Blog :: 08-2018

Favorite Summer Hacks for the Ultimate Labor Day Party

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It’s Labor Day weekend, and all we can think is, How did we get here? The season flew by, as it always does, but it isn’t over yet. This long weekend is about making summer count, so we’ve rounded up our favorite tips, tricks and techniques to help you be that summer hero—while you still can.

Warm Up Your Kitchen With Katharine Hepburn's Brownie Recipe

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Fortunately for us, the famously private actress, Katharine Hepburn, was unable to keep this easy a delicious brownie recipe a secret. This brownie recipe was originally shared in the New York Times, by one-time neighbors of Katharine Hepburn. The brownies don’t have a lot of height, but are supremely moist and chewy, fudge-like, and loaded with walnuts.

Inside Architecture's New Classicism Boom

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A standing-room-only crowd gathered in the Great Hall of the venerable Metropolitan Club in New York City last December as the Stanford White Awards, created by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, were conveyed. (Fittingly, White designed the clubhouse in 1894). In the tristate region, honorees included the architectural duo of Cynthia Filkoff and Armand Di Biase, cited for their design of a temple-like columned pool house with fireplace on a 120-acre estate in Millbrook, New York.

Love Where You Live (Even If It's On Mars)

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For all those who have long harbored dreams of getting off this rock and starting anew on Mars, NASA just gave us an idea of what human habitation is going to look like out there. As part of its Centennial Challenges, NASA tasked teams with designing structures that can house astronauts and equipment on the Martian surface while surviving local terrain, weather, and atmosphere.

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