In the early 1970’s, a movement was wriggling around in the United Kingdom. Strutting onto the scene in platform boots, and bellbottoms came Glam Rock. Just a little south-east, at the end of that very same decade, Turkey was developing their first feminist movement. Fast forward to Sunday, four decades later, Turkish designer Hakan Akkaya […]
When do high ceilings framed by skin-bare, unpainted walls and long expanses of hardwood floor start to glitter with lights, and invite? When do pleasant archways successively crowning the shafts of narrow hallways, window-sills, frames and glass bring actual dimension to a space? When people weave in between one another, converse and shed ideas. Like […]
Two weeks ago, we were blessed enough to travel to South America via wine palate. The largest exhibition of South American wines ever held in New York, it was organized by Patricio Tapia, founder of Descorchados, the ‘panoramic’ wine guide comparable to our “Wine Spectator” or Robert Parker; it is known for capturing the pulse of […]
