Hints and tips:
...I’m a creature of habit who craves the familiar — some things are so dear to us that they are best left untouched. Like scent, music can evoke time and place....
...I’m afraid I can’t share the enthusiasm for IBM’s new “cash-balance” pension plan as described in Brooke Masters’ column “Could a US pensions revolution be on the cards?”...
...The details are still being worked out, and I’m told that any concrete steps to “monetise” superfans are not imminent....
...I love feeling like I’m in the studio with him.” Photo Factory represents a substantial study of Warhol’s work on film....
...And I’m getting it down – I’ve just drawn the cherry blossom on a great big tree.”...
...On Little Island, a whimsical new park floating atop the Hudson River at 14th Street, I’m one of the more than 400,000 people to visit since it opened in May....
...I know we’ll all celebrate him together shortly and wherever he ends up I’m sure most of us will follow....
...Leading lights in Lebanon Some notable Lebanese wineries and their finest wines • Château Kefraya: Rosé, Comtesse de M (white), Comte de M, Ch Kefraya • Château Ksara: Ch Ksara, Le Souverain • Ixsir:...
...Has the self-styled “Queen Bey” suffered a regal fit of pique? Well, sort of....
...Porter loves the brevity and depth of the blues and admires the passion of jazz vocalist Andy Bey – “he’s yelling at the establishment, in a way,” Porter says, though he himself never “yells” and his songs...
...I’m happy with my books. Wishing I’d written other ones is like wishing you had a different faith, language, mind....
...“I’m thinking there is a huge opportunity to do games for Indians and the Indian market,” he says. “The irony is that I’m pitching [to] Indian partners to outsource to us.”...
...As the sun goes down I enjoy one of Tourelles’ customary al fresco tastings, sipping superlative Syrah du Liban and Marquis des Beys from a wine crate plonked under a tree....
...Having just managed to survive the blistering heat of Tokyo, I’m bracing myself for the toasty delights of the Gulf....
...Modus operandi: “I’m a dreamer. I’m drawn to things I don’t immediately understand and that’s how I choose my designers – those whose work has its own story and is distinct....
...“Since I’m an architect everyone always assumes that I only gravitate to high art and high culture but I’m more interested in popular culture,” he says....
...Piet Hein Eek “I’m sitting on a bench made from raw wood straight from the mill and the rough bark edges make it very sculptural....
...Even now, six years later, I’m amazed to turn a corner in my own Heliopolis and stumble upon yet another unexpected jewel....
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