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Pharrell Williams poses at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, designer and philanthropist Pharrell Williams is adding another title to his list: Louis Vuitton's men's creative director.The luxury house announced on Tuesday that Williams would take the job previously held by renowned designer Virgil Abloh, the first Black artistic director at Louis Vuitton, who died of cancer in November 2021 at the age of 41.

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Given the craziness of the past few years, it's no wonder some adults have been reaching for childhood comforts-hence "kidult" trends (alcoholic juice pouches, Legos for grownups).Our favorite to roll into town: boozy mini-golf, which pairs the low-stakes game with cocktails for a welcome bit of whimsy.

The Oakville Grill & Cellar, a new restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises designed to evoke the effortless ease of Napa Valley dining, opened Monday, April 24 at 167 Green Street in Fulton Market.The latest spot from Chicago's largest hospitality group, helmed by chef and ex- Land & Sea Dept.

Northlake, North Natomas' newest inspired master-planned community, offers a lake lifestyle with premier amenities, parks and single-family designs by the highly acclaimed builder Lennar.This is all centrally located and close to what downtown Sacramento has to offer, like craft food, breweries, boutiques, world-class sports stadiums and renowned museums.

Northlake, North Natomas' newest inspired master-planned community, offers a lake lifestyle with premier amenities, parks and single-family designs by the highly acclaimed builder Lennar.This is all centrally located and close to what downtown Sacramento has to offer, like craft food, breweries, boutiques, world-class sports stadiums and renowned museums.

City Ridge, the $715 million mixed-use development replacing the former Fannie Mae campus along Wisconsin Avenue, is inching closer toward completion.The ten-acre property was purchased by Roadside Development and North America Sekisui House in 2016 for $85 million, and ground broke on the project in 2018.

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As plant-based dining continues to boom in Los Angeles, a prominent figure will close this month.Nic's on Beverly - founded by Monty's Good Burger's Nic Adler - says the final day of service is June 18.Adler tells Eater that the 2020 pandemic closures made it impossible for Nic's to get its footing as the mandated closures wore on.

When Hannah Coleman and husband Alvaro Vela bought a century-old home in Culver City eight years ago, the first-time home buyers were charmed by the home's Craftsman details - sweeping front porch, clapboard siding, corbel-accented roofline and arched windows - as well as an expansive backyard filled with mature fruit trees.

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HD Estates HD Estates HD Estates HD Estates HD Estates HD Estates HD Estates HD Estates This house is in Mount Baker, a southeastern Seattle neighborhood prized for its well-maintained 1920s homes and proximity to Lake Washington.It is a 10-minute walk from open waterfront space with a boat launch area and from Genesee Park and Playfield, which has a grassy meadow and a dog park.

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The lease of the resurrected, iconic Culver City restaurant Dear John's expired on May 31.But after months of concern from owners and fans, including Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, Dear John's isn't going anywhere.At least for another five years.A negotiated deal with the building's landlord was struck around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, which was to be the restaurant's final day of service.

If man caves existed in the early 20th century, then American railroad tycoon Henry Huntington had one of the finest.Built in 1911 on his sprawling San Marino estate, Huntington's social retreat - just a short walk through the rose arbor from his mansion - was built in a classical revival-style outbuilding containing a billiard and card room and a two-lane bowling alley.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A converted station house has hit the market for 500,000 and it comes with its own locomotive and private train track.Saughtree Station in Newcastleton, Scotland, dates back to 1867 and was converted for residential use in the 1990s by the current owner.

We love San Francisco, as millions have before us: both those born here and those who found their way over and made it home.We recognize the qualities, many obvious and many more not, that make the Bay Area a special place.It is truly one of a kind, incomparable, and unable to be imitated.We love San Francisco, which is why we committed to living here, raising families, and building communities.

Getty Images / MLS via Realtor.comThe Sunshine State is fully in the rearview mirror for peripatetic college football coach Lane Kiffin.He recently listed his gorgeous home in Boca Raton, FL, for $3.95 million.When Kiffin was hired as the head coach at Florida Atlantic University five years ago, we examined whether or not the job-hopping coach should consider renting in Florida.

Restaurants had a rough pandemic, but customers were understanding.The industry's struggle brought out the best in many Chicagoans.Loyal patrons went out of their way to ensure favorite venues survived, and in some cases showered workers with extra tips and gratitude.Today, the pandemic emergency is officially over.

This past winter has been extremely hard on certain parts of our country.Buffalo, New York, and parts of California were extremely hard hit with huge snowfall totals.Hopefully, we can now look forward to more pleasant weather as spring has arrived.With this new season, we will be rewarded with new growth - of lawns, seedlings, root plants, and blossoming fruit and flowering trees.

Chicago's media dish on their biggest dining grievances of 2022 as part of Eater's ongoing tradition of polling the city's experts for their year-end takes.Jay Westbrook, local craft beer professional: That establishments are still leaning on that tired "nobody wants to work" narrative after all this time.

In addition to its fine period details, this early 20th century standalone house has a notable preservation pedigree as the home of Victorian Flatbush booster and advocate the late Mary Kay Gallagher.In 1959, Gallagher and her husband purchased the shingle and clapboard house in Prospect Park South and she lived there until her death last year.

If you are on the hunt for a summer rental, this one certainly isn't for the budget-minded, but it does have plenty of appealing features.The 23-foot-wide Greek Revival at 273 Hicks Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District is a two-family with a presumably more modest garden rental, but it is the four floors of living space above that are available for a summer of living in grand style.

New York City's outdoor dining program, a popular pandemic-era measure designed to be a temporary salve for a devastated restaurant industry, is about to become a permanent part of the city's landscape.A City Council bill, released on Thursday evening, called for creating a licensing structure that would allow outdoor dining structures to exist in roadways, but only from April through November.

In the latest front in New York City's fight against the proliferation of trash and rats, city officials plan to require restaurants and bodegas to set out trash in containers instead of bags.The rule, which will be formally proposed on Thursday, could apply to 40,000 food-related businesses roughly 20 percent of businesses in the city covering everything from Dunkin' Donuts to Tavern on the Green, the city's sanitation commissioner, Jessica Tisch, said in an interview.

A woman set fire to a restaurant in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood early Monday by igniting a gay pride flag hanging on the business's facade in an act of arson that was being investigated as a possible hate crime, the police said.The fire, at Little Prince on Prince Street, occurred shortly after 1:35 a.m., the police said.

On Saturday, revelry at a gay bar in Manhattan was interrupted for the fourth time this month by someone throwing a brick at its plate-glass window.The windows at the bar, VERS, are shatterproof, so the attacks have not injured anyone, said its owner David DeParolesa.But they have left the neighborhood on edge.

Toranj Middle Eastern Kitchen is set to open in the former Atmosphere French Bistro space on Piedmont Avenue in Morningside this summer.Atmosphere closed last March after 20 years in the neighborhood and was known for serving traditional French fare within the cozy bungalow space.Owned by Amisha and Altaf Popatiya and Amisha's sister Nilofer Hamirani and her husband Sajid, look for dishes from countries around the Middle East at Toranj, including barbari bread made fresh daily, 12-hour, slow-cooked lamb ribs and slow-cooked duck leg, filet mignon kebabs, and desserts like faloodeh.

The Atlanta restaurant openings just keep on coming, and April was no exception with over a dozen new establishments hitting the scene.This included a new Thai restaurant now open along historic Hotel Row in downtown Atlanta and a pizzeria that hit the scene in Little Five Points and remains open and serving food until 4 a.m.

If you wouldn't dream of going on vacation without your pet, you're in luck.Hotels and resorts are increasingly catering to them with new packages and amenities (or pet-menities, as Virgin Hotels puts it), be it an in-room dining menu for dogs with a beef woofslider at Andaz Mexico City Condesa, or a posh pet blanket made of recycled wool from one of the Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts in Britain.

The latest collaboration to slide across our screens is this bright and bold 58-piece kitchen collection from chef and cookbook author Molly Baz and Crate & Barrel.The Molly Baz for Crate & Barrel collection features lots of curves, color ("Molly Baz blue!"), and considerate touches that only a cook like her might dream up.

Italian architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has completed an earth-toned villa named Casa Maiora that is made from sandstone sourced locally in Puglia, Italy.Located on an elevated site in Carovigno with views of the nearby sea, the house was influenced by the forms and colours of villas along the coast of Puglia.

After the seventh break-in within seven months, breakfast taco specialist Homestate announced that it will no longer accept cash as payment, and only take credit or debit cards.The Homestate team made the announcement via Instagram concerning its San Fernando Valley location that opened last July.Homestate expresses a lot of frustration in its Instagram post.

A lush new courtyard hideaway is coming to Santa Monica this spring, and it's brought to the city by some very familiar names.Pacific Coast Hospitality Group - the folks behind Canary in Santa Monica as well as a number of European restaurants - will open Mon Ami in late March or early April in the former 41 Ocean space, pulling together a green and pastel-hued Mediterranean restaurant that is sure to be the vibe of the summer.

The famous Beverly Hills Golden Triangle - the three-sided street grid comprised of Rodeo Drive, Canon Drive, and Wilshire - is home to restaurants like Mírame and Avra along with upscale hotel dining and corporate chains like the Cheesecake Factory.Now there's also a casual, independent newcomer named the Beverly Bar in the area that's eager to step into the fray to attract those who work or live within walking distance while in need of cocktails, on-tap beers, crudo, Neapolitan-style pizza, or grilled branzino.

It's always sunny inside the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip - or at least it will be now that Casa Madera has landed.The newest addition to the glitzy Sunset corridor nestled along the Hollywood Hills brings big coastal Mexican flavors and some seriously hard-to-beat views of the Los Angeles basin.

Last Thursday, mayor Michelle Wu announced guidelines for a permanent outdoor dining program in Boston.The plan sets the foundation for a summer filled with al fresco dining in the streets this year - unless the restaurant is located in the North End.The Boston Globe reports that, similar to years past, the city of Boston is placing North End restaurants under a more stringent set of outdoor dining rules to combat noise complaints, traffic congestion, and loss of parking due to outdoor dining in the neighborhood.

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Tell Us Restaurant owners want Mayor Wu to reconsider the plan.Local restaurants are taking a stance against city regulations that would limit outdoor dining in the North End this season.On Feb. 16, Mayor Michelle Wu announced a new outdoor dining program, outlining rules for restaurants across the city.

Saratoga's outdoor dining parklets along Big Basin Way will be carted away before the end of the year, but that doesn't mean they're gone for good.Saratoga City Council voted Wednesday to explore making parklets a permanent fixture in the Saratoga Village.While there's no immediate solution on the table yet, council green-lit staff to look into long-term, permanent solutions and funding sources next year.

CASTROVILLE - Phil's Fish Market and Eatery, the much-savored and favored store and restaurant, relaunched with a soft opening over the weekend at a new location in a historic building more than 150 years old in the heart of Castroville.The two-story building at 10700 Merritt St. is on the corner of Merritt Street and Preston Road, next to the iconic Castroville sign that arches over the roadway.

Ratkovich Company's Brian Saenger and the West Harbor project (Ratkovich Company, West Harbor) Developers of a mile-long West Harbor shopping and dining destination along the San Pedro waterfront have broken ground after securing $90 million in financing.The Ratkovich Company and Jerico Development began the 42-acre redevelopment project last month after closing on the construction loans, the Commercial Observer reported.

Portland's status as a "food city" doesn't simply refer to its restaurants: This is a town full of knifesmiths and spice merchants, distillers and master preservers.At places like My People's Market or Wellspent, locals search for locally made hot sauces or olive oils, charcuterie or ceramics.

It's more than two years into the pandemic and now it's a time of reckoning for a number of business owners who constructed parklets across the Bay Area.In San Francisco, the November 1 deadline for parklets loomed over businesses as restaurant and bar owners were forced to decide whether to keep their parklets for good - but with the caveat that many would have to make upgrades to the outdoor dining spaces to meet new city regulations.

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A marshal's notice has been posted to the door of 210 Patchen Ave., where the inside of the usually popular and lively Cafe Tucum in Bedford-Stuyvesant has been emptied out.

A newly constructed luxury Back Bay apartments at 212 Stuart St. is open to residents.Located at the intersection of Back Bay and Bay Village,  212 Stuart St. is Greystar Real Estate Partners' first ground-up development in Boston.The previously vacant lot now houses a 19-story building with more than 1,200 square feet of ground-floor retail with state-of-the-art amenities and services.

For centuries, Vienna has been a melting pot of cultures, as well as one of the gastronomic hubs of Central Europe.But with proximity to top Austrian wine regions, it's no surprise that the city is also an appealing destination for wine lovers.As an added bonus, Vienna is one of few cosmopolitan cities with a designation of origin (D.O.) for wine production within city walls, with Heurigenor winery tavernsculture even included in the country's UNESCO index of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Welcome to , your bite-sized roundup of Boston's food and restaurant news.Tips are always welcome: Drop them here.After nine years, Cambridge's Shabu & Mein, one of the city's choicest spots for Japanese shabu-shabu, closed permanently on September 30.In a farewell post on Twitter, the restaurant said it was the last remaining tenant in its building at 148 First St., which is undergoing a complete renovation; "In order to facilitate this renovation we have decided to close," the Tweet continued.