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Saturday, November 10, 2012

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Cultural Studies

Hurricane Sandy Reveals a Life Unplugged

Louie Chin

For parents worried that their children may be spending too much of their young lives online, the storm provided a teachable moment.

When the Power Came Back, So Did the Crowds

For four sleepy nights, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the bars and shops that make downtown Manhattan a party and retail capital went dark, but when the lights came back, they were open practically within seconds.

Front Row

Some Stores Struggle to Reopen

While Lower Manhattan was widely affected by the storm, a handful of stores were seriously damaged by flooding.

Jeans Tight? It’s Sandy

A craving for snacks and high-fat food during Hurricane Sandy is having an effect on the waistlines of some New Yorkers.

Skin Deep

Relocating Uptown, Scissors in Hand

While many people were surveying the damage done to their houses from Hurricane Sandy, a privileged few of the fashionable downtown crowd were fussing over who would coif their locks.

Shopping for a Classic Chapeau

Eric Copage and Simone Oliver visited Worth & Worth, a hat shop, to learn the tenets of buying a hat and updating your look.

Live-Event Artists Paint Right There

A slide show of some finished works by event painters.

Getting Back to a Routine After the Storm

Shaking off Sandy, New Yorkers returned to making downtown a party and shopping capital.

The Collection: A Fashion App for the iPad

Get complete coverage of fashion and style and the latest looks from the runway.

Designing a New Role

NO GILT, NO GLORY The furniture collection designed by Brad Pitt with Frank Pollaro includes a glass-topped table with a 24-karat gold-plated base.
Left: Joel Ryan/Associated Press

NO GILT, NO GLORY The furniture collection designed by Brad Pitt with Frank Pollaro includes a glass-topped table with a 24-karat gold-plated base.

Four design experts review furniture created by Brad Pitt.

Losing Power but Finding a Way to Connect

For many New Yorkers, an unexpected benefit of Hurricane Sandy was spending time with loved ones.

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At Home With Robert Greene

Renovate Like a Master

The author of “The 48 Laws of Power” applies the principles of his new book to redoing his retro bungalow.

The Brownstone Revisionists

As tastes change, vintage town houses are increasingly being sheathed in glass and aluminum.

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Multimedia
In San Francisco, Design as Conceptual Artwork

Transforming the interior of an 1880s house with soft shades of fog.

A Slice of a House in Poland

A Polish architect became fascinated by the space between two apartment buildings and decided to build a home there.

Room for Two, if Ruthless

A couple renovates a tiny 155-year-old apartment in the West Village.

Chocolate soufflé cake with candied squash compote.
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times

Chocolate soufflé cake with candied squash compote.

Pumpkin and other tastes associated with Thanksgiving may suffice for strict traditionalists, but chocolate can add a playful edge.

City Kitchen

Complements for the Chef

Chutneys, relishes and pickles can offer some welcome diversion to relatively neutral, mild-mannered Thanksgiving meals.

From the Archives | The Minimalist

101 Head Starts on the Day

For cooks, most Thanksgiving problems are brought about by the number of dishes competing for the stove. The best solution is to make food in advance.

Drink

Enough With the Pumpkins

It’s apple-drinking season.

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The Basics of Perfect Pie Crust

Melissa Clark, the author of the Good Appetite column, demonstrates how easy it can be to make a very light and flaky pie crust.

Ganso

Inside the Japanese restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn that serves up warming bowls of ramen.

20 Autumn Wines for $20

Eric Asimov selects 20 great fall wines, all at the magical price point of $20, presented here in no particular order.

New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map

Interactive map of health violations at restaurants in New York

Jenny Fritz and Michael Schreiber

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF., OCT. 27 The couple were married beneath an olive-branch wedding canopy in the garden of the Colony Palms Hotel.
Emily Berl for The New York Times

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF., OCT. 27 The couple were married beneath an olive-branch wedding canopy in the garden of the Colony Palms Hotel.

The couple’s first date included a wardrobe command and a trip to the emergency room.

Zara Zimmerman and David Tisch

The bride owns a handbag and accessories company; the groom invests in Internet businesses.

Daniel Noble and Ryan Fleenor

The couple, who met at Yale, are married in New York.

Till Death, or 20 Years, Do Us Part

It may be time to acknowledge the harsh truth that nearly half of marriages in the United States end in divorce and many others are miserable, and consider something like a 20-year marriage contract.

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Field Notes

When the ‘Aisle’ Is Slippery and Buggy

Couples are renting summer camps as post-Labor Day or pre-Memorial Day wedding destinations.

A Special Day (Online)

What to get the social-media savvy couple who have everything? A wedding hashtag that trends locally.

T Magazine

Now Online | Design & Living 2012

The fall issue of T Design & Living offers a glimpse into the homes of two families who don't do anything halfway.

T Magazine

Retrospective | Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga

After 15 years, Nicolas Ghesquière is leaving his post as creative director for Balenciaga. A look back at some of his most recent work, as it appeared in T.

T Magazine

It's Go Time!

Travel clocks to spruce up the side table.

Edible Selby | The Thin Man

In Chicago, the land of the deep dish, a tiny pizza shop serving thin-crust pies is almost an oddity.

Having It All

Just like his apartment in Cologne, Germany, Mike Meiré's world is constantly expanding.

Tim Hawkinson | Out On a Limb

The artist Tim Hawkinson builds his daughter's dream house.

Balancing Act

Justin Patterson and Anna Burke are perfecting the art of hosting foolproof vegan/carnivore dinner parties.

A Cast of Conifers

A corner of the New York Botanical Garden is home to a collection of trees with singular personalities.

T Magazine

Hawaiian Punch

Honolulu's Chinatown, a creative hub of the city, is now evolving into an eating and shopping destination.

T Magazine

Worldly Goods

The founder of the Australian cosmetics label Aesop is branching out with a new men's accessories shop.

T Magazine

Look of The Moment | Check Mate

The spring runways were filled with black and white, and now the red carpet is, too.

T Magazine

I'll Take It! | A Garage Sale at MoMA

In a few weeks, the artist Martha Rosler will fill the museum's atrium with 12,000 donated objects to sell for charity.

Hunter Gatherer | Magnus Nilsson

In his first cookbook, a 28-year-old chef contrasts the sweet simplicity of foraged and farm-fresh ingredients with a kind of Viking bloodlust.

Magnificent Obsession

A New York couple goes all in on the Aesthetic Movement.

T Magazine

Second Nature

Five women from the North American Quilling Guild reimagined our "T" as a magical field bursting with sunflowers and dandelions.

My Barkitect

Do dogs need designer digs? A new collection begs the question.

T Magazine

Styled to a T | Venus Williams

The tennis star is turning heads off the court with her interior design work.

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