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Glogg

Posted on December 20, 2006 by admin
This recipe for Scandanavian mulled wine, glogg (pronounced GLOOG), is adapted from the Market Cafe, where proprietress Fanny Farkas used to serve a number of holiday specialties from her native Sweden.Alas, the Market Cafe is...
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Uniqlo

Posted on December 19, 2006 by admin
The fabled Uniqlo has at last arrived. One of the biggest retailers in Japan, Uniqlo is basically Gap infused with Japanese panache. In the brand's cavernous global flagship store, I counted fourteen colors of the...
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Burton NYC

Posted on December 19, 2006 by admin
Put Paragon aside for a minute and consider Burton NYC before you stock up for a winter trip. The store has a great array of fun and functional jackets, gloves, fleeces, hoodies, and socks for...
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Gin Lane

Posted on December 14, 2006 by admin
CLOSED Have you ever walked into a place and felt it was doomed? Not because of any one particular flaw, but just because of an overwhelming aura of unease that seems to pervade the physical...
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Gram’s Ginger Cookies

Posted on December 12, 2006 by admin
For the holidays, an old recipe - my grandmother's. Not quite gingerbread, not quite ginger snaps, these cookies are ultra thin, crisp and addictive. She used to make them out of the bridge-party heart, club,...
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Butler, Maryland – A Fox Hunt

Posted on December 7, 2006 by admin
Riding clothes and country chic on a cold, drizzly Thanksgiving Day.
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Papatzul

Posted on November 21, 2006 by admin
Just the idea of Mexican food can bring out the worst in New York diners and restaurant owners alike: the former tend to be more interested in a tequila-fueled good time than what's on the...
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…vs. Columbia

Posted on November 20, 2006 by admin
The anxiety of influence must be tough to bear at Columbia and Barnard - especially when it comes to fashion. Fuddy-duddy wool blazers of the sort Michael Caine wore in Woody Allen flicks are still...
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NYU…

Posted on November 14, 2006 by admin
On view at Washington Square Park: beards, layers of floaty clothes, wild patterns, women and men in caps, red as a primary color, and flip-flops no matter what the weather.
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Anthony Luciano Handbags

Posted on November 8, 2006 by admin
If I were thinking of dropping some serious change on a handbag, which, sadly, I am not, the first place I would look would be the display case just inside the north Fifth Avenue entrance...
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Boqueria

Posted on November 7, 2006 by admin
A funny thing happened when I sat down to write a review of Boqueria: Frank Bruni decided to do the same thing. It's never advisable to be behind the Times, especially when it comes to...
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Central Park on an Autumn Saturday

Posted on November 6, 2006 by admin
People and foliage in reds, oranges, greens and browns.
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East Village Rant: Sluttiness Does Not Fashion Make

Posted on November 3, 2006 by admin
Yesterday's Thursgay Styles (thank you, Gawker, for that moniker) tells us that a lot of today's female youth is running around town without pants. There's nothing new about going commando, but can you please tell...
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Fashion in Midtown, Take 2

Posted on November 2, 2006 by admin
After an initial attempt to capture fashion in midtown at 48th and 6th, which was like drawing blood from a stone, I was advised to relocate to Park Avenue in the 40's for more fertile...
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The Tasting Room

Posted on October 31, 2006 by admin
CLOSED I've been hearing about the Tasting Room for years now, usually in conversations with "foodies." You know the general line of questioning: "Just went to X. Have you been?" "Oh yeah. The meatballs are...
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