Archive for February, 2009

Alice Tully Hall Renovation Is A Shining Success

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

The newly renovated Alice Tully Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center glows. Literally.

The revamped Starr Theater (photo: Iwan Baan)

As part of the $159 million makeover, the architectural firm of Diller Scofidio + Renfro have embedded quiet LEDs beneath the slick, thin skin of reddish-brown Moabi wood which envelopes the cozy interior, now dubbed the Starr [...]

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Madrid Sports Sleek Designs at Airport, Hotels, Museum Wings

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

June 13 (Bloomberg) — An airport is the last place to quell your travel anxieties. Some are named after assassinated politicians, after all, and initiate a pricey series of humiliations and worries beginning with confiscated beauty creams and ending with lost luggage.
So I was delighted upon entering Madrid’s Barajas Airport after a night of transatlantic [...]

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Sizzling moqueca

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

A delicious fish stew from Salvador, Bahia in Brazil, made of fish, coconut milk, and spices. Great with ice-cold Antartica beer.

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