The Aesthete

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    • Double Trouble See what the stars have in store for the week
    • This Girl Is On Fire Adeline Michele heads up Escort, the 17-piece disco band ready for its close up
    • A Man and His Gallery Gallerist James Fuentes keeps the art coming in his new space on Delancey
    • Up On the Roof Rooftop Films brings music, food and films
    • Fleur Denise Denise Porcaro of Flower Girl is a haven for flowers on Eldridge Street
    • Boardwalk Empire Atlantic City bets on new art initiative ARTLANTIC
    • Jumping for Soy Dale Talde tells us all about his one-of-a-kind soy sauce
    • Into the Wild A studio visit into the wild animal kingdom of Walton Ford
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    • Personal Traina Personal Traina How Vanessa Traina earned her fashion stripes
    • Gray Matter Gray Matter Artist Kevin Francis Gray talks to The Aesthete about his solo show
    • A Root to Remember A Root to Remember Chef Simpson Wong breathes new life into the all powerful ginseng
    • Midtown Mystery Midtown Mystery With the addition of 6 1/2 Avenue, the West 50s finally get a little weird
    • Modern Modern Experience Gotham through the eyes of this modern couple
    • Higher Ground Higher Ground The High Line's curator, Cecilia Alemani
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    • Poppy de Villeneuve Auteur, "Start Your Engines"
    • Giancarlo DiTrapano Writer, "Off the Grid"
    • Christopher Sachs Photographer, "Off the Grid"
    • Derek Blasberg Editor-at-Large, "A Musing"
    • Cintra Wilson Contributing Editor, "Cintra Unleashed"
    • George Wayne Writer, "Citizen Wayne"
    • Patrick Duffy Curator, "The Word"
    • Annabel Tollman Style Editor, "In:vestiary"
    • Douglas Friedman Photographer, "Stage Craft"
    • Backyard Bill Photographer, "In:Vestiary"
    • Double Trouble
      New York Life
      Double Trouble

      See what the stars have in store for the week

    • Fleur Denise
      New York Life
      Fleur Denise

      Denise Porcaro of Flower Girl is a haven for flowers on Eldridge Street

    • All About Your Mother
      New York Life
      All About Your Mother

      The Aesthete's guide to Mother's Day gifts

    • It's Guys Like You, Mickey!
      New York Life
      It's Guys Like You, Mickey!

      Four spring workouts with PAPER Magazine's Mickey Boardman

    • Dodai Control
      New York Life
      Dodai Control

      Checking in with Jezebel's "tabloid whisperer" Dodai Stewart

    • Her Brilliant Career
      New York Life
      Her Brilliant Career

      Renata Adler returns to the city that made her a literary legend

    • Salman Slays the Cinematic Giant
      New York Life
      Salman Slays the Cinematic Giant

      Celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie opens up

    • Native Son
      New York Life
      Native Son

      Harper Simon releases his second album with a nod to his New York childhood

    • Vision Questlove
      New York Life
      Vision Questlove

      The Roots frontman teaches a course in the classics to a handful of lucky music geeks at New York University

    • The Master of Puppets
      New York Life
      The Master of Puppets

      A noted psychoanalyst puts the Freud-obsessed young artist Oliver Clegg on her couch

    • The Heir Apparent
      New York Life
      The Heir Apparent

      George Wayne ranks who might be next to succeed Anna Wintour's Vogue throne

    • Flower Power
      New York Life
      Flower Power

      Our editor-at-large Derek Blasberg talks it up with It girl Poppy Delevingne

    • Even Leading Men Get The Shaft
      New York Life
      Even Leading Men Get The Shaft

      Cintra Wilson tells us how America's male archetype has been castrated

    • The Dating Game
      New York Life
      The Dating Game

      The Aesthete plays matchmaker and sends two writers on a blind date.

    • Truth or Derian
      New York Life
      Truth or Derian

      Guest of a Guest EIC Rachelle Hruska meets with John Derian for decor tips

    • Chic on the Cheap
      New York Life
      Chic on the Cheap

      20 Under $20 Holiday Gift Guide

    • P.S. I Love You
      New York Life
      P.S. I Love You

      Molly Ringwald and Panio Gianopoulos pick his-and-hers books

    • Red, Hot and New
      New York Life
      Red, Hot and New

      Leigh Blake and others fight to end HIV/AIDS once and for all

    • Don't Kill Piggy With The Rock
      New York Life
      Don't Kill Piggy With The Rock

      Cintra Wilson explores trust, honesty and decency in a post-Sandy world.

    • Master Craft
      New York Life
      Master Craft

      George Wayne talks with Stanley Tucci

    • And The Band Plays On
      New York Life
      And The Band Plays On

      The Belcea Quartet bring their music to Hurricane Sandy evacuees

    • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
      New York Life
      I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

      We spend the day with multi-talent Andrew Levitas

    • Writing the Wave
      New York Life
      Writing the Wave

      Jezebel's Dodai Stewart

    • A Wild Civility
      New York Life
      A Wild Civility

      Filmmaker and tie designer Alexander Olch talks about his favorite small luxuries

    • Touch
      New York Life
      Touch

      See what NYC tastemakers say "touch" means to them

    • Higher Ground
      New York Life
      Higher Ground

      The High Line's curator, Cecilia Alemani

    • Off the Grid
      New York Life
      Off the Grid

      Casey Neistat takes us inside his tricked-out studio

    • I, Spy
      New York Life
      I, Spy

      Kurt Andersen talks about paying his dues, Nebraska and getting insanely lucky

    • The Throwback
      New York Life
      The Throwback

      A sit down with Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review

    • Boy From Brazil
      New York Life
      Boy From Brazil

      ABT's Marcelo Gomes tells us about his life in the city

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