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Category Archives: BOOK REVIEW
New Book Gives Rattan Furniture its Glorious Due
I love vintage rattan furniture so much that I once toyed with the idea of opening a store in lower Manhattan, back when stores were a good idea, and calling it Bamboozled. That would have been a misnomer, since bamboo … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: 111 Places in Brooklyn That You Must Not Miss
When I saw that Brooklyn had been newly added to the list of international travel destinations covered by the German publisher Emons in its 111 Places series (joining the Twin Cities; Verona, Italy; Malta; Liverpool and other less-expected spots), I … Continue reading
Posted in BOOK REVIEW, BROOKLYN
Tagged 111 Places in Brooklyn That You Must Not Miss, Emons Verlag
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BOOK REVIEW: Chanticleer’s The Art of Gardening
I FEEL DISLOYAL saying this, but I have a favorite public garden, and it’s not the Brooklyn Botanic Garden — as much as the BBG is a local treasure and a restorative for my spirit in all seasons. It’s Chanticleer … Continue reading
Posted in BOOK REVIEW, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged Chanticleer, The Art of Gardening, Timber Press
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BOOK REVIEW: Truman Capote’s Brooklyn Memoir, with Long-Lost Photos by David Attie
“I live in Brooklyn. By choice.” So begins Truman Capote’s cheeky essay for the February 1959 issue of Holiday. The travel magazine had hired the writer pre-Breakfast at Tiffany’s, when he was practically an unknown, to craft a piece about his … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir, David Attie, The Little Book Room, Truman Capote
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BOOK REVIEW: Design: The Definitive Visual History
AS ONE WHOSE SHELVES are already groaning with auction catalogues and design reference books (even wrote a couple of ’em myself), I couldn’t imagine how the new, nearly-500 page tome, Design: The Definitive Visual History, would tell me anything I … Continue reading
