The Scout :: Features

Life of a Personal Chef

Maggie Shi — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:04:00 GMT

Photo: Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Melissa Ricketts

It sounds like an idyllic life—cooking inventive meals in private homes, working flexible hours, spending your days shopping at the greenmarket, and getting paid to do it all.

Six Thousand Miles From Home

Sarah Williams — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Photo: Staff

After a tumultuous flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas and six hours in a van with our new best friends, we arrive at our magnificent base camp—Explora’s Hotel Salto Chico in Chilean Patagonia. The glowing light from the windows is a welcoming site of hospitality here at the edge of the world.

A Delicious Improv

Maggie Shi — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:13:00 GMT

Photo: Staff

It was a long ride from Manhattan on the A train (running local, naturally) to BedStuy on a cold Saturday afternoon. Exiting at the Utica Avenue stop, in a completely foreign neighborhood, there was one task at hand – to find Stuyvesant Avenue and a certain brownstone.

Alex and Companies

Tom Ran & Sarah Williams — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:21:00 GMT

Photo: Jordan Provost

Alex Calderwood has a history of turning nothing into something. He looks at unloved and abandoned spaces with an optimistic eye, seeing potential to infuse them with new life, art, and music.

enormouschampion

Tom Ran — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:07:00 GMT

Photo: Staff

Communication between friends these days has been reduced to brisk emails, text messages, and IM's. In spite of these trends, enormouschampion understands the meaning and pleasure of sending a hand written note in a beautifully crafted card. Perhaps it's because what they create is truly a labor of love.

Whisky Run

Maggie Shi — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:04:00 GMT

Photo: Courtesy of Blue Owl

If you want a pint of beer, a shot of vodka or a glass of wine, there are hundreds of bars you could go to. But if you're looking for a decent glass of single-malt scotch--something more refined than Jack Daniel's--you need to search a little harder.

The Vendley Brothers

Tom Ran — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:02:00 GMT

Photo: Taka Anai

For the past several years the Vendley brothers have been setting up their Mexican food cart on the corner of Prince and Wooster Street in SoHo. Their specialty mix of fresh Californian / Mexican food prompted many taco and burrito deprived New Yorkers to make daily treks to the Calexico cart.

Capturing Time in Glass

Sarah Williams — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:40:00 GMT

Photo: Staff

Philip Johnson once said that "architecture exists in time." By this he meant that a great piece of architecture should unfold before you in procession, and reveal itself in surprising ways. Architecture can also be a snapshot in time; the permanence of a building captures the aesthetics, materials, and consciousness of when it was created.

El Encanto de un Pueblo (The Magic of People)

Erik Marinovich — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Photo: Dana Johnston

Brooklyn welcomed Dana and me on November 7th, 2004 to a sublet apartment with a sheet-less bed and the haunting noise of radiator piping. We arrived with 2 suitcases and 4 boxes that showcased a new compact lifestyle. With no jobs or friends we set upon an unexpected 4 year love affair with Brooklyn. During that time we moved through jobs, met best friends and collected a lot of “things.”

Meet the Neuharts

Sarah Williams — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:08:00 GMT

Photo: Todd Webb courtesy of máXimo

We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop in New York City. Anyone obsessed with mid-century modern design might wish that they could step back into the 1960’s to visit a store like this—a world of pure color, Girard’s Herman Miller textiles, and folk art from around the world.

Hidden and Hipster-Free

Maggie Shi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:08:00 GMT

Photo: Staff

PDT, La Esquina, Milk & Honey…secret bars and restaurants are scattered all over the city. But let’s face it; these unmarked or "underground" places aren't so secret anymore. In fact, anyplace that doesn’t have a name, a sign, or a phone number instantly becomes the next hot spot.