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Current Obsessions: Sun in the City
Here's what's on our radar this week. Above: Heidi Swanson whips up a concoction for staying hydrated this summer. For the urban adventurer: strange finds in NYC. Notes on selective souvenir...
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LA-Style Dining in London, Sunshine Included
Inspired by California beach cafes, Alexander Evangelou and James Waterworth of London design firm Alexander Waterworth Interiors bring their own brand of microclimate design Hally’s, a new deli in...
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The Perfect Store for This and That
One of those impossibly tiny NYC shops specializing in a little bit of this and that, Top Hat, on the Lower East Side stands out because each of its choices is surprising and delightful. Top Hat is the...
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Shopper's Diary: That Flower Shop in Shoreditch
London's "it" florist Hattie Fox moved her Shoreditch studio, That Flower Shop, from a nearby former blacksmith's digs to a street-front shop at the new Ace Hotel. We can see why. Above: To see more of...
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A Rustic-Modern Hangout in Berlin
A find from LA designer and world traveler, Cynthia Carlson: Lokal in Mitte, Berlin. German Maren Thimm and her American partner, Gary Hoopengardner, had initially set up a temporary restaurant called...
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Into the Wild: An Urban Campground in Berlin
In Berlin's artsy Neuköllna neighborhood, an über-cute hostel awaits the adventuresome. Huettenpalast owners Silke Lorenzen and Sarah Vollmer set out to create a business where they could fully...
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Worth the Trip: Eatrip in Tokyo
When we heard that Bay Area photographer Aya Brackett was heading to Tokyo, we knew she'd be dropping by her friend Yuri Nomura's cult restaurant Eatrip, so we asked her to capture it for us. Nomura,...
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LA Style Lands in Marin County
Let's be honest: Northern California's Marin County is fab in many ways. World's most beautiful landscape? Check. Birthplace of the mountain bike and the hot tub? Check. Stomping ground of the Grateful...
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Get Out of the Heat: Josephine House, in Austin
Housed in a cottage that's the perfect shade of Oxford blue, Josephine House, in downtown Austin's Clarksville, is for those looking to spend an easy afternoon beating the Texas heat with a cool...
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Bohemia on the Bowery: A Fashion Photographer Couple at Home
For some time now, the work of designer Daniel Sachs and architect Kevin Lindores has been stopping us in our tracks. At their New York City firm Sachs Lindores, the duo specializes in complete-picture...
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Dumpling Chic in Melbourne
In his latest culinary venture, Ruyi Dumpling & Wine Bar, Melbourne restaurateur Sheng Fan wanted a design that's as simple and fresh as the home-style dumplings he specializes in. His mandate for...
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Laid-Back Lodging on Byron Bay
Imagine a Scandinavian seaside fishing village in cool and casual Byron Bay, the historical and spiritual home of surfing in Australia. You'd want to linger in a place like that. And if you did, you’d...
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UK Getaway: The Shepherd's Hut for Two
Small-space-living aficionados, take note of the versatility of the shepherd's hut, the UK's rustic answer to the Airstream. Last week we presented a vintage version converted into a traveling kitchen....
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Only in LA: A Pedal-Powered Ice Cream Parlor
At Peddler’s Creamery in downtown LA, the employees ride a stationary bicycle as part of their job description. Why? Because the bike is connected to the ice cream churner, and if the employees don’t...
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Urban Cowboy: A Williamsburg Clubhouse for Nomads
Lyon Porter, the mastermind behind Williamsburg, Brooklyn's first B&B (by day he's a managing director of Town Residential, a Manhattan real estate company), calls Urban Cowboy "the definition of a...
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The Frank & Eileen Showroom: An Ode to Ireland in LA
Audrey McLoghlin's shirt company, Frank & Eileen, is named after her Irish grandparents. And though her designs are sewn in California from Italian chambrays and other fabrics, McLoghlin's Irish...
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A Woodsy Cabin in a Happening LA Neighborhood—$115 a Night
Discovered on The Common Pursuit: A rustic cabin in Echo Park worthy of Henry Thoreau (and available for $115 a night). Photographer Brian Ferry of The Blue Hour spent a week there and says: "I had my...
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An LA Creative Unleashed: RTH Shop 2 in Los Angeles
I fortuitously was in Los Angeles when René Holguin, owner of LA cult clothing and leather goods shop RTH, opened his second outpost, RTH Shop 2. While the first store is very much a modern trading...
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Sun-Stained Afternoons (and Yoga) at Nelson the Seagull, in Vancouver
Remember life before the Internet? Long afternoons loitering outdoors, indoors, and over extended meals, when it felt like there was just more time available. Three siblings from South Africa were...
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A Verdant Bakery in Vienna
Not your typical Viennese pastry shop: The bakery at the Hotel Daniel in Vienna is a greenery-filled oasis in the center of the city. Designed by Atelier Heiss Architects, the interior features a mix...
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