Town & Country articles from October 2003

Town & Country archives from October 2003

Living for the city.(Editor's Letter)
October 1, 2003... I realized at an early age that I would never be a country mouse. Much as I like flora and fauna, I like culture and civilization more. It is not only the city in which I live, New York, that quickens my pulse; it's many cities, the bigger and...

Half moon magic.(This Month's Mailbox)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... When we were planning a visit to California, we booked a room at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, after reading the item by Melissa Biggs Bradley in "Traveler's Notebook" [June]. This place is a dream stay. The room was to die for, the service...

A yen for men.(This Month's Mailbox)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... For me, it was Christmas in August! Thank you for the profile of Pierce Brosnan ["Role of a Lifetime," by Thomas P. Farley] and the other great guys in your men's issue. You couldn't have picked a better man for the cover. Brosnan and his sons...

Brown or the new black?(This Month's Mailbox)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... While drinking in the pleasant colors of your August cover, I was surprised to see Pierce Brosnan wearing one black and one brown shoe. Was this an oversight or the way he preferred to be photographed? STACEY M., Shorewood, MN ...

Shirt tales.(This Month's Mailbox)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... While on my daily trek to New York City, I read Patti Davis's essay about her father, "His White Shirt" [August], and found myself drying my eyes as my fellow commuters looked on. The piece struck a chord because I, too, still wear my father's...

Fully committed.(This Month's Mailbox)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... I had to respond to the essay "The Marrying Kind," by Anne Taylor Fleming [August]. As a young man who has watched my father stand by my mother through three strokes, I have learned firsthand the definition of the marrying kind. Thank you for...

Well read, well said.(This Month's Mailbox)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... For more than thirty years now--and I am almost forty--Town & Country has been a staple of my life. It was something my mother and I oohed and aahed over: the jewelry, the clothes, the shoes. As a rite of passage, I got my own subscription when...

Pet peeve.(This Month's Mailbox)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... My spirits soared when I read Paula Weideger's "Passports for Pets" item in "Traveler's Notebook" [May], which said that traveling to England with your pet is now easy if you follow the rules (inoculation, chip implant, six-month waiting...

Correction.(This Month's Mailbox)(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2003... In our August feature on Danny Kaye, we misspelled the surname of the late pianist Artur Rubinstein. We regret the error.

A beautiful evening.(Parties )(Breast Cancer Research Foundation raises $3 million)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... CAUSE CELEBRE More than a decade ago, Evelyn Lauder established the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which is dedicated to preventing and finding a cure for the disease. In support of this cause, some 800 guests filled the ballroom of...

Houston hoopla.(Parties)(Houston Ballet Company and Houston Grand Opera Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... THE STAGE Both the Houston Ballet and the Houston Grand Opera held their annual balls at the city's Wortham Theater Center. THE STARS At the ballet ball, which had a Cinderella theme, Shirley MacLaine helped honor her friends Lynn...

Auction block.(Parties)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... OPEN FOR BIDS In support of Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans's beloved historic home and museum, 412 of the city's travel lovers embarked on Sentimental Journeys, the theme for one of the Big Easy's most anticipated charity galas....

Urban harvest.(On The Town)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... If you're looking for nature's bounty this fall, don't head for the hills; head to town. Fresh herbs at the Union Square Greenmarket (NYC) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Plentiful produce at the East Vancouver Farmers Market ...

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.(San Francisco)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Why bother with produce that was picked days or weeks ago when you can buy fruits and vegetables picked that morning?" So questions Chez Panisse's owner, Alice Waters, a cheerful pioneer of organic cuisine, making her case for shopping at the...

Union Square Greenmarket.(New York)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Now that the term "farmers market" has become all but a menu-speak cliche, it's easy to forget that in the mid-'70s, when the UNION SQUARE GREENMARKET (left) was established, the only spring asparagus to be found in New York City came from...

Green City Market.(Chicago)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Who would believe that Chicago, of all cities, doesn't have a year-round market to showcase the bounty of the heartland? Indeed, despite an enlightened City Hall program that administers more than thirty neighborhood farmers' markets each...

Crescent City Farmers Market.(New Orleans)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... When the CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET opened for business in 1995, it stepped into the fray of a food-mad culture steeped in tradition, one that historically held okra stewed to submission with cured pork as a high expression of the land's...

East Vancouver Farmers Market.(Vancouver)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In east Vancouver even the fruits and vegetables have colorful personalities. Environmentally active, Bohemian and ethnically diverse, the community around Trout Lake provides the perfect background for one of North America's most unusual green...

Farmers' Market.(Santa Monica)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Though it is still reeling from a tragic auto accident that resulted in ten deaths this past July, the SANTA MONICA FARMERS' MARKET continues to have an enormous following. At the twenty-two-year-old Wednesday market, nearly a hunched...

Bear necessities.(In The Country)(teddy bears)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... When I was a kid--okay, even when I was a young teenager--I couldn't fall asleep without my favorite stuffed animal by my side. If I'd known then about the NORTH AMERICAN BEAR COMPANY'S menagerie, however, I might never have broken the habit....

Joy of spices.(In The Country)(Indian cookbooks)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In 1983, when Madhur Jaffrey's classic Indian cookbook was first published in this country, Americans were hardly strangers to Indian food. However, people were positively wild about it in the United Kingdom, where the book had been published a...

Autumn weaves.(In The Country)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In the days before radiant floor heating, people threw down area rugs to keep their feet toasty. This fall, relive those days and warm up any room with the latest crop of flat-weave cotton carpets in deep colors and bold patterns. From top:...

Katharine with an "A".(In The Country)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... If you are a Katharine Hepburn fan, then you must read A. Scott Berg's memoir, KATE REMEMBERED (Putnam; $25.95). Unlike his other books, on Max Perkins, Samuel Goldwyn and Charles Lindbergh (for which Berg won a Pulitzer), this is not a...

Down the garden path.(in the garden)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The point of a garden path is not just to provide a means to get from the flower bed to the compost heap. Paths, as any landscape designer will tell you, are also about aesthetics: drawing the eye--or flower-loving visitor--to the farthest...

It's apple time.(In The Country)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Thanks to horticultural advances, Red Delicious apples can be enjoyed 365 days a year. But they can't compare in flavor or crunch to an autumn apple just picked from the tree. We turned to Mark Sullivan, chef and co owner of the acclaimed...

All we want for October is ...(Fashion & Style News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... this attention-getting Russian-sable Chef handbag ($2,910) by FENDI, SO named because it's shaped like a toque. At Fendi boutiques, 800-FENDI-NY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ideal for both city and country, VALENTINO's fine leather boots...

Animal instinct.(Fashion & Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Take a walk on the wild side with exotic prints. Clockwise from top: CELINE giraffe-print Boogie bag ($1,550). PRADA zebra-print bag ($1,095). KATE SPADE zebra-print Hilda clutch ($315), CELINE giraffe-print Pilgrim pumps ($470). CHRISTIAN...

White hot.(Fashion & Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Stay cozy and chic with these wintry accessories. Clockwise from top: EKSO BY ATHANASIOS mink hat with fox trim ($650). DONNA KARAN NEW YORK alligator Flap bag ($8,000). BADGLEY MISCHKA sheared-mink purse with bead-and-crystal detail ($1,770)....

Well-heeled.(Fashion & Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Just when Matthew Mellon, the stylish scion of the great American banking family, was ready to give up on his quest for handsome, comfortable shoes, he managed to get the perfect pair. How did he do it? He designed them himself, of...

It's about time.(Fashion & Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... While Hermes may have become famous by making exquisite leather goods, home products and silk scarves and ties, it also has a long, though perhaps lesser-known, history as a maker of elegant watches. This year, the house celebrates the...

Music alfresco.(Fashion & Style)(outdoor music speakers)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... To allow for convenient open-air placement while withstanding the elements, outdoor audio speakers have often been designed at the expense of stellar sound quality and 360-degree sound coverage. You could set your system up by the pool, on the...

Bright lights.(Jewelry)(chandeliers)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Chandeliers are the earing of the moment, but for everyday wear, scale down with a miniature version in cool blues and diamonds. ANTHONY NAK rose-quartz and blue topaz briolettes ($3,125), at Hamilton Jewelers, 877-877-2027. JOHN APEL FOR...

Rosy glow.(Jewelry)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Once considered to be talismans of love, tourmalines come in a rainbow of colors. We prefer shades of deep red and pink. From top: IRENE NEUWIRTH earrings ($3,200), 310-399-5239. ELIZABETH LOCKE cabochon ring ($6,300), 212-744-7878. NANCEY...

Please touch: looking to attract new audiences and engage kids of all ages, museums are reinventing themselves in wonderfully creative ways.(Connoisseur's World)
October 1, 2003... Here's what kids find boring about art museums: being dragged from picture to picture while their parents labor over every one. Here's what kids think would be fun: actually playing with objects. Children's museums have long known this, and art...

Frank's Disney.(Connoisseur's World)(Frank Gehry designs Walt Disney Concert Hall)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... After fifteen years of planning and construction, WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, the new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has finally opened in downtown L.A. Frank Gehry's flamboyant design substantially boosted the building's cost, which came...

Art market: English furniture in New York.(Connoisseur's World)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... When MALLETT, the world's leading dealer in fine English furniture, moved $30 million worth of its inventory from New Bond Street in London to new premises on New York's Madison Avenue last April, it was the mountain coming to Muhammad....

Blass on the block.(Connoisseur's World)(auction of Bill Blass's antiques)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Fashion designer and gentleman extraordinaire BILL BLASS led a very public life. But Blass, who died in June 2002 at the age of seventy-nine, would happily escape from the spotlight to his apartment on New York City's Sutton Place and his...

A head of his time.(Sculpture Today)(Pablo Picasso's Head of a Woman)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Nowadays the best-known drawings by sculptors are unrelated to their three-dimensional projects (think of David Smith's nudes or George Segal's charcoal portraits), or they're schematics used to guide the fabrication shop hired to complete an...

Nasher notes.(Sculpture Today)(exhibition of real-estate developer Raymond D. Nasher's sculpture collection)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... This month one of the world's greatest private sculpture collections will come to light, in all senses of the phrase. Dallas real-estate developer Raymond D. Nasher's trove of masterpieces--by the likes of Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti and...

David Redux.(Sculpture Today)(art restoration)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In association with the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence, Atlanta's High Museum of Art has restored Andrea del Verrocchio's bronze DAVID, and on November 22 it will unveil the result. David is on view there until February 8, 2004,...

Serenity central: Arizona is America's new top spot for those who want to go from stressed-out to stressless.(Traveler's Notebook)
October 1, 2003... The Phoenix-Scottsdale area has long been a magnet for the winter-weary and sun-deprived, with golf the major draw. Now there's a new game in town: luxury spas. The past few years have seen a distinct shift in the desert landscape as classic...

St. Bart's: what's new.(Traveler's Notebook)
October 1, 2003... I have been an unabashed devotee of and a repeat visitor to St. Bart's for some twenty years. While its essence--blue sky, blue sea and nonchalant French sophistication--is constant, there is always something alluringly fresh about the place....

A Paris pied-a-terre.(Traveler's Notebook)
October 1, 2003... Recently Gil Maurer, a retired publishing executive, and his wife, Ann, did something we all dream of: they called Paris home for a month. Among the couple's many discoveries was a great rental apartment that served as their base. The Maurers...

Vuitton softens up.(Louis Vuitton's Epi Soft line of leather bags)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Maneuvering bulky luggage into overhead bins just got easier, thanks to the light and bendable bags of LOUIS VUITTON's new Epi Soft collection. Crafted from an improved version of the company's original Epi leather--which was created in 1985...

The wake-up call: with time passing and birthdays accumulating, a lovely lady decides to orchestrate her own makeover.
October 1, 2003... Cozily cocooned in my beloved old terry-cloth robe, I find it quite easy to curl up on the sofa and watch a movie, TV series or awards show and happily criticize the clothes, hair, makeup (and perhaps surgical adjustments?) of all and sundry....

Stain removers.(creams, treatments for skin discoloration )
October 1, 2003... When I first heard about skin "whiteners," "brighteners" and "lighteners," 1 must confess I ignored them. Bleaching the skin seemed dangerous (what if you made a mistake?). It turns out I'd jumped to unwarranted conclusions. Whiteners...

Cashmere cures.(Cashmere Beauty line of toiletries )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Used in a lightweight sweater, cashmere makes even the coldest weather bearable, if not entirely enjoyable. Now cashmere works its magic in cosmetics, too. Londoner Shahriar Nazemi, once a creative director at Chanel, was seeking to soothe his...

Scar salve.(skin cream Creme de la Mer Concentrate)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Creme de la Mer, a luxury skin cream, has a new sibling: the CONCENTRATE ($290/1.7 oz), a rich serum with a higher percentage of the original's key ingredient, Miracle Broth. More broth--made of kelp, vitamins and minerals bio-fermented for...

Containing the chaos.(cosmetics and toiletries bags )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Vanity tables and bathroom counters often end up with beauty products sprawled everywhere, without rhyme or reason. These pretty cosmetics cases will help you tackle the mess and keep your necessities ready to go. Clockwise from top: Cleansers,...

Blossoms from Bel-Air.(fragrances Orange Blossom, Wild Fig and Cassis )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... During a visit to L.A.'s Hotel BeI-Air, English perfumer and facialist Jo Malone was so taken by the scent of the orange blossoms in the private garden just outside her suite that she resolved to share it with her loyal following. Enter ORANGE...

Shine free.(Beauty Mark)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Powder is the traditional weapon against oily skin. The problem: caking caused by repeated applications can make you look older. Luckily, the newest blotting papers soak up excess oil without depositing powder on your face. We've taken a shine...

The awful truth: it's one of life's darkest moments--diagnosis: breast cancer. Four survivors share the best and worst of their experiences.(Health)
October 1, 2003... "'You have breast cancer." Nothing can lessen the shock of hearing that sentence, but to help you or a loved one through those first dreadful days, here are wise words from survivors Geralyn Lucas, the director of original programming at...

Lighten up.(Design)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... It's perfectly clear: glass table lamps are the silent partners of the lighting world, weightlessly illuminating a room without creating visual clutter or blocking views. From left: RALPH LAUREH HOME's ribbed-glass cylinder 1,050), 888-475-7674...

At first site.(Design News)(web site launched by Ralph Lauren Home Collections )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Ralph Lauren Home's fall 2003 collection is one of its strongest in years; now it's accessible twenty-four hours a day at RLHOME.POLO.COM. The recently launched Web site allows visitors to shop the company's entire range of products, from...

True blue.(Design News)(textile designs)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Textile superstar DONGHIA has the blues, but they won't get you down. Inspired by kasuri, an early Japanese method of indigo dyeing, the company has just introduced cotton fabrics that synthesize traditional Asian motifs and modern weaving...

Homeward bound.(Design News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... An A-list of American talent is now writing for the house-proud. Mariette Himes Gomez's ROOMS (Regan Books; $39.95) and Stephen Sills and James Huniford's DWELLINGS (Bulfinch; $30) showcase a bevy of well-dressed homes as they convey these...

Block party.(Design News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Downtown Manhattan's meatpacking district is fast becoming a home-decor shopping mecca. The newest kids on the block actually carry the oldest merchandise: LARS BOLANDER N.Y. (72 Gansevoort Street) and LUCCA & CO. (67 Gansevoort Street)...

Where there's a will: every woman should have an estate plan--one that avoids these costly mistakes.(Wealth)
October 1, 2003... There's no easy way to say this, but the odds are that you'll be widowed. Women not only tend to marry men older than they are, but they have a longer average life expectancy. Seven out often baby-boomer wives will outlive their husbands,...

Big Ben: noble thoughts from Mr. Franklin, the 18th-century man of the moment.(Social Graces)
October 1, 2003... For nearly three centuries, Benjamin Franklin's maxims, among them, "Early to bed, early to rise..." and "A stitch in time saves nine," have embedded themselves in the American psyche. Yet Franklin mused about far broader topics than sleeping...

Miami spice: in a metropolis known for its unabashed love of what's new, one couple is serving up the freshest thing in town--with a house, a hotel and a restaurant modeled on their own warmhearted image.
October 1, 2003... The first thing you notice about the waterside Miami home of Leticia and Miky Grendene is not the house at all, in fact but the two enormous oak trees that wrap it in a complete embrace. For a couple who are in the public eye as the glamorous...

Pure Gotham: Caroline Hirsch's sky-bound New York City duplex overlooks, well, everything.
October 1, 2003... Though Caroline Hirsch is the reigning queen of American comedy clubs, the undisputed doyenne of laugh-out-loud delight, the physical realm over which she rules--more often than not dressed in head-to-toe Prada, head-to-toe Dior or head-to-toe...

A haven in Paris: Terry and Jean de Gunzburg make an inspired space for art and life (seven children, to be exact) on the Right Bank.
October 1, 2003... "I love the provincial air of this neighborhood," says Terry de Gunzburg with infectious enthusiasm as she describes her corner of Paris--specifically, the sixteenth arrondissement's southern part, still known as Auteuil. "One goes everywhere...

Liya's world: top model Liya Kebede and family take stylish shelter in an apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
October 1, 2003... Gorgeous supermodels live in SoHo lofts and dance all night at Bungalow 8, right? As if to disprove some of the preconceptions about models, Liya Kebede lives in Carnegie Hill, a stately, old-fashioned neighborhood on New York's Upper East...

Bay dreams: a San Francisco native returns to his childhood neighborhood--in grown-up style.
October 1, 2003... For every period of one's life, there is the perfect house. But as a bachelor in my early thirties looking to return to San Francisco after a stint in Seattle, I was hard-pressed to find mine. My hometown has great neighborhoods but...

The cocktail party: cosmopolitans and appletinis may have replaced grasshoppers and pink ladies as the drinks de la nuit, but the cocktail party as an institution splashes on. T&C's latest book, Elegant Entertaining, tells you how to plan a perfectly urbane evening as host or guest.(Excerpt)
October 1, 2003... If ever a personal philosophy radiated universal truth and made a world of common sense, it is the late Elsie de Wolfe's straightforward interpretation of good taste as Suitability! Suitability! Suitability! De Wolfe, America's first female...

Weddings.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Mr. and Mrs. James Michael Kordas (Brett Janine Hensel) Rancho Santa Fe, California [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mr. and Mrs. James Philip Bankoff (Diane Leslie Elson) Harbour Island, the Bahamas [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mr. and Mrs....

Horoscopes.
October 1, 2003... OCTOBER Libra September 24-October 23 Your birth month initiates a new life chapter, so be prepared to do some careful plotting and planning. With Saturn currently at the zenith of your solar chart, you're bound to be feeling a bit...

Let the journey begin.(Way to Go)
October 1, 2003... If I have learned anything about the readers of Town & Country in my ten years as editor in chief, it's that, against all odds, you never seem to lose your curiosity or your zest for living. I don't have to tell you that the past two years have...

Wish we were there: T&C's friends and fans tell us where they've been lately and what they loved about it.(Raves & Reviews)
October 1, 2003... JUDITH JAMISON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER There's a thirty-room hotel outside Dakar in Senegal called the Sobo Bade. It's built right on the bay and is covered in cowrie shells. You go down a steep flight of...

Serenely South Beach.(Total Experience)
October 1, 2003... Serenely South Beach The hottest restaurant in Miami Beach, Casa Tua, already felt more like a family's house than the frenetic nightspot you would expect, and now that its five guest rooms are complete, it's even homier. The eighty-five-scat...

Letter from Paris.(The T&C Traveler)
October 1, 2003... IN PARIS WHAT'S OLD IS NEW, SUPERCHEF Joel Robuchon has come out of retirement, the Eiffel Tower has gotten its twinkle back (it lights up for the first ten minutes of every hour) and even Johnny Hallyday, France's Elvis, has a fresh gig....

Wine in Rome.(Sanctuary)(benefits of wine association membership)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... You may not have considered joining a private club in Rome before, but now that the International Wine Academy of Roma has opened, with a membership fee of only $24 a year, you'd be crazy not to. Housed in a 19th-century palazzo next to the...

Rent-a-retreat.(Island Escape)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The latest challenger for the title of ultimate private-island retreat is Musha Cay. While most guests at Caribbean rival Necker Island reside in the main house, those at this 150-acre Bahamian hideaway usually stay in four beautiful...

Letter from London.(The T&C Traveler)
October 1, 2003... LONDON HAS GONE ARTY. ACTUALLY, London has gone slightly mad, but in a good way. Dear, dignified, old-fashioned London has embraced live naked art installations, dinner at $330 a head and yoga. You're nowhere near the inside track unless you've...

Rock resort.(Far And Away)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... A visit to Ayers Rock, or Uluru, in Australia's Northern Territory has been vastly improved by a new luxury Outback camp. At Longitude 131[degrees], not only can you feel far removed from the tour buses, but you can gaze at the awesome monolith...

Scotland's new star.(Inn Style)(Glenapp Castle)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Looking for the next great country-house hotel? Head to the southwestern coast of Scotland and Glenapp Castle. Though open only since 2000, Glenapp possesses the august setting, the sense of history and the culinary excellence of a place many...

Letter from New York.(The T&C Traveler)
October 1, 2003... OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN MANhattan, Midtown is not one I would have expected to be high on glamour girls' lists this fall. But thanks to architect David Childs's AOL Time Warner Center, a 2.8-million-square-foot glass complex that should be...

Villa life in St.-Tropez.(In Seclusion)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Amid a pine grove thrumming with cicadas in the hilltop village of Ramatuelle, above St.-Tropez, the new Villa Marie is a sprawling, thirty-nine-bedroom bastide that not only boasts a view of vineyards and the Bay of Pampelonne but is likely to...

Ritz hits the slopes.(Active Life)(Ritz Carlton Hotel and Ski Resort)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Beaver Creek, Vail's sister ski resort, is known for its long trails, a celeb-meets-CEO clientele and a Euro-inflected base village. Into this well-groomed Colorado valley has come a Ritz-Carlton with an adjoining residential club and its own...

Letter from Buenos Aires.(The T&C Traveler)
October 1, 2003... WHEN I ASKED A STYLISH PORTENA (Buenos Aires resident) to explain the city's recent vibrancy, she said, "Before the peso's devaluation in December 2001, we always looked outside the country, but the crisis forced us to look inside." The...

Think red.(Favorite Finds)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The color that goes everywhere. Clockwise from left: Jacket ($1,200) by Rome-based SOLEDAD TWOMBLY, 011-39-06-6992-4512. CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN pumps ($495), 212-396-1884. Antique Chinese pillow box ($475) and armoire ($2,900), at BEYUL,...

Let's go to Rio.(Favorite Finds)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Every day is Carnaval with these Brazilian beauties. Clockwise from bottom left: SERPUI MARIE straw bag ($198), at Pure Accessories, 646-742-0400, Mapa bikini ($90) and Panoramica Rio one-piece ($290), at SALINAS, 858-456-0694. COSTANCA BASTO...

Chalet chic.(Favorite Finds)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Dream of the Alps. Clockwise from bottom left: Coconut-shell chalice ($280) and leather ottoman ($1,280) from Argentina, call EDWINA HUNT, 212-308-1914. Tiger Goes to Bavaria dog carrier ($850) and sweater ($195), from TRAVELS WITH TIGER BY...

Personal picks: our feature writers share their discoveries from the destinations they visited for this issue.(Favorite Finds)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Vietnam "Some Vietnamese lacquerware is folkloric, but much of the best is modern in color and design," says R. W. APPLE, JR., who, with his wife, Betsey, purchased a number of lacquered dishes in Hanoi. Below: Square bowl ($70), oval tray...