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Style & Advice

Where to see and be seen (and eat) in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other hot spots. read more

April 2012

By Jason Chen

keywords:: style and advice,; food and drinks

Last summer's extension of the High Line park brought a new crowd to this warehouse-studded pocket of the west side where galleries have replaced auto shops and passé nightclubs. Nowhere is the transformation more evident than an empty lot on 30th Street and Tenth Avenue, which hosts gourmet food trucks and synthetic-ice skating rinks in the summer. read more

February 2012

By Heidi Mitchell

keywords:: culture trends,; critical eye,; neighborhoods,; new york city

Culture & Trends

This once-gritty neighborhood west of the Kennedy Expressway is now a hot destination for foodies and social-media types in Chuck Taylors. read more

February 2012

By Heidi Mitchell

keywords:: culture trends,; critical eye,; neighborhoods,; chicago

Culture & Trends

Just north of hipster central Silver Lake, there's a rising crop of slow-food restaurants, high-end bakeries, and organic grocers in one of the few L.A. neighborhoods where you can actually walk to a farmer's market. read more

February 2012

By Heidi Mitchell

keywords:: culture trends,; critical eye,; neighborhoods,; los angeles

Culture & Trends

Where is the Next Generation of chic urban enclaves? Transformed by the garage-to-gallery phenomenon, these areas are about to blow up. Go now, before the word gets out. read more

February 2012

By Heidi Mitchell

keywords:: culture trends,; critical eye

It's official: The male gaze has turned upon itself, and American men are focused on their physiques as never before. From Marky Mark's abs and the transformation of Marc Jacobs to the rise of Abercrombie & Fitch and the fall of Anthony Weiner, here are the 41 moments that changed the way we look in the mirror. read more

November 2011

By Jesse Ashlock, Alex Bhattacharji, Jason Chen, Josh Dean, Simon Dumenco, Tyler Graham, Mike Guy, Howie Kahn, Laurence Lowe, Tim Murphy, David Walters, and Jack Wright

keywords:: culture and trends,; critical eye,; body,; america,; dieting

Culture & Trends

On August 28, the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, TV pundit Glenn Beck and Tea Party poster woman Sarah Palin rallied approximately 87,000 supporters in front of the Lincoln Memorial in an effort to "restart the heart of America." In response, Comedy Central funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert assembled an estimated 215,000 people for their own event, "The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," on the National Mall last Saturday, a "date of no significance whatsoever." Politics aside, Details wondered how the two camps' fashion differed. Here's what we found. read more

November 01, 2010