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Think Pieces

Maybe it’s that you’re still obsessing about the Lost finale, but lately you have a theory for everything.

Your attraction to Civil War movies (you must be a reincarnated Union soldier). That freckle shaped like an artichoke (time to go ...

Welcome to the Jungle

You’ve raided Nana’s room in search of cameos and pillbox hats. But her skirt-bottom bathing suits with extra bosom support? Even the Bal Harbour blue hairs would laugh you off the beach.

Natalie Golonka wants you to look ravishing in ...

Stem Fatale

Runaround Sue. Sweet Caroline. Dirty Diana.

Some girls just have a reputation.

Of course, some girls are asking for it. Like the women of shoe designer Alejandro Ingelmo, who treats sophisticated stems like ladies: with care and attention to detail.

Medi Cure

Some families summer at their Lake Como villas, roadstering it to fabulous soirees in the gardens of other villas.

You were happy if mosquitoes didn’t kill you on the pontoon in Lake Plunk, the potato salad didn’t give you food ...

Booze and Ahhs

There was a time when hiding beer cans in your pockets was acceptable behavior (around the same time you were considering a butterfly tattoo). There’s no need to stash your Stellas anymore, but you still enjoy B-ingYOB (or W). Here ...

Out with the Old,
In with the New Orleans

Flipping a saute pan without spilling a single ingredient (even the capers). Shucking an oyster (with a surgeon’s skill). Whisking up the perfect sauce piquant (whatever that is).

Chefs make the Big Difficult look like the Big Easy. Especially at ...

Metal of Honor

You know the scene: “He’s a Dream” plays in the background. Jennifer Beals is welding some big piece of metal, sparks are flying. Then she’s off, soon to meet the man of her dreams and show off her sweet moves.

Just Say Dough

In the immortal words of Cher Horowitz: “When a boy comes over, always have something baking.”

And just like Cher’s, your cookies always end up with a consistency somewhere between tree bark and hockey puck. Next time you feel the ...