JUNE-2012

RUNNING AT THE MOUTH

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J – As the season approaches (wait, it’s here) to shed my clothing, I start to panic, envisioning myself in shorts (that have gotten…

PUSHING THE DAISY

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Getting the packaging and the product just right are things fashion designer Marc Jacobs and Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs had in common.  Since its…

PLANTING GOOD HEALTH

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By Erika Schwartz, MD Long before the advent of modern medicine, herbs were the main sources of remedies for most ailments. As Western medicine…

TRIMMING THE FAT

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Talk about sculpted:  Ryan Lochte’s hypertrophied abdominal, pectoral and trapezius (just to name a few) muscles are the results of his vigorous strength- training…

LOAFIN’ AROUND

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Story and Photographs by Zoë Zellers Tim Tebow does it. So does Nets’ star – and Kardashian ex – Kris Humphries. What they do…

THE MYSTIQUE OF LALIQUE

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Few designers have explored the relationship between nature and woman as seamlessly and thoughtfully as René Lalique, the late glassmaker and credited inventor of…

TAKE A SEAT

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A visit with John Danzer, the witty, charming founder of garden-furniture firm Munder-Skiles, might find you seated in one of his designs. But as…

FLORAL FIXATIONS

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Photographs courtesy of Max Avi Kaplan One afternoon in the spring of 2009, a crowd gathered outside NYU’s Gallatin Galleries, beckoned by the siren…

STONE-COLD CALLING

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Story and Photographs by Zoë Zellers The Big Apple (and Quince and Pear and Cherry, too) The Sweet Sculptures of Charlie Johnson Consider the…