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Food & Drink

A Lemon-ade Pledge

Newman’s Own is our go-to Summer mixer Summer’s officially here, and for us that means telling our local grocery to stock up on the Newman’s Own. If you don’t feel like getting all fussy about your weekend cocktails, just buy … Read More

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Style

Declare Your Independence by Flagging Out

Roll over Benjamin Franklin: Star Spangled Banner swimsuits, and one for the boys of summer… Why are red, white, and blue bikinis and swimsuits so decidedly sexy time? Retro, whimsical and dead ironic statements, yes, for this not all that … Read More

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Art

The Cone Rider

Montreal hosts saucy (but serious–not!) Jean Paul Gaultier retrospective. Another reason to go to lovely and so-civilized Montreal this summer: The Montreal Museum of Art’s just-opened “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk.” Pity … Read More

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Art

Patron of the New

Isn’t it ironic? Pocketbooks made of sponge? It’s just one of the many extremely distinct items carried at TriBeCa, New York’s new Patron of the New boutique. Super chic, something new, we diggin.’ Check out their other stuff, and images … Read More

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Style

Brigitte Bardot Redux

The ’60s pin-up queen and bossa-nova chanteuse is 76–her look, timeless… Ann-Margret was sassy; a kitten with a whip. Julie Christie was classy; an accent and a hairstyle. Nico was wacko; shiny boots of leather and a fatal bicycle accident. … Read More

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New Orleans: The Real Naked City

Treme bringing you down? There’s a reason (it’s got the city all wrong) HBO’s post-Katrina Sunday night drama Tremecontinues to get more depressing and annoying with each episode. One wonders why, amid all its self-conscious insider-referencing and maudlin earnestness and … Read More