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Here’s the short version of our review of the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06: It’s the best American sports car ever made. How can we say this so definitively? What about the Ford GT? What about the Dodge Viper ACR? You know we’ve driven, tested, and tracked them, and they’re both great cars. And each is a Le Mans winner in its own right (though Corvette Racing has more wins than the two of them combined). The 2023 Z06 is better. As much as there is to talk about with the C8 Z06, we must begin with the sacrilegious dual-overhead-cam, flat-plane-crank V-8 engine. No, it doesn’t burble like a cross-plane-crank V-8, because it isn’t one. It does, however, make more naturally aspirated power than any production V-8 in history. We’re talking 670 American…

Before you read a word, look at the pictures accompanying this story and answer this question: If the 911 GT3 RS carried a sticker price of $1 million, how long would you need to pick yourself up after you collapsed in laughter? Whatever your estimate, it’s likely fair enough on the surface. The 911’s enduring, insuperable popularity has encouraged Porsche to crank out as many derivatives of its 59-year-old sports car as its assembly lines can accommodate—and selling every one of them, mind you. Another year, another month, another week; ho-hum, look out, here comes another 911! People who don’t get it understandably hit the snooze button. If the average 911’s ubiquity is at least partially a result of its inherent goodness, the GT3 RS is the line’s bucket of dry ice…

I KNEW I’D RELIED on the same weeknight supper rotation for too long when my then 6-year-old turned to me mid-bite—a look of mild disgust in his eyes—and said, “Mommy, I’m done eating pasta.” He paused, then added: “Forever.” How did I get to a place where one of the most popular and plainest dishes gets cut from my child’s “approved foods” list? My interest in cooking has always ebbed and flowed; I go through bursts of intense weekend meal prep and weeknight pot stirring, followed by longer stretches of improvising with peanut-butter sandwiches, cereal, scrambled eggs, and takeout. My home-chef instincts were at an all-time high when my older son started solids. I made fruit and vegetable purees, combined them in distinct flavor profiles, froze them into cubes, and created a meal…

HOW-TO Leaf Candlestick SUPPLIES Template (download at marthastewart.com/leaftemplate)Copper-foil sheet, 36 gaugeStylus or blunt pencilMetal shearsCopper wire, 24 gaugeCandlestick and candle 1. Lay template on copper sheet, and trace outline of leaves with stylus, fitting as many small and medium-size leaves as possible. Holding shears steady, move copper around to cut out shapes. Make sure to keep stems long. 2. Unfurl a piece of copper wire long enough to fit all the leaves, and place first stem at the beginning. Fold wire back ¼ inch to fasten, then tightly wrap metal around wire. Slightly overlap next leaf, and continue, alternating sizes, until all leaves are attached. Cut wire and drape garland around candle base. THE DETAILS: St. Louis Crafts Art Metal foil sheets, 36 gauge, $17 for 12; and copper wire, 24 gauge, $4 for 100 feet,…

TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP YOU TRAVEL SMARTER “IN RETROSPECT,” says Melany Robinson, “the pricing was too good to be true.” Robinson, a hospitality publicist and seasoned traveler who lives in Birmingham, Alabama, was surfing Craigslist in the summer of 2020, looking for a ski-season rental in Park City, Utah. She came across a five-bedroom, five-bath chalet with panoramic views, a wood-burning fireplace, and an outdoor deck complete with a hot tub. It looked perfect for her family and was available for her dates in February and March of this year. Robinson e-mailed the contact listed and quickly heard back from someone calling himself Thomas. Using public records, she matched that name with the property’s deed holder and began discussing rental terms. Thomas promptly answered all her questions, and, in July, she…

DAS PROJEKT Standort Medemblik, Nordholland Bewohner Kim Wiebring und Richard Pronk Bauweise denkmalgeschützter Klinkerbau Baujahr 1650 Umbau 2020 Umbauzeit 6 Monate Wohnfläche ca. 150 m2 plus Souterrain Grundstück ca. 150 m2 BAUEN & UMBAUEN SPECIAL Am Hafen von Medemblik stehen die Häuser mit den typisch holländischen Treppengiebeln Backe an Backe, jedes nur so breit wie ein Zimmer. Die Fassade von Kim Wiebring und Richard Pronk misst gerade mal 4,10 Meter, dafür ist das Haus aber fast 14 Meter tief. Vorn steht es direkt an der Straße, hinten liegt ein schmaler Garten. „Wir wohnten in der Nähe und wollten gar nicht umziehen“, erzählt Kim, „aber als dieses Kleinod auf den Markt kam, konnten wir nicht widerstehen – und haben es keine Sekunde bereut.“ Das Paar hat das 370 Jahre alte Gebäude restauriert und auf den heutigen Stand gebracht – mit viel Enthusiasmus. „Wir…

After the May through November rush of wedding season, December arrives like a sigh at Cornman Farms, a private event center in southeast Michigan. Snow kisses the rooflines of a cheerful red barn and stately 1834 farmhouse, trimmed in white lights and puffing wood smoke. A flock of geese mills about the naked trees, and a few horses graze nearby. Even in the winter pause, though, Cornman’s founder and executive chef Kieron Hales keeps busy. Preparing for catered holiday parties, he bustles around the kitchen in suspenders, a bow tie hanging loose around his neck. As he dresses a plate with supple leeks and extra-crispy potatoes, he stops to hand over a spoonful of whatever’s on his stovetop for a taste. “You know how they say, ‘Kill people with kindness?’” he…

When Rihanna ascended the grand staircase at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s 2018 exhibition, Heavenly Bodies, channelling the full Catholic panoply in a coruscating pearl- and crystal-encrusted minidress with full-skirted robe designed by John Galliano for Maison Margiela Artisanal – topped off with a papal mitre fashioned by Stephen Jones – she showed, as American Vogue noted at the time, “why she continues to inspire the fashion faithful”. Designer Tomo Koizumi, a Galliano admirer since the age of 14, when he first saw the designer’s work for Dior, recalls his delighted surprise at Rihanna’s appearance – “It was a very sophisticated look that defied my expectations in a good way,” he remembers – so he was overwhelmed when Galliano donated the outfit’s original toile for a Vogue-sponsored collaborative…

in a series of forums we held recently with chief executives of large companies around the world, we uncovered a preoccupation with obsolescence and renewal. When we surveyed them, 65% of the CEOs predicted that in five to seven years their firms’ main competitors would be different from their main competitors today, and 63% said that new competitors with new business models would pose a major threat to their firms’ core business. The CEOs projected that in the next decade 40% of the value their companies created would come from entering new markets and launching new business models. Clearly, the business landscape feels highly unstable to them—which is understandable, given that new technologies continue to upend industries and wipe out businesses at a remarkable rate. The good news is that there…

NOVEMBER 1984 ◆ After my 20-year marriage ended in divorce, I went to live with my daughter and son-in-law. They encouraged me to start dating and, after a few months, I accepted a dinner engagement with an attractive man I had met at a party. Nervous about my ‘first date’, I told my daughter I would be home no later than midnight. When I tiptoed in at 3am, this note was on my bedroom door: “Mum, in the future if you’re going to be late, I expect you to let us know where you are, who you’re with and a phone number where you can be reached. P.S. You’re grounded until further notice!” PHYLLIS J. PATTERSON ◆ My husband’s office was being relocated and he had to spend long hours at work, often staying…

We’re in the midst of a major rebranding of legacy jewellers, as it becomes clear that the classic luxury cues these houses relied on for decades are losing relevance for Generation Z. Along with millennials, these youngsters are predicted to garner more than 60 per cent of the luxury market by 2025, according to Boston Consulting Group. Luxury jewellery veteran Tiffany & Co has recognized this with a slew of initiatives to attract a younger customer base. Its latest campaign, Not Your Mother’s Tiffany, is accompanied by a pop-culture partnership with Beyonce and Jay-Z. The signing of 18-year-old British tennis champion Emma Raducanu as its latest brand ambassador shows how seriously the jeweller is taking its foray into youth culture. While these long-awaited shifts in brand marketing represent progress for the…

MÓNICA PONCE DE LEÓN: I grew up in Venezuela, surrounded by cutting-edge public buildings that were tied to community identity. We Venezuelans knew the names of the architects who designed them, that they were important, that they were creating a language of expression that was uniquely ours. A language that responded to our climate, our customs, our history. We all knew the name Carlos Raúl Villanueva, and that his design for the public Central University in Caracas was unequivocally Venezuelan. Discussing materials and construction techniques – new and old – was part of our culture. During career day in high school, I saw a recent graduate’s presentation about architecture as a profession. He showed us images of Banco Metropolitano by José Miguel Galia, a tiny building in Sabana Grande, one of…

Since restaurants and cafés could be called the living and dining rooms of a city – places to entertain and fraternize outside of homes perhaps too small to host groups – their absence from the urbanscape during lockdowns created a significant social deficit. Heading back to hospitality hotspots was unsurprisingly high on the agenda when establishments reopened: when respondents to a 2020 Allegra Strategies survey of UK consumers were asked which three social outings they missed most during the lockdown from 17 suggested choices, an overwhelming number picked visiting cafés and coffee shops (second choice at 42 per cent), restaurants (fourth at 29 per cent) and pubs and bars (fifth at 19 per cent). Visiting friends and family topped the list (60 per cent), while travelling/day trips came in third…

Tying in with the flower motif on the blanket and blocks, this cushion is a gorgeous combination of bright yellow centre and pink petals. Babies love texture, so Angela has used a di erent stitch pattern for each petal, from moss stitch to cables. If these patterns look like too much of a challenge, use stocking stitch for both the front and back – your flower cushion will still look lovely! YOU WILL NEED •Stylecraft Special DK, 100g in: Citron (shade 1263) x 1 ball Pomegranate (shade 1083) x 1 ball •3.25mm (UK 10, US 3) knitting needles and 3.25mm (UK 10, US 3) circular needle •Quality toy filling •Darning needle MEASUREMENTS •Approx 40cm (16in) at widest point TENSION •24 sts and 34 rows to 10cm (4in) over st-st, using 3.25mm (UK 10, US 3) knitting needles ABBREVIATIONS •Tw2 – twist…

Helena Christensen, the half-Danish, half-Peruvian supermodel whose face launched a thousand ’90s meme appreciation accounts, is talking to me from New York, where she tells me her pet rabbit (Bono) is reclining under her desk. After a failed attempt at FaceTime we are on an old school phone call. ‘The fact that we call it old-fashioned…’ I can feel her eye-roll from across the Atlantic. She is part of a privileged coterie of models – including Cindy (Crawford), Naomi (Campbell), Christy (Turlington), Linda (Evangelista), Kate (Moss) – whose first names have become almost cultural bywords for that heady moment in time, art directed by Herb Ritts and Gianni Versace. Karl Lagerfeld quipped that ‘nobody looks as good as she looks’. Gianni Versace said she had ‘the most beautiful body in the world’.…

It’s eight o’clock on Christmas morning, and Uncle Tom says he wants to listen to the news. My 11-year-old self is wondering why on Earth grown-ups would be interested in the news when there are important things to be done, such as handing out presents. And then, while I am only half-listening to the radio broadcast, something weird happens: the boring newsreader begins talking about a Christmas message from the Vatican. Hadn’t we heard that report earlier? My older brother, Colin, figures out what’s happening. “Pete, Pete, it’s a tape recorder! We’ve got our tape recorder!” It finally dawns on me: Uncle Tom and my dad recorded the news and are playing it back now. I think it’s quite rare to experience real excitement over a present. Children are as good as adults…

Am 19.8. erscheint Aminata Tourés erstes Buch „Wir können mehr sein“. KiWi, 272 S., 14 €. ÜBERHANG Der Pullunder erlebt ein Comeback: im Oversize-Look LARISSA RATSCHKOWSKI Luftiger als ein Pullover, aber wärmer als jedes Fleece-Hemd – der Pullunder ist so etwas wie der Inbegriff des Übergangskleidungsstücks. Klingt ganz schön spießig? Für die neue Saison haben ihn die Designer:innen reinterpretiert: überlang und mitunter so weit, dass er tonangebend für jedes Outfit wird, kombinierbar mit Röcken oder weiten Hosen. Das ist nicht nur gemütlich, sondern auch lässig und hat nichts mehr mit dem üblichen Altherren-Image zu tun: Die Ursprünge des Pullunders liegen im Golfsport für Männer, und aus der angestaubten Establishment-Ecke kam er bis heute nie so richtig raus. Wer die um jeden Preis umgehen will: Die besonders langen Modelle (Max Mara und Raf Simons) lassen…

Recording music consists of art, the artistic decisions of the recording engineer or producer, and technology, the workable mechanical devices utilized to achieve a goal. The primary artistic decision of any recording engineer is to decide what aural experience is desired as the end result. Is it a natural sound approximating the sound of musicians in the original recording environment with an original sense of that space? Or is the desire to create a beautiful sound not necessarily linked to the musician’s original recording and spatial environment? Both are wholly valid visions but lead down different paths. Examples of natural sound are Bill Evans’ Village Vanguard recordings; many of the Mercury Living Presence recordings; Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances featuring the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Charlie Haden/ John Taylor, Nightfall; and Charlie Haden/Chris Anderson, None…

When a non-audiophile requests a loudspeaker recommendation, he often assumes that the first question you’ll ask him will be, “How much can you spend?” In fact, the first question should be: “Where will they go?” Other variables–the sort of music that’s favored, listening levels, aesthetic considerations, and, yes, cost–are often less critical than the nature of the room in which the speakers will reside. As you advise your hypothetical music-loving friend, or as you reassess your own audio journey, some familiarity with the loudspeaker offerings of Technical Audio Devices Laboratories, Inc.–TAD–could serve you well. TAD came into being in the mid-1970s as a project of the Pioneer Electronics Corporation to develop high-performing loudspeakers for professional audio applications. The legendary American engineer Bart Locanthi of JBL fame was hired to lead the…

VARIETY is the hallmark of a thriving ecosystem. High-end audio is a little niche within the wider world of consumer audio, and you’d think it wouldn’t be jam-packed with a thousand different specialized products—but that’s the beauty of the current hi-fi landscape. There’s so much new gear, and each offering fills its own role. Enter the Piega Ace 30 ($995/pair), the smallest set of bookshelf speakers to ever grace my listening room. These diminutive music-makers are amazing examples of the vast array of different use cases and needs. The Ace 30 brings the aesthetic of the Swiss manufacturer, known for its wonderful in-house-made ribbon drivers, to a new price point and size. I can’t stress enough how small the Ace 30s are. Piega refers to them as “compact loudspeakers,” but that’s…

‘I walked around a building designed by a great architect … I marveled at its excellence, but as usual I soon lost interest … I paid my respect to all the laborers who must have suffered a great deal, swearing and cursing profusely at the architect. Is this a building or a monument? No matter how precious, a building is nothing but a building’. Han Seungjae, After Seeing a Cat Stuck in a Fence, Around no. 59 Café in Yeonhui-dong I met Han Seungjae at a fashionable café with a hip name that is hard to remember, and as expected, it was inside an old vintage modern building, accessed by a steep staircase in disrepair. Inside, good-looking hipsters worked behind cool plywood furniture. I thought the whole ambiance was very well-suited for Han.…

Architect Jang Yoongyoo (Kookmin University) + Unsangdong Architects (Shin Changhoon) + POSCO A&C (Chung Hoon) Design team Unsangdong Architects – Kim Mijung, Yang Wonjoon, Ko Eunsol, Lee Changgeun, Han Narye, Cho Seoyeon POSCO A&C – Kim Donggeun, Kim Daeone, Kim Munhwan, Kim Hyeyoung, Lim Sungmook, Choi Hyeon, Lee Chungmi, Jung Dongjin, Choi Gwangyeol Location 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbukdo, Korea Programme education and research Site area 8,195.5m2 Building area 6,359.25m2 Gross floor area 28,372.62m2 Building scope B1, 7F Height 38.6m Parking 225 Building to land ratio 77.6% Floor area ratio 290% Structure steel structure, RC Exterior finishing insulated glass, steel pannel Interior finishing metal, stone, carpet tile, rember board Structural engineer Maar Structural E&C Construction POSCO E&C Mechanical and electrical engineer SIN IL E&C Design period June 2019 – Sep. 2020 Construction period Mar. 2020 – June 2021 Construction budget 70 billion KRW Client POSCO I hailed a cab from the train station to drive me to the Pohang University of Science and Technology. I was going to find my own way there…

While 2020’s Summer Games were a year late, the 2022 Winter Games are right on schedule. But not missing a beat means surprises—especially for the athletes. (Surprise number one: Their events are already complicated by politics, with the U.S. staging a diplomatic boycott—athletes will still attend; dignitaries will not—in protest of China’s human rights record.) Ski slopes that are being groomed at this moment on Xiaohaituo Mountain, in Yanqing National Park, about 60 miles north of Beijing, were originally scheduled to host a 2021 trial run. That was canceled, due to the pandemic. This month, skiers will be meeting the mountain for the first time. “None of us know it,” says Mikaela Shiffrin, 26, the alpine ski racer who has won two Olympic golds, “but what I’ve seen from the videos,…

It’s Crunch Time If presentation is what it takes to get kids psyched about vegetables, then this idea is a game changer (so to speak). After all, carrots are much cooler when they’re pulled from a Jenga-like tower rather than fished out of a baggie. Celery and carrots (we used orange and yellow varieties of the latter) are a natural choice, but you can level up the competition with parsnips, large radishes, or jicama. Just cut the veggies into equal-size blocks and trim their curved sides so they lie flat—you’ll need 30 to build a ten-story tower. Pro tip from Rachel Faucett, generator of this idea (and others in The Handmade Charlotte Playbook): Cut more than you think you’ll need. As kids pull sticks, they’re likely to nibble along the way…

IF YOU’VE been feeling as if the world is on fire, you’re right. It was, literally, for a while: As if a pandemic, a recession, a racial reckoning, and a contentious election weren’t enough, 7.7 million acres of land and thousands of homes burned in the wildfires that swallowed the West. We’ve lost so much in the last year. Loved ones. Time. Sanity. And jobs. Last year, my friends and colleagues, suddenly separated from their lives at work, joked that they missed wearing heels and pants that weren’t sweats. But beneath the jokes was something else: grief. “Grief is loss of your present, of your perceived future,” says Rebecca Soffer, cofounder of the Modern Loss community. “You feel untethered.” Working women have been gravely impacted by the events of the last year—more…

1. Peter Jackson • $580 mil The Lord of the Rings director became a billionaire in November when he sold part of his visual-effects firm, Weta Digital, to Unity Software for $1.6 billion, about 40% of it in cash. 2. Bruce Springsteen • $435 mil (See story, page 15.) 3. Jay-Z • $340 mil The hip-hop mogul cashed out stakes in music streamer Tidal and the Armand de Brignac champagne brand. 4. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson • $270 mil About 25% of his earnings came from starring roles in films like Jungle Cruise and Red Notice; most of the rest came from his buzzy tequila brand, Teremana. 5. Kanye West • $235 mil He earns most of his money from a multiyear deal to design Yeezy sneakers for Adidas. A jacket and hoodie designed for the Gap arrived last…

THE CONSTELLATION ARA (pronounced AIR-uh) the Altar was one of the “original” constellations of the Greeks. It appeared in Phaenomena, a 3rd-century-b.c. work by the Greek poet Aratus. He based it on a work written a century earlier by Eudoxus of Cnidus. The constellation’s position is easy to locate directly beneath the tail of Scorpius. Making an altar out of the stars is more difficult. Ara is visible May through July in the Northern Hemisphere, the time Scorpius hangs directly in the south. Its center lies at right ascension 17h18m and declination –56°30'. Ranking 63rd in size out of the 88 constellations, Ara covers 237.06 square degrees (0.575 percent) of the sky. And while its size is nearer to the bottom than the top of that category, it fares somewhat better (34th)…

FROM THE BOOK THE FEATHER THIEF On June 24, 2009, the Natural History Museum deputy security guard was halfway through his round when he noticed shards of glass near the base of the building. He scanned the area until his eyes settled on the smashed-out window overhead. He hurried inside to inform the Tring’s curators that there seemed to have been a break-in. The police arrived and began searching for evidence, examining the bird skin cabinets in the vicinity of the broken window and scanning the ground outside. Mark Adams, the senior curator responsible for the Tring’s bird skin collection, raced to the stacks containing the museum’s most precious specimens. He feared the worst as he nervously unlocked the cabinets containing the Tring’s treasures: the Galapagos finches collected by Darwin during the voyage of…

While visiting Dubai Design Week 2021, Lauren Grace Morris finds a city poised to assume a valuable position in the design industry – if regional creativity is at the core. 60 years ago, so little of this was here. Once a small pearling community, Dubai now features arresting glass structures that jut from the desert land like unexpected gems. It’s home to the biggest building in the world, the second-largest shopping mall, the biggest observation wheel – the list goes on and on. Standing in front of the Burj Khalifa, which shoots 828 m into the sky, I’m prompted to think of the United Arab Emirates city’s moniker, at least in some circles: ‘The Superlative City.’ In 2013, a book of the same name was published by the Harvard Graduate…

Counterpoising the ‘feel good’ office culture in favour of a more emotion-inclusive atmosphere, LOLA TUAL suggests employing an antipode of the Chief Happiness Officer. You recently graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven with a project that criticizes the open-plan office – in a playful manner that is. LOLA TUAL: Yes, indeed. I was fascinated by the open-plan office and the way in which its occupants are basically under constant surveillance by their peers. Open-plan offices are meant to improve productivity, but in fact most of us become dysfunctional when we feel like we’re being watched all the time. It results in codified behaviour and can be suffocating. And to make matters worse, there’s no space to escape from it all. Except for… The toilet! So that’s where I focused on in my graduation project.…

GERMAN LIGHTING DESIGNER Tobias Grau celebrates two decades in his Rellingen studio this year, marking the occasion with new products that stake out fresh directions for the brand. From Grau himself are two sleek, minimal desk lamps, XT-A Single and XT-A Round, which will be followed by a ‘new generation’ of hyper-connected office lighting to be released before the end of the year. Grau calls the lamps his company’s answer to the growing demand for ‘intelligence, energy efficiency, aesthetics and practicality’. Meanwhile, Grau’s artist sons, Timon and Melchior, came up with the playful, battery-powered Parrot – the first design the company has produced that doesn’t bear the name Tobias Grau. Parrot defines the brand’s flexible approach to home lighting. ‘We’re focusing on the development of battery-powered lights for the home,’ says…

It’s a striking image: ten Dior models lined up at the brand’s AW22 fashion show in Seoul against a simulated skatepark, their voluminous dresses highly unlikely half-pipe attire. This is by no means the first time a luxury fashion brand – or Dior, at that – has tapped into skate culture. For the Dior Homme FW16 show, models wove their way around a black skatepark rimmed with red neon, and the brand shot a fashion film for the same season in LA’s Venice Skatepark, inspired by the new wave of skate culture. A wave that in 2017 led to Hermès launching a series of skateboards and Louis Vuitton teaming up with Supreme. In 2019, Gucci launched a campaign inspired by 1970s skate culture for its Gucci Grip watch to connect…

“The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t.”JOSHUA BECKER MAKE IT HAPPEN! If you feel stuck in a rut with work, relationships or even just your motivation levels, a vision board is a great way to kick-start new beginnings. Start with a large A3 piece of card or paper, and gather any photos, magazines or books you‘re happy to cut up. What does your ideal life look like? Start to piece it together – pictures of your dream home office, you when you’re most happy and confident, an advert for a job you'd love to do… anything that captures your imagination. Display it somewhere visible, or keep it next to your bed to look at regularly. As you visualise the life you want,…

SUMMER 2021: Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte strut along a Manhattan sidewalk in a cloud of Dior, Prada, Celine and, of course, Manolo Blahnik. We couldn’t help but wonder, has a photograph of three middle-aged women on the streets of New York ever caused such a stir? No, indeed, it has not. And well over two decades since Sex And The City first landed on screens (and ran for six seasons between 1998 and 2004) and over 10 years since the release of two films, we are 100% here for it. Revival, reboot, sequel – whatever you want to call it, the 10-part HBO Max series And Just Like That..., which will follow the three women (played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis) as they navigate life and friendship in…

I HAVE ONE SIBLING, A BROTHER NAMED DONNY. Because he’s seven years older, our childhood worlds rarely overlapped. When he was a high school senior, preoccupied with girls and Guns N’ Roses, I was in the fourth grade, building Lego pirate ships and mastering Super Mario Bros. 2. I was the good student; I liked school and got mostly A’s. Donny was the music guy, the fashion guy, the car guy. He drove an orange ’74 MG. The one time he helped me with homework, I was sixteen and reading The Great Gatsby. My American Lit teacher had assigned us a short paper on a Jazz Age–related topic of our choosing. The topic Donny suggested: the martini. You might say I was Donny’s student. He taught me to drive stick. Made me…

Chorizo-and-Mustard-Greens Tacos 1 tablespoon thinly sliced garlic (from 2 cloves)3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided1 bunch mustard greens, stemmed and roughly chopped (6 cups)Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper12 ounces Mexican chorizo, casings removed½ cup finely chopped white onion, divided¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro stems, plus ¼ cup chopped leaves¼ cup salsa verde, such as Frontera, plus more for serving12 6-inch corn tortillasSour cream and sliced pickled jalapeños, for serving 1. In a large skillet, cook garlic in 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat until sizzling. Add greens; season with salt and cook until just wilted. Transfer to a plate. Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil, chorizo, ¼ cup onion, and cilantro stems to skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook, breaking up chorizo with the back of a spoon, until cooked…

Street Cred Make your birthday kid’s eyes light up even before they see what’s inside the box. Start by packaging the gift in solid-colored paper. Then crisscross two strips of black chalkboard tape or duct tape around the present to make it look like two intersecting roads. Draw lanes with a white-paint pen, and pop a car or two on top (keep them in place with a bit of heavy-duty double-sided tape). Now you’ve got something wheely cool for the younger set. / IF YOU ASK ME / “How young is too young—and how old is too old—to trick-or-treat?”Three parents, no wrong answers “Too old? Easy. Thirteen. Thirteen-year-olds can dress up. Celebrate. Have a little backyard party. But when I see a teenager dressed up next to a 6-year-old at my door, both asking…

IT WAS THE EARLY DAYS of the pandemic when Lauren Malloy’s father, a Vermont physician, called his daughter in California to urge her and her husband, Keith, to stock up on supplies. “Like any loving dad, he was worried about us,” says Lauren, who had just given birth to the couple’s third child, Clay. “I said, ‘Dad, remember where we live? We’re better prepared than most!’” Indeed, the Malloys, who call four acres in bucolic Santa Barbara County home, were already remarkably self-sufficient. They had a cow (and therefore fresh milk on tap), chickens (for eggs and the occasional roaster), pigs (more meat), and a vegetable garden teeming with kale, cabbages, herbs, and much more. And in the kitchen, Lauren even had a soon-to-be-coveted quarantine staple: a trusty sourdough starter. “If…

As the future state of Israel approached independence in early 1948, acquisition teams scoured Europe for weapons in preparation for an expected conflict with neighboring Arab states. In addition to patching together a few barely functional Sherman tanks from British scrap yards in Palestine, the Israelis clandestinely purchased a number of better running tanks from depots in Italy. Only three Shermans were ready in time for the War of Independence. These three tanks intrigued me, being the Shermaholic that I am, and one, Tamar, is well-documented in photos. Using those and other documents as reference, I set about building one of the other two Shermans. I figured it would be an interesting project because, like the real thing, the model would be an amalgamation of different Sherman variants. The crew ISRAELI TANKERS wore…

…WE LIVED IN A RENTED FLAT When my parents met, Dad had close to zero income. He, Mum, my dear Granny Molly and Mimi, my mother’s pet monkey, shacked up under one roof in a rented flat in London’s South Kensington. …MY FATHER WAS A MILD MAN My paternal grandfather was a keen amateur musician. As a child, Dad got music scholarships all over the shop. At an unprecedentedly youthful age he won a gong to the Royal College of Music. But for all his talent Dad wouldn’t say boo to a goose. He was content in his academic roles such as Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music. Mum found his lack of ambition infuriating. …MUM’S MONKEY DISLIKED ME When Mum got pregnant, her pet monkey Mimi became horrendously…

FROM THEWALRUS.CA The email popped up on my screen at 6.45am on December 24 last year. It was from someone I know quite well: the minister of my church. “I need a favour from you,” it read. “Email me as soon as you get my message.” “Ahoy, Ron,” I replied. A friend was in the hospital battling cancer, he said. Could I possibly pick up some iTunes gift cards? “She needs the cards to download her favourite music and videos to boost her confidence on her next phase of surgery.” He’d do it himself, but he was tied up. “I will surely reimburse you as soon as I can.” “OK,” I emailed back. THE SYMPATHIES OF THE VICTIM ARE MANIPULATED BY A NARRATIVE SLEIGHT OF HAND “Thank you so much, Bruce,” my correspondent replied. Then he…

MOLTENI OCTAVE Architect-designer Vincent Van Duysen’s inspiration for the design of Octave, a system of modular geometric sofas for Molteni, was the sweeping view of cities offered by wide skyscraper windows. ‘The Octave sofa collection is a subtle study of proportions, creating a graphic interplay of geometric volumes,’ says Van Duysen. ‘The feet – key features – underline the lightness of the sofa, as if it were suspended in air.’ A timely product, Octave is ideal for home-working environments because of its versatility; binding components are designed to support laptops, small printers and tablets. molteni.it DEL SAVIO 1910 OPUS CERTUM Vague, Dot (pictured) and Optic are three variations of Opus Certum, a contemporary take on Palladian flooring created by Treviso-based studio Zanellato/Bortotto for Del Savio 1910. The surfacing was developed by positioning irregular pieces…

VIBIA GHOST Made of handblown triplex opal glass, Arik Levy’s Ghost line for Vibia is a set that brings a sense of grandness to entryways and living areas. The Ghost table lamp combines two stacked curved forms cinched by a black band, which functions as a handtouch dimmer – its light can also be programmed to emanate a white, burgundy or amber hue. Hung from barely visible cables, the large pendant has a sculptural presence. vibia.com DESALTO FOURMORE The moniker of Gordon Guillaumer’s Desalto dining table Fourmore comes from the ability to host ‘four more’ guests with its extension. Its lacquered steel frame holds up a tabletop in light or dark oak veneered wood that is joined with a seamless sliding system on aluminium tracks. Guillaumer’s design comes in two sizes – 180 (250)…

PEDRALI BUDDY Designed by Busetti Garuti Redaelli for Pedrali, the Buddy collection is a family of seats and poufs characterized by rounded shapes and soft lines. Four densities of polyurethane foam go into making the curvaceous structure of the comfortable Buddy sofa, which can be selected with two or three seats. And, available in different sizes, the poufs can be made to incorporate a backrest. The versatility of the range empowers people to create a seating environment unique to their space. pedrali.it FANTONI ATELIER Especially today, the workplace is prone to many changes – that’s why office furniture solutions like Atelier, developed in a collaboration between Fantoni and Gensler, are ideal. Atelier’s modular structure, which comprises a configurable workstation, a collaboration table, storage units and a bookcase, combines many functions and fosters a more…

As if awakening from a prolonged state of hibernation, the emergence of vibrant interiors full of energy and life signifies the eager anticipation of warmer weather. Metaphors of organic growth and elemental transformation proliferate, inviting inspiration from the outdoors in verdant bursts of lime green and ultramarine. Uncanny aspects of nature are distilled and reimagined to imply Edenic abundance in unlikely places. In one instance, the abstract expression of a bamboo grove rendered in saturated hues offers an opportunity for forest bathing while browsing merchandise. The curation of an optimistic ambience is further fostered by insistence on full-spectrum, full-bleed finishes that flood rooms with the aesthetics of joy. Mood-boosting rainbow stripes enrich and uplift otherwise sleepy store interiors, harnessing maximalism and providing an invigorating source of irrepressible positivity. Striking signature shades…

AMALE ANDRAOS: Neither of us wanted to be architects. My father is both a painter and an architect – he worked as an architect for ten years before the civil war in Lebanon. I grew up in Saudi Arabia where he started a company for prefab houses. I was brought up visiting construction sites and going to museums to see works of art. I swore I’d never become an architect – I didn’t want to do the same thing as my father. But at the age of 17 I finally realized it was not about him but about me, so I decided to study architecture. DAN WOOD: My father took me to an architecture studio when I was 13 because I drew well and had a knack for mathematics – perhaps…

Auxiliary drivebelt problems generally range from annoying ticks to a high-pitched squealing, with assorted noises in between. If you’re lucky, most can be fixed with a new belt or adjustment of the tensioner. A number of VAG engines seem to have one common problem associated with the auxiliary drivebelt, which is caused by the alternator pulley. This pulley isn’t a traditional solid design, which is simply secured onto the rotating shaft of the alternator. Instead, it has a one-way clutch mechanism to reduce unwanted noise at idle/ low-speed and similarly dampen vibrations and noisy harmonics at higher engine speeds. Such a system may mean the pulley can freewheel in one direction, but will lock-up in the opposite direction. Commonly known as an overrunning alternator pulley, or an overrunning alternator decoupler pulley…

Last month we made the discovery that contrary to popular opinion, the good old 1.9’ in the TTiD Saab is, in fact, a smaller capacity (1910cc) version of the unloved CDTi Vauxhall engine as used in the Astra, Insignia and others in 2.0 form. This made finding parts for our car a bit tricky, but by the power of the internet and comparing photos, I deduced that our 2008 Saab engine used lots of CDTi type parts – plastic inlet manifold, thermostat, EGR valve and sadly, that stupid sump oil pick-up О-ring that we will have to renew. So, we managed to remove our manifold with an almost ludicrous amount of dismantling and thought that unless you did a lot more dismantling – either taking the head off or stripping the…

Patrick Pendiuk stellt sich jeden Monat eine modische FRAGE, auf die er NICHT DIE EINE RICHTIGE Antwort findet Ich habe noch nie einen Kleiderschrank mit Türen besessen, denn: Eine offene Garderobe führt dazu, dass man gezwungen ist, seine Mode ordentlich zu halten. Keine gequetschten Jacken, verstreuten Pullover oder verhedderten Gürtel. Alles hat seinen Platz. Sogar meine vielen schwarzen T-Shirts, die seit der Pandemie zur ultimativen Homeoffice-Uniform geworden sind, werden akkurat wie in einer Luxusboutique auf Kante gestapelt. Ein weiterer Vorteil für diese Ordnung ist, dass man sofort merkt, wenn man von etwas zu viel hat. Nachhaltigkeit steht nicht nur für Materialien und Produktion, sondern beginnt beim bewussten Konsum. Wenn es im Regal für Kaschmirpullover zu eng wird, muss einer weichen. Wenn ich keinen Kleiderbügel mehr für Mäntel habe, besitze ich offensichtlich einen…

THE three-way, four-driver Stenheim Alumine Five Special Edition (SE) loudspeaker from Switzerland is a unique combination of new and old. At less than a foot wide, just under four feet high, and a mere foot-and-a-quarter deep, its grille-less rectangular aluminum cabinet is fashionably compact. Of course, at 220 pounds, it’s a hefty little box, but its weight is proportionally no greater than that of many of today’s other high-mass, ultra-high-end speakers. Indeed, the Five SE’s aluminum enclosure, bulk, and squared-off good looks put one (or, at least, this one) in mind of earlier-gen Magicos, before Alon Wolf added curved carbon-fiber panels to the mix. However, the Five SE’s twin, slot-like, front-firing ports—one above and one below the pair of 10” woofers on the bottom half of its facade—are anything but Magico-like.…

Il fascino dei prodotti beauty a tema astrologico è tale che quando Sephora ha deciso di lanciare sul mercato la limited edition Astrology Lipstick, su Reddit sono esplosi i thread che analizzavano nel dettaglio le correlazioni fra i segni dello Zodiaco e le nuance dei rossetti del brand. Ed è solo un esempio. Quando poi Milk Makeup ha presentato i suoi mini-timbri “stellari” per tatuaggi temporanei, declinati in base ai segni astrologici, i follower su Instagram sono impazziti: «Ho il Sole nei Pesci, la Luna in Acquario e l’ascendente in Capricorno… Li voglio tutti»! Non tutti i Paesi, ovviamente, avvertono la stessa attrazione per la materia. Gli americani spendono ogni anno 2,2 miliardi di dollari in servizi e prodotti “mistici” (dati IBISWorld). Lì, il rapporto tra bellezza e astrologia non è…

VEGETARIAN GLUTEN FREE DAIRY FREE COOKING TIP If you don’t have any house bricks use two cast-iron frying pans to cover the Marylands in threes. Pollo al mattone with peach and barley salad SERVES 6 // PREP TIME 15 MINS // COOK 30 MINS 6 chicken Marylands4 garlic cloves, crushed1 cup firmly packed mint leaves Zest and juice of 2 lemons100 ml extra-virgin olive oil12 rosemary sprigs200 gm (1 cup) pearl barley2 tsp Dijon mustard1 each yellow and white peaches, cut into thin wedges60 gm Sicilian green olives, pitted, halved50 gm caperberries, half thinly sliced, half whole50 gm finely grated truffle pecorino (see note), plus extra to serve 1 Make 4 slashes crossways into skin of each chicken Maryland. Grind garlic, ½ cup mint leaves, lemon zest and 1 tsp salt flakes in a mortar and pestle until…

Use tubular peyote stitch to form this mystical unisex pendant and hang it from your choice of cord, chain, or ribbon. TECHNIQUES Tubular peyote stitch Herringbone stitch PROJECT LEVEL MATERIALS 2 g semi-matte champagne galvanized size 11° cylinder beads (A) 4 g copper galvanized size 11° cylinder beads (B) 1 copper 12×16mm Eye of Horus charm 1 antiqued copper-plated 6mm jump ring 1 plastic cocktail straw; 1⁄8" diameter Black 4 lb FireLine braided beading thread TOOLS Scissors Size 11 beading needle 2 pairs of chain- or flat-nose pliers FINISHED SIZE 2 × 1¾ " Marianna used the following Delica numbers for this project: DB1152, DB046 1) PENDANT BACK. Use tubular peyote and herringbone stitches to form the back of the pendant: Rounds 1 and 2: Use 12' of thread to string 69A; pass through the first 24A to form a tight circle, leaving a 6' tail (Fig. 1, black thread). Round…