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Battersby Brooklyn

By Sarah Williams
Left: Chef Walker Stern Right: Chef Joseph Ogrodnek

Photo: Tuukka Koski

At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.

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Chuck Miller

By Caroline Hwang
Chuck Miller with his wife Jeanette Miller

Photo: Michael A. Muller

The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you…

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Journal: Clift San Francisco

By Michael Muller
Frontside view of the Clift from Geary Street

Photo: Michael A. Muller

On a recent trip to San Francisco, the Clift hotel was the central figure and home base on a quick three-day stay during the onset of autumn in…

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Maurice Sendak speaking at his 80th birthday celebration.

Photo: New York Times

Maurice Sendak 80

Maurice Sendak celebrated his 80th birthday on September 15th. A tribute was held at the 92nd Street Y with guests reading from his works including James Gandolfini and Meryl Streep…. read more »

Spike Jonze, Maurice Sendak, Karen O

Photo: Lance Bang

We Love You So

Spike Jonze and his crew recently launched We Love You So, a blog devoted to the development of Where The Wild Things Are and its inspiration. From films… read more »

HBO's <i>Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak</i>

Photo: HBO

Tell Them Anything You Want

After tracking the movement of this movie for almost a year and a half, Where the Wild Things Are is finally seeing its release this Friday. Along with the number… 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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