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Posted Nov. 21, 2007,
Brian Lichtenberg's pop-up shop
By Kim Hastreiter
We were wondering where our friend Brian Lichtenberg was when we were in L.A. last week -- it turns out, the L.A.-based designer has been busier than ever with a new fabulous pop-up shop of his own! He opened the shop just a few weeks ago with a downtown storefront in L.A.'s Chinatown. Here's the scoop!
What: Brian Lichtenberg pop-up store!
Where: 741 New High Street, Los Angeles
WHEN: Nov 3-Dec 14, 2007
Posted May. 21, 2007,
Shop of the Week: Project No. 8
By PAPERMAG Editors
Project No. 8 is literally just that. In 2005, Elizabeth Beer and Brian Janusiak formed Various Projects, a multidisciplinary-design collaboration that has organized and curated seven other design projects. The store, located on a hushed Chinatown block, is their first full-fledged retail fashion experience. With floor-to-ceiling storefront windows, heated concrete flooring and a mutable interior, Project No. 8 could easily be mistaken for an art gallery or even a stage. But as you look closer, the space comes alive with people, clothes, accessories, books and miscellaneous objects. In addition to their own clothing line, Project No. 13, you can pick up À Détacher's natural-fiber angular frocks and Boudicca's sturdy tailored pieces. Or you can decorate yourself with New York–artist Chris Bundy's striking springbok-or impala-horn bracelets and Bless's ink stamps that read "diamondring" or "goldring" (cutest place to stamp -- your ring finger!). Snatch up a U.K. edition of Fergus Henderson's Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking (Bloomsbury; not available in the States). While you're at it, grab the one-of-a-kind blown-glass decanter and make it a night! 138 Division St., (212) 925-5599. Text and photo by Eugenia Park.
Posted Apr. 26, 2007,
Happy Birthday Nicole Miller!
By Kim Hastreiter
I went to a really fun dinner on Tuesday night in honor of the wonderful woman Nicole Miller's 25th year in the biz. I love Nicole and it was great to sit down with 200 "close friends" (I know it sounds absurd but it was kind of true that these people have all known/knew each other over the past 25 years in our crazy city) who felt the same way. It was at Chinatown (the old Time Cafe) and it turned out to be so fun, because I saw so many old friends there, including my dear friend Paige Powell who flew in from Portland for the evening.
My table was super cute. I sat next to my old friend Ross Bleckner, the painter, who I adore, and across from the old school chef Kerry Simon, who was a doll (he just opened a new restaurant in Times Square called Spotlight). Lots of other old schoolers were there at our table including the fun Tama Janowitz, who I hadn't seen in ages, the amazing jewelry designer Janis Savit (she is one of the greats), my new BFF Mary Boone (I kid you not -- I've never met her, but she was so nice to me I was suspicious), this cute young scruffy photog named Sam Bassett, and of course my fave person in the world Paige.
Lots more fun folks were there... Cindy Crawford, Allison Sarofim, Bobby Kennedy, Andre Balasz, Karen Duffy (my neighbor who I adore!), Tony Shafrazi, Sara Wynter, Jay McInerney, Zac Posen, the list goes on. The thing about this particular dinner was that it was not an "event." (I go to millions of "events" where people are there for no reason.) It just felt good and fun because everyone was there to have fun and celebrate this person that they all really love -- Nicole who is a super good friend to tons of people. Good vibes. Congrats to her!
(Photos: Mary Boone, Kerry Simon and Paige Powell; Nicole Miller flanked by Andre Balasz and Tony Shafrazi; Me and Ross Bleckner)
Posted Apr. 18, 2007,
Restaurant of the Week: Paris Sandwich
By PAPERMAG Editors
Paris Sandwich is Chinatown's latest addition to the banh-mi constellation clustered around Mott Street. The clean, narrow takeout shop, open all day until around 8 p.m., aims to serve both die-hard devotees of the staple Vietnamese sandwich and curious passersby who might be beckoned by the Eiffel Tower imagery and vivid yellow interior. The Technicolor-picture menu features 12 different sandwiches for no more than $3.50 each. Impressive house-made baguettes are filled with grilled or barbecued meat or fish of your choice, pickled carrots, cilantro, peppers (on request) and spicy mayonnaise. The grilled chicken, barbecued pork and Vietnamese meatballs are runners-up to the winning "Paris Special Baguette." When I asked the counter girl what the Paris was like, she responded, "Very classy." It proved to be filled with Vietnamese cold cuts and French pâté. It's not for me to say if eating this sandwich improved my social status, but it's safe to say that it's more authentically Vietnamese than the American-style sandwiches rounding off the list (ham and cheese, turkey and cheese). An array of fluorescent-colored, cloyingly sweet rice-based desserts and straightforward Vietnamese rice and noodle dishes are serviceable. Stick to the sandwiches, which are no slouch and cheaper than a cappuccino. 113 Mott St., (212) 226-7221. Isaac Kardon
photo from www.roboppy.net