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Laptop nonfiction

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Life and death at Balthazar

Boom and Echo

Boom and echo

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Songs Ojai

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Making babies

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The Popular Alternative

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Decay becomes her.

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Death’s signature scent

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In the rainy breath of time. 

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Metaphorically speaking 

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Contradictory forms.

on the history and theory behind a style that is suddenly everywhere. 

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Art Deco, Ourselves

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On the slow luxury of cooking with fire in the home kitchen

on cooking with wood-burning fire, from Berkeley to Brooklyn and beyond.

A residential parrilla built by Grillworks; Photo courtesy of Grillworks

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The rustic romance of a cooking fireplace

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anywhere i go you go, my dear

Dirt and friends present recommendations for your pocket or purse.

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Pocket poetry

SOCK ROUNDUP

It's a foot thing.

Dirt and friends present recommendations for your feet.

SOCK ROUNDUP SQUARE

The sock edit

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On fun-loving furniture and decor that’s still stylish and sophisticated enough for Hermès.

on designer Max Enrich and his playful design thinking. 

Max Enrich's designs are fashionable and fun

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On the standout brutalist house featured in the well-polished dark comedy "Amanda."

speaks to *Amanda*'s director and production designer about modernist architecture, art, and longing for friendship.

The home’s grey concrete exterior darkens at nighttime and further blends into its surroundings; Courtesy of the Criterion Channel / I Wonder Pictures.

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An Italian island of concrete

Collecting