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Swedish craze, ‘Lunch beat,’ shows no sign of abating.
For the price of 500 kronor ($14) Swedish lunch goers are now turning up in droves for the chance to dance an hour away and hopefully grab themselves a sandwich whilst they are it.
In an offbeat trend that has...
Welcome to the London Summer Olympics where local landlords have now taken to evicting tenants in order to price...
With the world set to descend London this summer, local landlords, especially London's east are discovering any and every means possible to force out local tenants so as to make room for tourists where flats are now renting a...
ETEL FOR ESPASSO.
Founded by Carlos Junqueira, Espasso, which means “space” in Portugese, hosted yet another exhibition featuring six decades of Brazil’s pioneering designers and architects, including: Etel Carmona, Arthur Casas, Dado Castello Branco, Branco & Preto, Claudia Moreira Salles, Lia Siqueira,...
Wayward Pen Foundation and Alenka Slavinec star in “Slovenia in US.”
In conjunction with Wayward Pen Foundation, world class photographer Alenka Slavinec recently presented a rising tribute to the ethereal vision of a burgeoning Slovenia as it has adapted to its independence and freedom from from what was once communist...
The American Friends of Blerancourt Inc honors Baroness Philippine de Rothschild
June 8, 2011, New York City - On Wednesday evening, The American Friends of Blérancourt Inc. hosted a garden cocktail reception in the home of Sonja Tremont Morgan to launch its Gala Benefit Committee. The Committee will honor Baroness Philippine...
Turning Nolita into Paris with Cire Trudon
Walking into Cire Trudon’s New York store on 54 Bond Street, is like walking into the Galerie des Glaces of Versailles. With walls the color of a robin’s egg (Marie Antoinette’s signature color), hand made and...
BEATRICE DUPONT- A French Fashion Knight.
Do you have a medal? BEATRICE DUPONT does. A French Fashion Knight In the city.
Poor, lost and guilt-ridden souls of the twenty-first century that we are… Don’t we all want a gold star at the end...
SEE YOU IN SAINT-REMY… A remedy to your seasonal Hampton allergies.
If Provence subjected itself to the notion of cool and conceded to get itself a lower east side, it would probably opt for an Anisette-infused leisurely chill on the very same shaded travertine steps that seduced...
Marianne Aulie. Tabloid star or artistic genius?
You may or may have not heard of Marianne Aulie even if she happens to be one of Norway's most well known artist/stars and promising export. Of course come to Norway and you will soon find out that most...
‘Colombian Power,’- the making of an Icon.
What's in a brand and how does one translate that meaning to the wider desires of a cultural base? In essence when one is buying coca cola(one of the most successful brands to ever hit the world) one isn't...
Education with an Indian Spin: ASHA Hosts Its 15th Annual Fundraiser.
Heaving with laughter, Michael Dobrovolsky – Muscovite by birth, New Yorker by choice – knocks over his glass of merlot. He apologizes for the spill.
“You Brighton Beach only like because it’s exotic,” he says. True. Compared to the...
Tea and champagne at the French Embassy- hurray to Edith Wharton!
If one was prone to indulging themselves to a healthy serving of pink champagne, floating white fish canapés and the chicest assortment of modern day French designers then one would’ve have obliged themselves to turn up to yesterday morning’s...
Katya Leonovich at L Gallery Studio.
In essence, Katya Leonovich is more of a philosopher than anything. To validate her visions and values, she has chosen to use the media of fabric and paint. But don’t be fooled, the fabric is not reserved for her...
“Makes you think, Doesn’t it…”
The chelfitsch Theater Company’s U.S. debut of 5 Days in March begins before the lights dim in the theater when two male hipsters meet center stage and begin speaking in Japanese. They tell us that they will be telling...
James Willis: The Great White Shark finally comes in.
I’ve just arrived at James new chic abode, and the first thing I notice is the porno red leather sofa which he is admiring from afar. “Mate,” he tells me in his wonderfully thick Australian accent, boomerangs flinging off...
