Istanbul’s Magical Mystery Tour
“What happened to your head?” someone asked me on the plane heading home from Turkey. I’d been waiting for the question – after all, it was a rather rude red mark atop my forehead – and now, at last, I could answer, “I hit…
Home for the Holidays Gift Guide
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Yeah, yeah. Blah, blah. It’s the most wonderful time of the year – but not for those of us running hither and yon in a mad dash to make sure that everyone on our holiday lists is happy and gay. If you’re…
“Modern Living Accessories: 100 Years of Design”
One of the most extraordinary design museums we ever witnessed belonged to an octogenarian who had spent the final sixty years of his life in a floor-through apartment in Manhattan’s renowned River House. If you live long enough, you accrue enough…
Casual Luxury Living with Designer Joshua Ingraham
Every year in New York, more than fifty of the world’s top interior designers create dazzling rooms with donated designer merchandise for Housing Works’ “Design on a Dime” benefit. Designers include high-profile talents such as Nate Berkus…
One Night of Design Frenzy: Bailey House Auction and Party Raises Nearly Half Million in Three Hours
A splendid Beaux Arts structure built in 1906, the Lexington Avenue Armory has a storied past, thanks in part to its hosting of the scandalous and seminal 1913 Armory Show, which anticipated the inception of the Museum of Modern Art. Designated a…