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Making sense of a courtship set amid 19th-century log cabins and pioneers — in 2008.
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By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
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Jeans from MakeYourOwnJeans.com came from India and cost $77.
You can customize jeans, shoes, even underwear on the Web, but be prepared for a few hurdles.
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A Guide to D.I.Y. Jeans
Taking perfect measurements is tricky, but essential, when ordering custom-made items online.
Mad Hats
Rain did not stop the nearly 1,300 guests from showing off their spring finery at the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy, held on Wednesday.
Children of Hoarders on Leaving the Cluttered Nest
By STEVEN KURUTZ
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Holly Sabiston said that her home in Austin, Tex., fluctuates between neat and “über neat.”
As they set up households of their own, the grown children of hoarders find that they have a complex relationship with stuff.
The Pragmatist
Learning to Tile and Taking It Slow
By BOB TEDESCHI
The first piece of advice offered by tiling experts? Start small.
Domestic Lives
After a Stroke, Relearning Home
By DIANE ACKERMAN
A writer’s husband yearns for life beyond the hospital, and upon returning home finds solace in the familiar.
Shopping With John Mascheroni
Acrylic Pieces
By RIMA SUQI
John Mascheroni, master of plastic furniture, revisits the world of acrylic, scouring the market for interesting pieces.
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Shopping for Acrylic Pieces With John Mascheroni
The designer, who became well known for a popular collection of modernist pieces he produced in the late 1960s, shopped for acrylic objects for the home.
A Mini-Castle That Dates to 1400, Filled With Contemporary Décor
As Florian Staudinger imagines it, the mini-castle will someday be an art and design destination, many of its outbuildings turned into studios and galleries.
As Buds Open, So Do Doors: Home and Garden Tours, 2011
By SHELLY FREIERMAN
Throughout the Northeast and beyond, there are mansions, studio apartments, bungalows and row houses to suit every taste.
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The bartender Randy Falcon co-created the cocktails.
In a booze marketplace lousy with gimmicks, Provocateur, a nightclub, has contrived a fresh one: a menu of cocktails that purport to improve your skin.
Eat
Pasta Primavera: The Remix
By MARK BITTMAN
Give an old staple new life — by focusing on simple vegetables that are springtime fresh.
A Fruit With a Future
By JEFF GORDINIER
Suddenly dragon fruit, the cactus-bred curio, is appearing in too many places to count.
The National Bar and Dining Rooms
Photos of the chef Geoffrey Zakarian’s latest, reviewed by Sam Sifton this week.
Cocoron
Photos of the new soba bar on the Lower East Side, the subject of this week’s $25 and Under review.
The Spotlight Finds a Basque Shepherds’ Canteen
By JEFF GORDINIER
The owners of Noriega’s, a restaurant in a boardinghouse in Bakersfield, Calif., visited New York for the first time to accept an award from the James Beard Foundation.
Video: Noriega's Restaurant
Barbara Fernandez for The New York Times
Amanda Pekoe and Christopher Lueck, a professional clown, watch while others juggle.
They were married exactly 11 years after their first date, and the bride serenaded the bridegroom at the reception with Stephen Sondheim’s “Sooner or Later.”
Barbara Hirschman and Krisda Chaiyachati
The couple were married Saturday at the First United Presbyterian Church in Winterset, Iowa.
Elana Osterland and Jared Kaplan
The bride is an assistant manager of international public relations at Coach in New York and the bridegroom is a vice president at Accretive, a private investment firm.
City Room
They Still Want to Make It ‘Legal’ After 60 Years
By COREY KILGANNON
A gay couple who first met in 1948 says being able to legally marry in New York would be a special moment.
7 Tips for Great Wedding Pictures
By ROY FURCHGOTT
Wedding photographer Denis Reggie shot the Kennedy-Bessette wedding, as well as the nuptials of Chelsea Clinton, Vera Wang, Emilio Estevez, and many others. Here's his advice for capturing the big day.
The Marrying Kind
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
A gay couple traveled from their Manhattan home to exchange wedding vows in every state and jurisdiction that allows same-sex marriage — and one that does not.
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Vows: Jill & Guy
Jill Kaufman, a New Yorker, and Guy Tallent of Tennessee were going through divorces when they first met. They have since integrated two families — three kids under eight — into a new one.
The summer issue of Design & Living is all about visions of home.
EDIBLE SELBY
Edible Selby | James Freeman of Blue Bottle
By TODD SELBY and MAURA EGAN
Blue Bottle coffee is the leader of the artisanal Japanese-style, slow-drip brewing movement.
T Magazine
Mouthwatering Gems
By SANDRA BALLENTINE
The youngest members of the venerable German jewelry house Hemmerle have created a cookbook and a new collection of baubles inspired by food.
T Magazine
Asked & Answered | Philippe Starck
By FELIX BURRICHTER
The design superstar sits down to talk about the ultramodern LED-powered lamps he designed for Flos, the high-end Italian lighting manufacturer.
T Magazine
Ristretto | Santa Cruz Comes to Queens
By OLIVER STRAND
Verve Coffee Roasters, a tiny roaster in a beach town, comes to Queens.
T Magazine
Bookshelf
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
The reading list from our design and living issue includes books about Frederick Law Olmsted, Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell and a real-life love triangle in Victorian England.
T Magazine
The Chef With the Dragon Fruit
By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES
What do dragon fruit, Richard Blais and vodka have in common? A "Top Chef"-inspired event which took place last night.
T Magazine
Bud Wise
By CHRISTOPHER PETKANAS
Even deli flowers can be turned into a drop-dead arrangement.
The Moment
T Magazine
Closet Cases | Inside the Coveteur
By CHELSEA ZALOPANY
An exclusive look behind their closet doors of Erin Kleinberg and Stephanie Mark.
The Nannies’ Norma Rae
By BARBARA EHRENREICH
Ai-jen Poo, a soft-spoken former women’s studies major, fights for domestic workers’ rights.
T Magazine
Video Exclusive | Werner Herzog Interview
By JOY DIETRICH
In our exclusive interview, Herzog goes in depth about his film, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."
T Magazine
Style Map | Turin, Italy
By MARCO VELARDI
A high-speed railway link from Milan to Turin makes it possible to pop over for a leisurely lunch, stroll Turin's elegant city center and take in some art before curtain time at La Scala.
Magic Lanterns
By PILAR VILADAS
The young Italian designer Marco Dessi combines the industrial and the glamorous in his Basket chandelier.
T Magazine
In Store | Unknown Union
By SANDRA BALLENTINE
With a killer kaleidoscopic interior and labels that range from hipster to heritage, Cape Town's newest men's store - curated by Sean Shuter, one of its owners - is also its coolest.
Man Cave With a View
By LYNN YAEGER
When Alexandre de Betak designed his dream house in Spain, he left no stone unturned.
Inside Job
By PILAR VILADAS
How two design pros took their good apartment and made it great in nine smart ways.
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