FEATURES

The Mast Brothers

By Tom Ran
Michael Mast and Rick Mast of Mast Brothers Chocolate

Photo: Mindy Best

The Mast Brothers Chocolate factory occupies only three rooms in a nondescript building in Williamsburg. The first doubles as a storefront that opens on the weekend to customers with much…

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Roman & Williams Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch in their studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

The partners behind Roman & Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch are anti minimalists. It’s apparent in the spaces they create.

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Billykirk Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.

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Brooklyn Bridge looking towards DUMBO

Photo: Staff

About The Scout

Tours

Photo: Staff

The Bacon Tour

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,… read more »

Features

Blue Owl's bar

Photo: Courtesy of Blue Owl

Whisky Run

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… read more »

Blog

Photo: Open House New York

Open House New York 2009

There’s a moment in every New Yorker when he or she looks up from the sidewalk into a loft and wonder what it would be like to live in such… read more »

Photo: Trek Bikes

Art Strong

Lance Armstrong is many things; 7 time Tour de France champion, cancer survivor, avid twitterer, and, at the moment, second place in the Tour de France. One thing… read more »

"Wildman" Steve Brill sampling some shepher's-purse

Photo: Maggie Shi

Urban Foraging

Having a picnic in Central Park takes on a very different meaning if you’re hanging out with “Wildman” Steve Brill, the infamous naturalist who’s been leading foraging… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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