Holiday 2019 Hotel ReVUE

Mirror Lake Inn Lake Placid, New York When autumn comes around, I never miss an opportunity to head Upstate. This year, I set my sights on Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid, NY. The history of this four-star hotel dates all the way back to 1924, when its original estate attracted upper class clientele from…

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Under Canvas: Glamping Comes to the Northeast

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Every traveler looks to get away for a different reason. Some set out to disconnect, some want a one-in-a-lifetime experience and others are looking for an Instagrammable hotspot. Glamping seems to tick all those boxes for the modern voyager, which is why it should make its way onto your travel checklist for 2020—even if you…

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Ladies Love LEIN

Thinking about switching careers in the new year? Allow fashion designer Meredith Stoecklein to inspire you. Although not a total departure from where she started out, as an intern for Zac Posen and Narciso Rodriguez, today Stoecklein is the founder and designer of her very own clothing company, LEIN. After graduating Parsons School of Design,…

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Carved From Clay — An Interview with Ceramicist Jono Pandolfi

Photos by Samantha Murasko As part of revitalizing the artisan movement, emphasis is being placed on producers, their products and the ways in which simplicity and quality outshine almost all other components. The shift is most evident within the food and beverage industries, where farm-to-table or grain-to-glass is considered an artform. While chefs spend their…

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Magazzino: Contemporary Art in Cold Spring

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The Hudson Valley has become a mecca for commercial art spaces, and an unlikely one at that. It’s also where long-time art advocates Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu call home, and recently opened their 20,000-square-foot private exhibition, Magazzino. Focusing exclusively on postwar and contemporary Italian art, the husband-and-wife duo alongside architect Miguel Quismondo and Magazzino…

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Mask House

Location: Ithaca, NY Architect: WOJR Area: 587 square feet Beyond the blanketed fog, which lays thick and noiseless, one can begin to see what roughly resembles a house. Perched high on wooden piers, it is gently framed by stark, sagging branches, its charred façade fading into the shadows of this portentous place. It feels not…

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