Do not adjust your screen. This cardiac-jolting design comes courtesy of Melbourne, Australia, cafe-by-day, tapas-bar-by-night restaurant Heartattack and Vine. This one put all of my decor writer skills to the test in coming up with synonyms for awesome, and is featured in full on the equally cool Ace of Space blog. If you joined us…
Go back to school with the Hudson River Exchange’s signature series of marketing classes and business and creativity-recharging workshops, especially for small- and creative-business owners, artists, and artisans. This year, I’m gearing up to teach three info-packed classes on October 10 and 19: Take Your Business to the Next Level with a Vision & Mission…
Ask Melissa Auf der Maur about her inspiration for founding Basilica Hudson, an eclectic multidisciplinary arts and events center in Hudson, New York, and she deadpans, “The building made us do it.” The structure in question: a 7,000-square-foot circa-1880 forge and foundry bordered by the Hudson riverfront and views of the Catskills. In 2010, Auf…
In my former life as the managing editor of digital and social media for a home decor brand, I was fortunate to travel to locations with incredible architecture, art, and design, and talk with dozens of talented interior decorators, architects, and textile and product manufacturers. Since you can take the gal out of design…
The baking aisle of the grocery store has changed little since the post–World War II mass introduction of prepackaged cake mixes (the first handful of quick mixes actually appeared nearly 15 years earlier). Sarah Jones surveyed their dusty shelves and realized there had to be a better way. A hobby baker since childhood, Jones had…
Long before 13 Reasons Why, there was teen suicide. And decades before To the Bone premiered last month, eating disorders were an entrenched, if little discussed, part of Western culture. So why are these movies and shows now being blamed for copycat behavior? To the Bone and 13 Reasons Why aren’t…
I received discounted printing services from Fracture in exchange for writing this post. In my post on the need for silence, I mentioned that my partner, who just got a new job in Eastern Massachusetts, and I are considering a move, and the complex issues it’s raised. (More on that to come in…
For decades, Lenox has been known as the home of world-class concerts, theater, and historic houses. If Cassandra Sohn has anything to say about it, it will soon be known as the hub of visual arts in the Berkshires. Sohn, a photographer and the owner of Sohn Fine Art in heart of Lenox, as well…
Kathryn and Mike Pisco always wanted to take epic trips abroad before they started a family. They’d talked about it dozens of times, planned, talked some more, and had even been saving money. But between their busy corporate jobs and never seeming to find the perfect time, their goal felt like it was moving…
When most people want a challenge, they change their workout routine, take up a hobby, or ask for a work promotion. When Tom Nardacci wants a challenge, he gives a $1.5-million makeover to a derelict historical building and starts a brand-new company: the Troy Innovation Garage, a combination coworking space and business incubator in…