ago reads a little like Cheech and Chong's, How I Spent My Summer Vacation. Day after day, it went a little something like this:
"Woke up. Went to the cafe for breakfast. Ate...
Cheryl Carlesimo | Posted November 13, 2009 | Style
Why is Thanksgiving the King of all the food holidays? Is it the turkey? I don't think so. We all like a good bird just fine, but seriously, it's not what we think and talk about as our favorite part of the meal for the rest of the year. Is...
Yomi Abiola | Posted November 13, 2009 | Style
Two beautifully sculpted guards stood outside the doors of Christie's auction house yesterday, armed with stanchions and a counter, ready to receive the crowd that would be arriving at part two of the Yves Saint Laurent sale, featuring his furniture and home furnishings from his weekend home in Deauville situated...
Gina Pell | Posted November 13, 2009 | New York
Last weekend, my sister Lily (who writes the fashion news on Splendora) and I had the pleasure of strolling around DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge) Brooklyn, and we arrived at the conclusion that DUMBO is what Soho was in the 80s--the...
Refinery29.com | Posted November 13, 2009 | Style
Given the current economic climate, we couldn't help but feel this latest Fashion Week was overcast with a chance of showers. Yet, when clouds form and belts tighten, it becomes even easier to see which designers can genuinely innovate no matter how scant their resources, and which clothiers are just...
Una LaMarche | Posted November 14, 2009 | Style
Yes, the season is almost over, but the finale is cruelly a two-parter, so we've got to power through. Don't worry, I have visual aids and Jello shots. Are you ready? Let's finish what we started.
Previously on: The Getty Center was a crappy fashion muse that led Christopher...
Maria Rodale | Posted November 13, 2009 | Living
If you are not hosting everyone at your house, consider yourself lucky. You don't have to clean up the whole house, manage all the expectations, or think about whether or not everything can fit in your stove at the same time. I feel lucky this year because I am...
Karen Robinovitz | Posted November 12, 2009 | Style
We were finally approaching a ship date! Of course, many a road bump slowed us down, and the stress level was nowhere near low yet. Do you see a recurring theme here?
But we were... so close... I could... ALMOST... taste it...
Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted November 12, 2009 | Style
Turkey, gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie. No other meal has such a set menu. So what to serve?
When cooked properly, turkey can be flavorful and moist. When overcooked, as it often is, the dry meat is neutral and unexciting. So we moisten it with gravy and...
James Jubak | Posted November 12, 2009 | Business
Jimmy Choo -- well, his iconic, Sex-in-the-City shoes anyway -- is now on the war-torn economic frontline. So is Stella McCartney. Anna Sui. And, of course, McDonald's.
The battle is over the New Frugality, the current marketing hot button as the United States gradually emerges from the Great Recession.
Is...
Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted November 12, 2009 | Chicago
It's last call at two fine dining landmarks in downtown Chicago, the 90-year-old Don Roth's Blackhawk and the 32-year-old Nick's Fishmarket.
According to reports in Chicago newspapers, the Blackhawk, famous for warm hospitality, great service, steaks, seafood and its "spinning salad bowl," will close the downtown location at the end...
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted November 12, 2009 | Living
The holiday season has officially begun -- bringing with it a traditional mix of feelings that range from excitement to misery. When you think about the holidays, do you focus on the positive events that give the season its unique flavor or...
Barbara Ficarra | Posted November 13, 2009 | Style
In my travels, I've been asked about foods that can help enhance sexual health and improve sexual performance. While I can name foods that are high in antioxidants, loaded with healthy omega-threes and filled with calcium, potassium and vitamin D, I really wasn't sure which foods are good for better...
Karen Robinovitz | Posted November 11, 2009 | Style
After almost two years of insanity, we finally did it! Huge Lips Skinny Hips by Purple Lab - my babies, thousands of them - were ready to ship! (I actually heard Barry Manilow's "Looks like we made it" buzzing in my head all day!). When you send to...
Michelle Madhok | Posted November 11, 2009 | Style
Seeing a braless celebrity is a little like spotting a shooting star -- it happens more often than you'd think. From Kate Moss to Britney, the minor epidemic spans across celebs of all ages. Luckily, there are lessons in all this.
Below, some of our favorite (unfortunately braless) starlets and...
Gina Pell | Posted November 11, 2009 | Style
The brooch has been making a slow but steady comeback ever since Sarah Jessica Parker, the canary of the fashion coalmine, pinned a dazzling trio of Harry Winston brooches to her cashmere sweater in 2004. Now that First Lady fashion icon, Michelle Obama,...
Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted November 11, 2009 | New York
'Tis the season for relocation in New York, or so it seems. Perhaps it's the wide availability of once overpriced junior one bedrooms for a fraction of the price, or the large newly renovated Williamsburg lofts standing empty, but for some reason all of my friends seem to be moving...
Derek Beres | Posted November 11, 2009 | Entertainment
While Kanye West's admitted disdain for books is well known, I reflected on his recent comments while at the Eugene O'Neill Theater watching Fela!, the Bill T Jones production based on the life of Nigerian singer and political activist Fela Kuti. Last year I was blown...
Sophia Yin | Posted November 11, 2009 | Style
The Holiday Season is always filled with unexpected expenses. Like monsoons in Manila, you never know exactly when and how one's going to hit. Will it be more gift-giving than planned or higher heating costs than last year? Well, if you're an out-of-luck pet owner, it could be a surprise...
Mara Gibbs | Posted November 12, 2009 | New York
One of the first restaurateurs that I met in NYC when I moved here from Los Angeles was Giuseppe Cipriani, and his father Arrigo. I went to Harry Cipriani, the New York outpost of their legendary Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy, for a lunch with some friends from Los Angeles...
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Dana Joy Altman | Posted November 14, 2009 | Living