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Droog with Mom and Dad (another dispatch)

On Saturday I was in New York with my parents for my belated birthday present–dinner and  a show. Since it was my birthday, I also got to choose the pre-dinner activity. I dragged them to “Simply...

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Philadelphia characters, Wildwood edition

In case you’re doubtful, let me assure you that winter is the perfect time for a Shore installment of Philadelphia characters. You can’t beat the poeticism of a boarded-up summer town on a cold and...

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Vive La Philadelphia?

Questions to get to the bottom of when I’m in Paris in July: 1) Is Philadelphia really America’s Paris, as this book by Joseph Borkson suggests? (Well, we do have a French Quarter.) 2) Is the Ben...

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Design highlights: Paris

I haven’t been posting as often as I’d like because of deadlines and traveling. In Paris recently, I saw some amazing design stores and also visited Le Musée des Arts décoratifs. The museum is part of...

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An idea we should steal

A citywide self-service bike-share program launched the day after Bastille Day, when I was in Paris. This is the Vélib ("velo" or "bike" + "liberté") station outside my hotel near the Rue de Rivoli....

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Danger, Boldly Drawn

There are many ways to die in Australia, each one more horrible than the next. Some of these scenarios are captured vividly in the warning signs that I couldn’t resist snapping while I was there the...

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Melbourne Day!

I just can’t stop thinking about Melbourne. It was the last stop on my recent trip down under.  It’s such a cool little city, with its trams and its parks and its hideaway boutiques and bars tucked...

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Muji opens in NYC

The occasion of Muji opening their first U.S. store today in NYC (at noon! at 455 Broadway!) is cause for celebration up and down the Eastern seaboard. To mark the exciting event, I’m posting pics of...

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design-phan: Bordeaux edition

As a Philadelphian, I have a thing for so-called second cities. As much as I love Paris, I felt a real coup de coeur while visiting Bordeaux in southwest France last week. Bordeaux is the...

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Textured surfaces in Lancaster

Top: Plaster ceiling at the Quilt and Textile Museum.Bottom: Quilt by a local Amish woman for sale in the museum shop (around $1500).

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