Big wins, heartwarming acceptance speeches, opportune carbo-load — no question, the night delivered. Read on for the night’s most unforgettable moments.
J.Crew is in talks to go public, your mom is a fashion trailblazer, and Tracy Reese collaborates with Anthropologie.
Make a love match with a badass New York jewelry designer’s first lineup of gold pieces.
Awards season is in full swing. Dress for the occasion.
You’re a farmers market VIP with a secret: You just want to eat pizza. Fill up on a favorite at PizzaHacker’s new brick-and-mortar.
You’ll feel right at home in interior designer Susan Manrao’s whimsy-packed Creative Registry.
Fill your home with innovative and vintage designer goods selected by creative genius and interior designer Susan Manrao.
Your last date with the treadmill didn’t go so hot. These tracks from Chicago’s top trainers should help turn things around.
One glimpse of the glitter-coated lids at Jason Wu’s spring runway show and our hearts and lashes were a-flutter. We asked pro makeup artist Mathew Nigara to teach us how to re-create the effect off the runway.
It may not be the boot, but Italian food in NYC is the next best thing. Carbo-load on pasta or spend quality time with cured ham at restos honoring Sicily to Venice.
Amie Potsic and Nancy Agati’s exhibit warms you up to the idea of winter (good thing, because it’s not over yet). The photographs and mixed-media installations hone in on the physical and social connections people have with the season. Admission is free. For more info, go to schuylkillcenter.org.
Photo: Courtesy of Amie Potsic
Newbies and pros gather each week to chat and purl away. Plus, knitters get free wine and 10 percent off the salon’s organic products.
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Torrisi takes an inventive approach to traditional Italian. Each night brings a new, nine-course, locally sourced culinary adventure, beautifully plated on kitschy china. Expect to be hooked before you make it through the first antipasto.
Any dutiful Italian-American knows the rites of a Sunday afternoon dinner. This unassuming corner joint gets nostalgic with red sauce-laden pasta, thinly pounded veal saltimbocca, and breadcrumb-stuffed baked clams. Better at brunching? Cure your hangover with uovo al forno (baked egg, polenta, tomato).
Like all good Italian restaurants, Roman’s divvies its menu into threes. It’s hard to pick a favorite (menu and cocktails change daily), but you can’t go wrong with daily pasta and meat specials.
Chef Frank Prisinzano serves homey plates of spaghetti tossed in garlic and olive oil, time-honored rigatoni with ragu, and Pugliese staple fava e cicoria (fava beans and dandelion greens). Remember to drink — choose from hundreds of varietals from across Italy.
Familiarize yourself with piadina — a Romagnol specialty flatbread folded with fillings like prosciutto and mozzarella. Feel free to stuff yourself: Nothing on the menu tops $20.
Your hunt for perfect pasta isn’t complete without a boat ride to the forgotten borough (playfully known as Staten Italy), where a rotating line of Italian-born chefs (a.k.a. the nonnas) churn out authentic regional fare. What you find on the menu depends on the roots of whoever is in the kitchen that night — anywhere from Campania to Abruzzo.
This antique shop-turned-cafe is filled with reclaimed furnishings and custom decor. Hearty peasant dishes include ribolitta (twice-boiled stale bread soup) and panini made with schiaciatta bread, a traditional Tuscan loaf made on-site.
Old-school Italian New Yorkers frequent this joint for its extensive antipasto plate — and that’s just the beginning. Continue with classics like penne alla vodka or ravioli porcini, and ensure a happy ending with a slice of airy Napoleon cake.
We sent fashion editor Jordan Blumberg to explore her home state for a week. Read her travel diary for hotspots, haunts, and haute shopping in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and beyond.
An Australian designer adds whimsy and color to reclaimed chopping blocks.
Our beauty editor shares her personal treatment plan.
Kick up your heels in a West Texas city at the edge of the majestic Franklin Mountains.
Welcome to Texas Hill Country, where there’s plenty of charm to go around.
Every look from the Proenza Schouler x Le Bon Marché capsule collection. Get ’em while they’re hot.
It’s weird, it’s wonderful. Check out our favorite restaurants, bars, boutiques, and more in the Texas capitol.
February 27-March 2: Munch on decadent donuts and house-made cheese whiz while rocking Earth-friendly fashions.
February 27-March 2: Try the new Red Carpet Facial at The Spa at Willows Lodge, dine at Marché one last time, and jam at the Wintergrass festival.
Try French baby food expert Jenny Carenco’s recipes for raising adventurous eaters, from first spoonful to first birthday.
February 27-March 2: A prix fixe neighborhood menu, a pop-up yoga class, and a weekend of indie music.
The gurus behind Beer Belly add another waist expander with this Philly cheesesteak shop that also serves sandwiches, burgers, and wings.
The jewelry maker’s third L.A. outpost stocks red carpet-worthy baubles in a 541-square-foot art deco dream space located in the Malibu Lumber Yard.
This purveyor of donuts for grown-ups isn’t kidding around when it comes to mind-blowing flavor combinations (think: fried chicken beignet and brown butter maple bacon).
Conveniently located across the street from the Bart, this posh Berkeley hotel is a quiet escape from city life.
We went Google deep diving and found books, music, trailers, and more treasure to keep you entertained.
February 27-March 2: See dirty diamonds dance, celebrate Mardi Gras, and find your new favorite YA novel.
February 27-March 2: View famous faces through the lens of a local photographer, sip out-of-this-world cocktails at Celeste, and get a hilarious history lesson from Colin Quinn.
Leo DiCaprio’s about to be all up on your ring finger. No, it’s not a diamond. Instead, it’s an easy nail decal. In this video, we show you how to put photos on your tips.
This River North restaurant and cocktail lounge has a lengthy list of drinks plus small bites. On a date? Head upstairs to the elegant yet cozy dining room, where the cocktail menu is arranged by complexity (a la phases of the moon) and appetizers are full of flavor but on the small side (the burrata is the bomb).
This River North gallery specializes in contemporary paintings, works on paper, textiles, sculpture, and contemporary photography by Chicago-based (Peter Sorel) and international (Salvador Dalí) artists.
February 27-March 2: Do Mardi Gras Manhattan style, veg out at a food fest, feed your adventurous spirit at an extreme sports-centric film festival, and more.
February 27-March 2: Immerse yourself in modern Jewish movies, watch the red carpet with thematic cocktails in hand, and meet the radical grandmother of American feminist art.
February 27-March 2: Have groceries delivered to your door, shop a sale at Stadler-Kahn, and learn the history of Northern Liberties.
February 27-March 2: Shop a new farmers market, score a scoop of frozen custard for $1, get a date with a new app, do a bridal bar crawl (sort of), and celebrate Mardi Gras.
February 27-March 2: Party harder than Emma Thompson, taste homemade bitters, watch art created in real time, and drink craft beer from New Zealand.
February 27-March 2: Host an A-list Oscars party, brunch at the Tides, and break a sweat at Exhale MindBody Spa’s new Core Fusion class.
In a former South Boston ironworkers building, local boys Matthew Nuernberger and Spencer McMinn produce small-batch gin, vodka, whiskey, and flavored liquers. Saturday afternoon tours provide a glimpse behind the curtain.
The Allston live music venue hosts indie and underground rock shows as well as DJed events.
Chef Todd Mitgang gives classic NOLA the New York treatment with dishes like hamachi crudo (Swiss chard, apricot chili jam), crispy alligator, split pea fried catfish (crawfish, potato, cranberry beans, caramelized endive), and spiced Louisiana redfish (Sharon fruit, okra).