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Austin, TX

Posted on March 8, 2007 by admin
This is a special guest entry from Chef MC, who visited Austin, TX a couple weekends ago, before all the South by Southwest music festival mayhem starts tomorrow. Here she is, pictured, left. Just kidding!...
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Lower East Side

Posted on March 6, 2007 by admin
Snow flurries hit the Lower East Side.Hooded jackets and parkas are the trend that won't die in NYC, and no wonder: When the weather changes this quickly, they're extremely practical.colorfedoras and white sneakersmore leopardskater kid...
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Picholine

Posted on March 5, 2007 by admin
Terrance Brennan is one of the few Superchefs who manages to be approachable without being, well, cheesy. If only more chefs (and fashion designers?) could be like him. His various spin-off brands make perfect sense....
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Starbucks Encourages “Guests” to Be Even More Annoying

Posted on March 1, 2007 by admin
Is anyone else as irked by the Starbucks "Make It Your Drink" campaign as I am? You know, the one that encourages people to really mix it up, 'cause Starbucks is down with that. Throw...
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Barneys, Inside and Out

Posted on February 28, 2007 by admin
Madison Avenue on a wet winter afternoon. Chanel bag, above and belowin the windowsblack and whiteskirt with a center pleatfull-length Barbour coatankle bootselectric bluefur coat and combat bootsmilitary coat with brass buttonsthinking pinkPrada bags in...
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The Doodle’s Bacon-Egg-and-Cheese-on-an-English

Posted on February 26, 2007 by admin
Everyone should know how to cook an egg. I mean, really: what else are you going to offer your date the next morning? Cereal? Yet so many cooks, from those in your local diner to...
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Death & Co.

Posted on February 22, 2007 by admin
Addendum: Eater reported on Thursday, March 1, that Death & Co. may be closed for good. We don't know yet. I am embarrassed for my delusional East Village neighbors. Death is harmless - honest! Addendum...
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Yale vs. ?

Posted on February 20, 2007 by admin
Street Chic You've already seen the fashion face off between Columbia and NYU. Now it's time for Yale versus... versus... What's that place called? You know, the school that's just chock full of wildly creative,...
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Albertine

Posted on February 16, 2007 by admin
I loved the dress I wore to my senior prom. It was Laura Ashley, hydrangea-blue, floral, and flattering - if you can imagine such a combination now. But the dress was ruined for me when...
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Cafe Cluny

Posted on February 15, 2007 by admin
Much ado has been made of the female pedigree of Cafe Cluny, which is owned by Lynn Wagenknecht. She's the ex-wife of Keith McNally! She's trading in on his contacts! She has pictures of celebrities...
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Peanut Brittle Heart

Posted on February 14, 2007 by admin
At a shul in the East Village one night last week, there was a PEN Author's Evening for Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes From A Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. Most of the...
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Fashion Week FS07: Vera Wang

Posted on February 9, 2007 by admin
The Vera Wang show is almost a Fashion Week prerequisite because a) it wasn't so long ago that she won CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year, and b) she still has a hold on the...
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Fashion Week FS07: Catherine Malandrino

Posted on February 8, 2007 by admin
An arty downtown crowd showed up at the Catherine Malandrino show; Birkin bags were scarce.Catherine Malandrino is truly the fashion person's designer. Never afraid of the outré, she designs clothes that are safe to wear...
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Fashion Week FS07: Bill Blass

Posted on February 7, 2007 by admin
Who is the Bill Blass customer? It's a question that has burdened the label in the past, but this season's collection attracted a nice crowd. For fall '07, a mix of socialites of all ages...
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Fashion Week FS07: Oscar de la Renta

Posted on February 6, 2007 by admin
The ultimate fashion power crowd descended upon the Oscar de la Renta show yesterday. There was fur, fur everywhere on this particularly frigid New York day, though none of it seemed to be flying, even...
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