Sourcing Percebes & More on Tapas

Boston mainstay Toro's New York City outpost brings new flavor profiles to the heart of South Chelsea

Co-chefs and owners Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette of Boston (with partners Will Malnati and Doug Jacob) bring their regional Spanish flavors and farm-fresh ingredients to life with modern tapas offerings. Designed by New World Design Builders (of ABC Kitchen and Willow Road fame), the 120-seat dining room with industrial design ... More

The New Arrivals

With the help of their hip, high-profile mothers, some babies are born boldfaced names

Romy doesn't quite recognize herself in photos yet, but she will soon. The 15-month-old New Yorker has a Polaroid from every day of the first six months of her life—each one scanned and saved onto two external hard drives. She's in portraits, paintings and illustrations created by friends of her ... More

Fine and Dandy

Bergdorf Goodman and Brioni celebrate Rose Callahan and Nathaniel Adams' new book

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Ralph Nader Lets Loose

The five-time presidential candidate holds forth on the government shutdown, Obama’s "egocentric" campaign and doing stand-up

Earlier this month, Ralph Nader—consumer advocate, five-time presidential candidate and serial organization founder—was in New York to speak on a panel titled "The Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Ongoing Lessons for New York." Alongside former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and a gaggle of Nuclear Regulatory Commission bigwigs, Nader, now ... More

Anchored Woman: Christina Applegate

With an attitude Hollywood should reckon with, the actress talks body image, raising her daughter, and the guys of Anchorman 2

When it comes to preparing for highly publicized red carpet events, Hollywood starlets are notorious for juice cleansing, masochistic exercise routines and bizarre detox remedies. Christina Applegate couldn't care less about such painstaking preparation—or what people think about her, either, quite frankly. "I'm not going to lie to people ... More

Thoroughly Modern Meghan

Young Republicans have found a beau ideal in newly minted TV host Meghan McCain

Meghan McCain has never been a shrinking violet. The 28-year-old daughter of Arizona Senator and one-time Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has made a place for herself as a cable-news personality, writer and bodacious blonde embodiment of young blood in the fusty political spheres in which she travels. In recent weeks ... More

Defining Listener X

Electronic group Lilacs & Champagne's Emil Amos sounds off on the band's unexpected hit

Ten years ago, a budding rock band comprised of Alex Hall and Emil Amos found themselves hooked on a new sound. Inspired by Cluster, a German experimental group, a growing obsession with electronic music would ultimately spark a second act for the Portland, Oregon duo. "[Cluster was] ... More

George Mendes’ Brazilian Turn

Restaurant critic Joshua David Stein dines at Aldea with his mother-in-law—a Brazil native—during the chef's new menu series

When I first got married, my wife, who is Brazilian, told me I should learn Portuguese. "But, Ana," I said, "it's of such limited applicability. Unless I'm in Brazil or Portugal, when will I ever speak it?" Ana responded that I was being insensitive and that if I thought being ... More

The Southern Charm of David Webb

A new book spotlights the rise of the famed jewelry designer

When New York newcomer David Webb opened for business in a walk-up on 2 West 46th Street, "it was no chic address," wrote gossip columnist Liz Smith. "But if you've got what the Beautiful Folks want, they find you."What society's well-heeled and deep-pocketed wanted were the gems of ... More

Room Request! Palais Coburg

Every suite inside Vienna's most intimate hotel and residence is completely unique, but which ones are guest favorites?

A decade ago, an 85-million Euro renovation transformed the Palais Coburg, built between 1840 and 1845 in classicist style atop a former bastion, into a property that boasts both a rich history and modern luxuries. Today the intimate hotel offers 35 totally individual suites, multiple salon halls, six ... More

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