Back in January, AFAR Magazine published a piece, “Where to Travel This Year, According to Your Astrological Sign.” Apparently, my Aquarian modus operandi is eccentricity and change, and my itinerary should be anything weird: “Aquarians love things that are more unique and uncommon than anything… Read More
Summer in rural America, a wish-you-were-here postcard framing a county fair. My recent foray reintroduced rollercoasters into my life. And now this, a same-same-but-different scene of gravity (and culture) defiance from France: “Stellar,” a public art piece by Baptiste Debombourg in Nantes. The sculpture, part of… Read More
For the birds… or not. From afar, Czech artist Jakub Geltner’s installations appear to be flocks roosting on rocks. Zoom in and find a commentary on surveillance. The series “Nest” – which includes this recent piece for Sculpture By the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark –… Read More
“Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time.” — Pedro Juan Gutiérrez from Dirty Havana Trilogy
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
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
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
A place to be. With a trio of oddly awesome accoutrements: an Acapulco chair as cradle, a vintage punching bag as outlet, a cow skull as witness. I’d go easy, in a romper, and let myself drift… Read More
Flashback to Friday: On the exact date Andrew Carnegie moved into his new mansion on 91st Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the stately structure reopened anew, 112 years later, as the freshly renovated Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. Carnegie Mansion has always… Read More
When your reality is the buzzy mayhem of Art Basel Miami Beach, your fantasy becomes a moment of peace. This morning, I literally ran past this plaza on busy Biscayne Boulevard. Now, hours later, soles sore and mind brimming, I imagine returning for a nighttime… Read More
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