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Andie’s A List: Nespresso

Over 20 years ago, Nespresso patented their exclusive technology for mastering the art of espresso making. Seattle Coffee Gear describes the perfect espresso as “the fruit of a complex alchemy between coffee of exceptional quality, freshness, and water at high pressure to bring out its body and intensity and to reveal all the subtleties of its aromas.” With that in mind, Nespresso’s exquisite taste raises the bar by using the rarest coffee beans and an array of key aromatic...

Jimmy Choo Around the World

    From New York to Shanghai, stylemakers are uniting to show off their Choo style. The new CHOO 24:7 website features an interactive photo gallery of street style images uploaded by visitors from across time zones, day to evening, 24:7. Another facet of the site will include street style stars, like Caroline Issa from London and Jessica Joffee from New York, which are photographed by street style photographer Eddie Newton. More ambassadors will be named over the next...

Community

GoodWeave’s Afghanistan Child-Free Labor Initiative

Ariana factory in Afghanistan by Scott Welker.   Saxon Henry, author and fellow blogger, recently shed light on GoodWeave’s Afghanistan initiative in her blog post “Weaving a Better Future: One Carpet at a Time.”  She says, “Because a third of all elementary school-aged children in Afghanistan work—many of which have been sold into child labor according to UNICEF—GoodWeave intends...

Design

ROHL Modern Collection

  ROHL exhibits at the 2012 International Contemporary Furniture Fair on May 19-22 in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC. Their Total Home collection showcase’s modern, European crafted introductions such as the RHOL EcoModern Showerheads, the ROHL Wave Side Rail Set and the Modern Flat Panel Body Spray.  

Events

Give the Gift of Design this Mother’s Day

  As mothers, we know motherhood is certainly hard, but so much more rewarding. A mother’s unconditional love is bittersweet as she raises her children, preparing them all along to leave the nest she so lovingly created. It is that time of year to honor the mothers in our lives, whether it be our own mothers, the mother of our children or a mother we admire. Flowers are lovely, chocolates are...

Health

Andie’s Window on Design: Chef Daniels of Aragosta

Today’s Window on Design features Chef David Daniels of Boston’s Aragosta Bar + Bistro on Battery Wharf. Chef Daniels, Aragosta cuisine is best described as "ItalianMediterranean meets New England, with a menu that features everything from small bites to hearty entrees, and includes hand-made pastas, prime meats and New England seafood. The menu changes seasonally to make the most of ingredients...