SWIMSUITS FOR WOMEN As new technologies, fabrics and fashion trends have transformed the swimwear industry, Speedo has continued to change the look of their competitive and recreational swimwear to suit the needs of beach, pool and lake goers worldwide. Choose from their huge selection of swimsuits from modest to tiny bikini to competitive swimwear, perfect for serious lap […]
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(Photo by William Eggleston: Title: Memphis, c. 1965, Dye-Transfer print, made 2002) Editor’s Note: Collector Jade Lau has gifted this fabulous collection of William Eggleston dye-transfer prints to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This spring (2018) they gladly honored Lau’s gift with a special exhibition of the prints. The photos shown here are copies taken […]
Vegan Ratatouille With colorful layers of fresh squash, eggplant, and tomatoes, in a garlicky tomato sauce, this vegan casserole is perfect when you want a comforting dish without a ton of calories. This dish (Ratatouille) is so good Pixar even made an animated movie about it! Serve Ratatouille as an entree over steamed rice […]
Photo used in editorial support for the book “Before the Fall” published by Prestel. (See Amazon.com book availability at the end of this article.) BEFORE THE FALL, German and Austrian Art of the 1930s an Exhibition at Neue Gallerie, NYC The reason the artworks in this article are tiny and impossible to see thumbprints, leaving […]
Gary Player / Pro Golfer / Golf Course Designer Gary Player and Gary Player Design have executed over 300 golf projects in 35 countries on five continents. The company offers three different design brands: Gary Player Design, Player Design, and Black Knight Design. With golf accepted back into the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de […]
Summer has arrived and there is nothing better than a picnic lunch overlooking a lake or other outdoor landscape. We suggest you make a simple meal with cold cucumber soup (a soup that most people never tried) and the latest “IT” food avocado toast. A chilled soup is one of the rewards of midsummer. Serve […]
As I write this column, the mountain ski areas around the US are all closing with the highest recent snow totals of the entire season coming at the end – several feet of snow fell on the last day at many ski resorts. Now we switch to get-ready mode for swimming, tennis, golf, and […]
Recently, while staying with artist friends in their loft in Bushwick, Brooklyn NYC, I decided to host a dinner party for several of their friends as a return favor for my accommodations and they told me that many of their friends were vegan. I had personally never created an All-Vegan-Dinner-Party before, so the meal turned […]
The Van Gogh Museum is an art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum’s collection is the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings in the world. The museum opened […]
There are few meals as luxurious as lobster-based dishes. We recently made our lobster salad as a light lunch for old friends who were visiting. Ingredients: 2 lbs of freshly cooked lobster meat 3-4 tablespoons of mayonnaise 1 stick of salted butter Split top New England Lobster Roll Buns (or any classic hot dog buns) Fresh […]