Size matters: Tiny rules. A statement writ large by my stay in this decidedly small Airbnb in East Austin. By design, this 96 ft2 roost perfectly suits its surrounds – a city backyard populated by agave plants, string lights and two smiley dogs, Muddy Waters… Read More
My Texas ramble continues in Austin with a reason to return: earlier this month, the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas Austin announced the imminent alightment of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin on university grounds. For the 91-year-old artist, Austin marks many firsts: It… Read More
To me. Yesterday, I celebrated my birthday in a wonderland with a wonderful friend. A West Texas mirage made real in the details: the art film, immaculate and tragic; the flawless bookstore with tabletop stacks; the… Read More
A different lens on love: too big to be contained, frothing from notions of domesticity and security. Delicate white balloons spill from a suburban home somewhere/anywhere, a scene staged by French photographer Charles Pétillon as part… Read More
On this Valentine’s Day, as the luxury of peace finds many places saturated with pink, it seems timely to spotlight a perspective on love amid conflict: love as optimism; love as a construct growing from rubble; love as green and lush as this lace top.… Read More
I didn’t want it to end, but I rose (predawn) resolved to finish “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss. And then I couldn’t let go: after lingering with the last page, I began flipping back to favorite passages… Read More
Another masterful mash-up in London: a kaleidoscopic light installation set to surf-noir soundscapes transforms the seventh floor of the Ace Shoreditch. Within the hip haven, the mysterious soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Inherent Vice,” composed by Radiohead’s renowned Jonny Greenwood, swirls amid the abstract spectacle… Read More
With my grill in hibernation and sodden snow outside, I’m dreaming of fêtes over fires, roasting sticks and beer koozies in hand. Unlike me, Londoners can act on such imaginings at The Art of Dining’s latest themed pop-up restaurant: Gone Camping. The Continental-kumbaya concept, conceived… Read More
Playtime in a white cube, in a grown-up party dress. At this week’s Interior Design Show in Toronto, swings become subtle spectacle: London designer Philippe Malouin has created this circular set to showcase samples of Caesarstone countertops. I imagine lolling back and forth, facing strangers doing… Read More
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden is my kind of small town: the dog-to-human ratio is in equilibrium (1,000 : 1,100). Also my species/speed: the hamlet, 200km north of the Arctic Circle, is home to the first and largest hotel built of snow and ice (a composite locally known… Read More
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