Jean Paul Gaultier’s Designs of Decadence at the Brooklyn Museum
Like any rebel who leaves his mark, Jean Paul Gaultier successfully capitalizes on the uncommon. He has dressed men in skirts, outfitted female models as rabbis, made the cone bra an indelible piece...
View ArticleKiller Tweets: Mike Albo’s The Junket
Photo: Ned Stresen-Reuter “im in jamaica. pullin into giant city-resort. photogs taking our pics often. i wld feel gross abt all this if i wasnt so poor.” Abbreviated and trivial, those twenty-five...
View ArticleIschia, Jet Set Without the Crowds
In many ways, Italy is a boot that fits all feet. From top to bottom it’s possible to ski the Dolomites, take in Florence’s finest art, roam the ruins of Pompeii, and island hop the Amalfi Coast....
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Hotel Nikko – Everything Zen
Sometimes looks can be deceiving. Despite its 25 floors and 532 rooms, San Francisco’s Hotel Nikko is of imposing proportions but elects to behave like a graceful boutique property. Its location is...
View ArticleToulouse-Lautrec’s MOMA Moment
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec wasn’t one for convention. At a time when Monet was taken primarily with nature and Renoir the world of ballet, Toulouse-Lautrec’s interests were a bit more prurient – the...
View ArticleManila in Manhattan
New York is one of the few cities where menus know no ethnic bounds. Yet Filipino food remains foreign to many New Yorkers, an unfamiliar fare that I’ve discovered is delicious. As I stepped into...
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