The Best BetThe goal: Find the ideal cotton bath towel. We tested weaves ranging from the dense (Schweitzer Linen’s Classic 800 weighs in at 800 grams per s […]
Best Bets: February 24-March 9, 2014First Look
In early April, Urban Outfitters launches indie-minded market Space Ninety 8 in a Williamsburg warehouse (98 N. 6th St.).
Little ScandinaviaLast spring, two friends with a shared passion for all things Nordic—film colorist Crystal Pei, who splits her time between Greenpoint and Reykj […]
The Best BetIt’s hard enough for New Yorkers to grow herbs on their so-often-sunlight-deprived windowsills, let alone in a polar vortex. But ecominded desig […]
A Tale of Two Canal StreetsMultitasking designers Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos, creators of Americana-inflected menswear as well as furniture and a coffee-table-book imprin […]
Morning GrindThere are plenty of excuses not to work out first thing (see: sleeping). But there are even more reasons why you should. Here, a week’s worth of […]
Four-Legged ConstitutionalsA few masters of the morning walk—the city’s dutiful dog owners—share their routes.
Yes, They’re Open!You’d be amazed what you can get (a leg wax, a lobster, inner peace) in the wee-est weekday hours.
Ask a Zamboni DriverTrump Rink’s Elise Preston on the art of laying down the ice.
The Best BetLondon-based designer Héctor Serrano—who constructed a dome of beach-ball-like color-changing LED orbs for this year’s Coachella music festival— […]
Seven Holiday Pop-UpsWhere to score Beatles prints, mint-julep cups, and neon dog collars.
Custom KiltsWhen Israel David opened Installation Boutique in Crown Heights (717 Franklin Ave., nr. Park Pl.; installationnyc.tumblr.com) back in August, he […]
Buy CuriousThomas Erber will bring his roving Cabinet of Curiosities shop to Soho from December 2 to December 23.
Downtown UnderSydney-based label Sass & Bide first cracked the New York market back in the early aughts, when its party-girl pieces (like the pioneeringly low […]
New to the ManscapeThe next move for Harry’s, unsurprisingly, is opening a brick-and-mortar barbershop, the Corner Shop on October 29.
The HuntAll things new and downright gorgeous for your home.
Stones for SaleSamuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of the L.A.-based artist collaborative FriendsWithYou will be selling Psychic Stones at PK Shop.
Period PiecesOnline vintage shop NiftyThrifty is hosting a Halloween pop-up inside a Williamsburg’s Seven Stars Beauty Salon from October 25 through 27.
Twenty-one Under Thirty-fiveFrom designers around the world: a clock that smells, a vacuum cleaner that calms, and a lamp that cuddles.
Shop My RideA trio of retail trucks hitting the streets this summer.
Name That ManeAn abridged glossary of fake-hair terminology.
The Empire State Building Light-Show DecoderBefore the Empire State Building replaced its floodlights with computerized LEDs in November, changing the bulbs was a six-hour task and color o […]
State-Sponsored Baby-MakingDoomsayers used to worry about the “population bomb.” Now demographers warn that some nations aren’t procreating enough. In the U.S., the fertil […]
The Dollars-Per-Word Pay DecoderWhat’s a word worth in the topsy-turvy economics of today’s content-providing business? Inspired by a University of Minnesota researcher who app […]
