Hit me: Blackjack, or Twenty-One
Whether you call it Blackjack (in the United States), Pontoon (in Great Britain) or Vingt-et-Un (on the Continent), Twenty-One is the most widely played casino banking game in the world.
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America’s curator
Philippe de Montebello wasn’t merely one of the world’s longest-serving museum directors and the face (and voice) of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was the epitome of what an American museum director could be.
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Tantalizing turquoise
While we most often associate turquoise with the jewelry of the American Southwest, it actually has a much broader history that spans the globe.
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From Sotheby’s auction house to your home
It is one of the most famous businesses in the world – a British multinational corporation, headquartered in Manhattan that specializes in everything from wines to watches to Whistlers.
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Secret gardens of sex
Eve – and, by extension, the garden – is a metaphor for female sexuality, particularly unbridled female sexuality, and man’s attempt to control it.
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Horsing around amid backcountry splendor: OldField Equestrian Farm
Presented by Sotheby’s International Realty Photographs by Stefen Turner and Steve Rossi OLDFIELD EQUESTRIAN FARM AT A GLANCE = Greenwich = 14,000-plus-square-foot residence = 18.39…
Read MoreAre We There Yet?
What is it about the road that beckons, that stretches out – teasingly, tantalizingly — before us?
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