Archive for July, 2008
I, CLAUDIUS
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Some said you were an unlikely man to become emperor, but you knew better all along. Where previous fools saw affliction, now shines beauty and strength. Since your abominable cousin Caligula’s assasination, you have honorably expanded the empire and your recorded histories will preserve Rome through your deification and into the Modern age. Brian Lichtenberg [...]
DARK AGE AHEAD
Sunday, July 20th, 2008With major political shifts of power just months away, times certainly call for optimism. Yet, we’ve actually grown accustomed to this bleak age…at least in an aesthetic sense. The darkness outside can lead to inner retreat and mystical catechism, and in turn, great beauty! The oracle within will radiate outward, illuminating the midnight path through [...]
DAYS OF BEING WILD
Sunday, July 13th, 2008We’re spending our summer in San Francisco, but if you’ve ever heard the infamous Mark Twain quote about summers in the Bay Area, then you know why we’re longing for at least a few sweltering days out of town. For now, we’ll make do with the sultry, seductive environs of a Wong Kar-wai film. While [...]
HOUSTON & BOWERY, 1982
Saturday, July 12th, 20082008 marks the 50th anniversary of the life and work of Keith Haring. If in New York over the summer, pay homage to this 20th century art titan by checking out the re-creation of Haring’s famed 1982 mural at Houston Street and Bowery. This iconic work put the official graphic stamp on New York’s flourishing [...]
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008With the harsh realities of global warming and an impending oil crisis, the future of transportation is anyone’s guess. We admire the dreamers and forward thinkers addressing these environmental issues of global proportions. French architect Jean-Marie Massaud’s whale-shaped floating hotel Manned Cloud is slated to be the ultimate in efficiency and luxury. Whoever thought those [...]
AMERICAN GOTHIC
Friday, July 4th, 2008Charleston, South Carolina. Under dark skies with only the ocassional flickering of shadows of palmetto trees cast by the cascading spectacle of pyrotechnics, is where you’ll find yourself this Fourth of July. On a Battery mansion balcony, overlooking an heirloom sea, you’ll sip gracious cocktails with wildly eccentric relatives and channel the ghosts of lowcountry [...]
À LA PLAGE
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008An unassuming blousy pullover, almost-quaint striped espadrilles, your best rolled shorts and a fashionable tote seem innocent enough, but for the young and French, summer at the beach always spells trouble. Pull on your shades and you’re the star of your own Eric Rohmer film. This summer’s tale has just begun. Cashmere pullover by Filippa [...]