Naomi Reiter

First LEED Gold Certified Winery on Best Coast

Skyscrapers, sports facilities, and now wineries--there is no end to the hipness of LEED certification. HALL's St. Helena Winery in Napa has gone green in a big way by being named a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification recipient for outstanding chutzpah in the environmental department. 

AccessoriesCircle.com: B2B Baubles Site Gets Social

                                         

Publisher Lorrie Frost let us know on LinkedIn that

Accessories Magazine has launched AccessoriesCircle.com 

a social, networking and B2B business site for the 

accessories industry.

Village Eatery Spots Targeted Brooklyn Cafe a Liberty Statue

Apparently, there's trouble in my old Brooklyn 'hood. Somewhere in Kensington, someone has done unspeakable things to a Lady Liberty statue belonging to cafe and neighborhood soapbox Vox Pop.

Intriguingly traumatized by the situation, den mother Debi Ryan announced yesterday that notable Manhattan restaurant One If By Land, Two If By Sea extended a secondhand Liberty from its 17 Barrow Street location and Vox Pop accepted.

Editor & Publisher Accepting 10th Annual "News Photo of the Year" Submissions

Media Magic

In her novel, The Pirate's Daughter, Margaret Cezair-Thompson's Ian Fleming-based character explains to a young writer that the word "grammar" is a synonym for "gramarye"--Old French or Celtic for "magic". What is magic but creating something out of something smaller?

We editors-journalists-writers believe that we use grammar to string together words into something grander, something that impacts our world--our own form of magic. Images, too, have the magical ability to greatly impact our world with little more than light and shadow, and, these days, electricity.

Chef Aaron Arko: California Cuisine With an East Coast Flair

The way to my heart is through my stomach. Trite, but true. That's why I'm thrilled that my good friend, California Chef Aaron Arko, has finally hit the East Coast with his signature blend of equally rustic California and Continental cuisine.