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Author Archives: By ALEX WILLIAMS
The Mirror: What Your Beard Says About You
July 27, 2011 – 11:07 pm
A beard can be many things: a signifier of age and wisdom; a symbol of rebellious youth; or, as uncool as it may be, a result of being too sick from the flu to even shave.
Watches Are Rediscovered by the Cellphone Generation
July 6, 2011 – 10:31 pm
Watches of a certain pedigree — even those that are just plain big — are especially valued.
Fashion Forward (or Guard)
July 4, 2011 – 3:32 am
Tristan Thompson (left), Kemba Walker (right) and
Samaki Walker in 1996 (middle).Newly anointed basketball professionals, many enjoying a rare moment on national television for the N.B.A. draft, strode triumphantly onstage in handsomely tailored suits.
Up Close: A 10-Minute Mind Clearing
June 22, 2011 – 10:02 pm
Andy Puddicombe teaching in New York recently. “I’m the anti-guru,” he said.Andy Puddicombe of Bristol, England, plans to bring his easy, quick version of meditation to harried Americans.
Up Close: Guardian of the Pines
May 26, 2011 – 11:32 am
Andrew Kirtzman is working to revamp Fire Island Pines.A former political reporter now at the helm of a beachside gay community, Andrew Kirtzman is working to turn a timeworn Shangri-La into a chic resort.
His Own Best Character
May 19, 2011 – 11:07 am
In the New York literary world, Jon-Jon Goulian is already a celebrity. And now he has a memoir to prove it.
Quality Time, Redefined
May 5, 2011 – 10:30 am
The fully wired American living room often seems less like an oasis for shared activity than an entangled intersection of data traffic. But this might not be such a bad thing.
Up Close: Smile When You Call Her a Diva
March 23, 2011 – 10:01 pm
With a sunny personality and sharp fashion sense to go with her neck-snapping right jab, Keisher McLeod-Wells is perhaps New York’s best hope of hatching a crossover female boxing star.
Up Close: Fashion’s Approachable Ambassador
March 17, 2011 – 12:32 pm
On reality television shows, Joe Zee of Elle magazine has developed an unusual reputation: for being nice.