Beyond the Souks: Bringing Tangier’s Magic Home

Beyond the Souks: Bringing Tangier's Magic Home

Tangier’s allure has its own fascinating history — a mix of Moroccan heritage and European influence that has long attracted design icons like Yves Saint Laurent (note: his former home, Villa Mabrouka, is now a 12-story hotel). Located at the western end of the Strait of Gibraltar, the northwestern Moroccan city acts as a gateway … Read more

Wow Factor: Window boxes add color, beauty to Harrisburg – TheBurg

Wow Factor: Window boxes add color, beauty to Harrisburg - TheBurg

Dave Miller Across the country, window boxes filled with fillers, refreshers and spills are raising the bar for prevention—and maybe even inspiring a little envy from neighbors when passers-by stop and take notice. “‘Wow’ was a phrase we heard a lot,” said founder Sue Schneider, explaining how the WOW Windowboxes business made its name. Schneider … Read more

Will early American photography become more focused?

Will early American photography become more focused?

From the April 2026 issue of Apollo. Photography came to the United States at the same time as railroads and the telegraph. On September 30, 1839, New York Morning Herald reported, ‘We saw, the other day, at Chilton’s Broadway, a very remarkable example of the new method, recently invented by Louis Daguerre of Paris, of … Read more

Rome’s first photography museum wants to be a European heavyweight

Rome's first photography museum wants to be a European heavyweight

From the April 2026 issue of Apollo. Ancient altars make excellent exhibition spaces. These modern industrial spaces, with high ceilings and a large size designed to send hundreds of animals a day, are the perfect size for installation and many works of art. Across Europe, disused slaughterhouses have been converted for cultural use, from Les … Read more

Working mothers share clients in beauty suite Babe Cave

Babe Cave owners Lauren Testaiuti, left, of Lynbrook, Kristina Salvaggio-Montana,.

LOng Island moms Kristina Salvaggio-Montana and Lauren Testaiuti met at an East Rockaway cafe to chat about people working in the beauty industry. The coffee flowed. Dreams too. Salvaggio-Montana, an eyebrow specialist, and Testaiuti, a lash specialist, knew each other at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore. They worked in different salon suites and … Read more