The Purist Spring 2023 Issue- The Mindful Architecture & Design Issue

ROSE’S TURN

AUSSIE ACTRESS ROSE BYRNE BLOOMS IN BROOKLYN

OZEMPIC DECODED

SALUTING MOMS IN STYLE

ESSENTIALS OF FISCAL FITNESS

THE MINDFUL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN ISSUE

LIVING WELL IN ASPEN, PALM BEACH & THE HAMPTONS

“Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose” Getrude Stein

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NOTES ON MOTHERHOOD

When I first became a mother some 20 years ago, I took on the greatest privilege and purpose of my life, dedicated and imperfect as I am. Motherhood is a wild guess, no matter how many “how-to” books you consult. So, I turned to the wise counsel of my parents’ parenting book—a pledge to support their emotional confidence, “impart good values and good habits,” “be a broken record,” “lead by example,” etc.

While it is sometimes a maddening role, motherhood is without question the ultimate service job. My journey began in the service of others as an editor fresh out of college. In my first role after that of student, I learned that most often a gentle hand, rather than harsh rewriting, of an article is the key to improving it. I have dedicated 25 years to editorial work, which has paralleled and influenced my job as a mother, also a careful balance between being gentle and harsh, with a large dose of repetition. My love of pop culture, writing, editing, reading books and the high literature of poetry, parables and prose set a course for me that eventually led to the creation of this magazine, Purist.

I sometimes joke that Purist is not only a wellness guide on the road of life but a guide to easing into the inevitable. But isn’t it, though?

And on this path to also find some meaning that I can impart to my littles comes choice—choosing what I find important in life, accepting failure, remaining humble in the face of adversity, living fully, seeing that we are bigger than ourselves, and serving others.

As I write this, I smile thinking about the minute-byminute vicissitudes of our lives. This job, as mother, is the punctuation of my life, my complete work, my raison d’être, my legacy.

Happy Mother’s Day, every day, to all mothers—the first love in our lives!

With actress Rose Byrne, who shares her perspective on motherhood in our cover story. Byrne’s suit is by Michael Kors Collection.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURES

101 BYRNE, BABY, BYRNE

With the Apple + series

Physical in its third season, a new comedy seri es, Platonic, and a meticulously renovated hom e in Brooklyn, actress Rose Byrne has plenty of re asons to feel optimistic. She reflects on career, parenting, partnership and wellness strategies with Purist founder Cristina Cuomo.

COVER AND THIS PAGE: PHOTOGRAPHY BY SOPHIE ELGORT

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FEATURES (CONT)

114 COMFORTABLE BALANCE

Curious Yellow Design’s partners curate a soothing Bridgehampton abode.

120 HARMONY HOME

Lea Sisson showcases brilliant biophilic design at Aspen Pass House.

HEALTH

40 ASK THE DR. Wearable health tracking devices, decoded by Dr. Frank Lipman

44 SAVED BY THE MILK CLEANSE Entrepreneur Jody Levy finds holistic healing.

46 CORRECT AND DIRECT Applauding a paradigm shift in women’s health care

SPACE

50 FIRE AND ICE Artist Rob Reynolds finds beauty in distress.

52 WELCOME TO ONNA HOUSE

Lisa Perry’s modernist haven for women artists

54 MAKING HOME A SANCTUARY

A blueprint for creating highvibrational living spaces

56 THE OM OF HOME Rooms that inspire, energize and enliven

58 LIGHTING THE WAY Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman revolutionizes real estate.

60 PURE PROPERTY

Not-to-be-missed Hamptons real estate

GLOW

66 OASIS BY THE SEA

A next-level new spa at Gurney’s Montauk

68 AGING IN NEVERLAND

The path of radical self-acceptance

70 THE BIG O

Weighing risks and benefits of Ozempic drugs

72 EDITOR’S PICKS

Purist founder Cristina Cuomo’s fashion, beauty and health faves

WEEKEND

75 WHAT WELLNESS MEANS TO ME

Stranger Things actress Cara Buono’s take on health-conscious rituals

76 PASTEL PLEASURES

The Colony Hotel Palm Beach’s playful new furniture collection

78 CELEBRATE MOTHER IN STYLE

Curated home gifts for Mother’s Day

VIBRANT

86 VIBRANT RELATIONSHIPS

The mind-body benefits of interpersonal connections

FOOD IS MEDICINE

92 SPRING FORWARD

Peter Som’s seasonal salad rotation

96 RECIPE FOR WELLNESS

Chef Stephanie Izard come to the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen

97 A TOUCH OF FRANCE

PARC Aspen debuts its modern French farmhouse aesthetic.

98 SALAD DAYS

A partnership turned business venture based on healthy foods

99 LIQUID GOLD

Exceptional medicinal properties of Greek EVOO

PLAY

127 YOUTH CULTURE

Future auteurs learn the ropes at Aspen Film.

128 NUMEROLOGY

A by-the-numbers look at pop-culture phenom Miley Cyrus 20

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EDITORIAL

Founder + Editor Cristina Cuomo

Executive Editor Ray Rogers

Features Editor Jim Servin

Assistant Editor + Photo Editor Jenna Lebovits

Executive Assistant Sophia Arnao

Senior Wellness + Beauty Editor Amely Greeven

Beauty + Fitness Editor Beth Landman

Wellness Editor Fernanda Niven

Contributing Health Editors Dr. Jeffrey Morrison,The Morrison Center; Tapp Francke Ingolia, STANDwellness

Copy Editor Michèle Filon

Research Editor Jill Malter

Contributing Food Editor Peter Som

Special Project Editors Jenny Landey,TR Pescod

Contributing Fashion Editor Gretchen Gunlocke Fenton

Contributing Writers Rebecca Babcock, Marisa Belger, Dr. Samantha Boardman, Donna Bulseco

Candace Bushnell, Constance Chen, Dr. Reuben Chen, Alina Cho, Katie Colgate

Camille Coy, Chris Cuomo, Dr. Gerry Curatola, Donna D’Cruz, Matt Diehl

Dimitri Ehrlich, Melissa Errico, Pamela Fiori, Marisa Fox, Steve Garbarino

Ann Louise Gittleman, Kara Goldin, Kelly Hayes Linda Hayes Laura Hine

Nancy Kane, Matthew Kenney, Dr. Gail King, Carrie Leskowitz, Jody Levy

Dr. Frank Lipman, Dr. Lea Lis, Michael Mailer, Martha McGuinness, Kevin Menard

Marc Milstein, Roxanna Namavar, Anne Marie O’Connor, Dr. David Perlmutter

Annelise Peterson, Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, Amanda Rae, Dr. Christina Rahm

Dr. Whitney Roban, Hal Rubenstein, Caroline Russo, Michele Shapiro, Brooke Shields

Natasha Silver Bell, Biet Simkin, Lea Sisson, Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson, Dr. Carder Stout

Julia Szabo, Abby Tegnelia, Edwina Von Gal,Tess Weaver, Regina Weinreich

Ali Wentworth, Constance C.R. White, Christy Whitman, Julie Wilcox, Sarah Wragge

DESIGN

Contributing Design Director Ben Margherita

Contributing Art Director Mikio Sakai

Contributing Designer Seton Rossini

Web Managers Tarin Keith, Aubrée Mercure

Contributing Photographers Camilla Akrans, Frederic Auerbach, Lachlan Bailey, David Bellemere, Justin Bettman

Cass Bird, Brian Bowen Smith, Natalie Chitwood, Bob and Dawn Davis

Gregg Delman, Mikey DeTemple, Sophie Elgort, Marili Forestieri, Morgan Maassen

Roberto Matteo Marchese, Mary Ellen Matthews, Peter McBride, Miller Mobley

David Molle, Ryan Moore, Nino Muñoz, Patrick O’Keefe, Matt Sayles, Simon Upton

Cathrine White

ADVERTISING

Publisher Helen Cleland helen@thePURISTonline.com

Chief Revenue Officer Andrea Greeven Douzet

Executive Sales Directors Tova Bonem, Michelle Johnson, Nicole Levy, Eden Williams, Rosalind Zukowski

Aspen Publisher Alexandra Halperin

Aspen Media Consultant Cheryl Foerster

MARKETING

Director of Marketing Ilene Frankel

OPERATIONS

Chief Financial Officer Caryn Whitman

Production Direction Digital Workflow Solutions

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CONTRI BUTORS

CHRISTY WHITMAN who offered wisdom on living spaces and energetic awareness

HOW CAN WE BE MORE MINDFUL OF OUR ENERGY?

Our words, thoughts, perceptions and feelings determine what we create. How we feel is the best indication of what we are attracting.

JODY

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO BE OUR OWN HEALTH ADVOCATES?

The only person who can truly know how to tune the mind and body to the inputs, nourishments and toxins in our surroundings is ourselves.

SOPHIE

HOW DO YOU APPROACH STORYTELLING AS A PHOTOGRAPHER?

When I’m shooting a portrait, to me the story is: Who is this person right now? I try to develop trust and leave space for people to be themselves.

BETH

WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ASKING OUR DOCTORS?

In order to engender genuine empathy, ask your doctor what course of action they would recommend if you were their family member.

AMELY

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON THAT NATURE HAS TAUGHT YOU?

When I move at nature’s pace, I am happier, more present and more embodied than when I move at modern society’s pace!

Christy Whitman is a transformational leader, celebrity coach and law of attraction expert for 20-plus years, as well as the two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Having It All and Taming Your Alpha Bitch

She is also the author of the international bestsellers The Desire Factor and Quantum Success

Jody Levy is the founder, director and chief executive officer of a series of companies dedicated to empowering people, including WTRMLN WTR, The Milk Cleanse, and NeuroPraxis, a mind repatterning digital app.

Levy is the global director and CEO of Summit Group Endeavors, Summit Series and the Summit Junto Forum Membership platform.

Sophie Elgort is a photographer and director whose work exists at the intersection of photography and storytelling. Her work has been featured in many media outlets and galleries, including the Financial Times, Cultured and the Staley-Wise Gallery. She has created images and films for brands including De Beers, Alice + Olivia and Victoria’s Secret.

Beth Landman began her career as a reporter on the New York Post’s Page Six. She has been a contributor to The New York Times, and beauty editor and Intelligencer columnist at New York She is now this magazine’s Beauty and Fitness editor, along with contributing to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, forbes.com, eater. com, Dan’s Papers and other publications.

Writer Amely Greeven’s books include The First Forty Days, Awakening Fertility, and the new pregnancy guide Nine Golden Months Her forthcoming book collaboration, A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food, written with Will Harris III, will be released this fall.

ELGORT who photographed Rose Byrne

GREEVEN who advocates for environmental awareness in “Water Connection”

LEVY who shared her milk cleanse healing journey

LANDMAN who wrote about The Colony Hotel and the weight-loss drug Ozempic

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LET’S GET LIMINAL

Embrace the transitional space we’re in now, and let magic happen.

I invite you to take a deep dive with me into the theory of liminality, and allow it to expand your mind. “Subliminal” we all know, but how about “liminal”? From the Latin word limen, meaning threshold, the notion of liminality speaks to the peculiar feeling of life during a time of shifting sands, a period of murky ambiguity in how we as a society and as individuals live and function.

Turns out the concept of liminality has resounding meaning during the times we’ve been living in. It resonates with what I like to call life during the Covidian era, a time when all sentient beings will emerge transformed.

In 1909, the French anthropologist, folklorist and ethnographer Arnold van Gennep wrote the remarkable tome The Rites of Passage, in which he explained the three underpinnings of significant life paths. The first is the Rite of Separation, followed by the Rite of Transition and ending with the Rite of Incorporation or Transformation. These are relevant to a variety of rituals and stages of life, from births, deaths and marriages to joining a company or club, to the opposite end of the spectrum, when through choice or circumstance, an individual exits any of the groups.

Liminality is a state of transition between one stage and the next. It is space between spaces, similar perhaps to that eerily alert yet utterly relaxed hypnagogic place we sometimes find ourselves in between sleep and wakefulness, a time when the senses are simultaneously serene and alert to new ideas—a brief, precious time that can be a wellspring of creativity for those attuned to its gifts. Never has the liminal life been more applicable than in this time of incalculable change in all our lives.

The second Rite of Transition is, I think, where most of us find ourselves now. Letting go of the life we had before the Covidian era can be a cause of real distress. The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is a too-obvious metaphor, but you get the drift.

Transition periods can be immensely hard, and often unpleasant passages to endure when there is no guarantee that all will be well at the end. This, however, is the task at hand. Transitional liminal times are discordant and chaotic by their very nature, but how else do we get to stage three—the inevitable Rite of Incorporation or Transformation stage? Truth is, there is no other way but through the valley of the shadow, for how else do we reach the beneficent light?

Liminal space means just that…space, emptiness,

BY DONNA D’CRUZ

capaciousness… Humans can be triggered and sent off into a spiral, as we are ancestrally built to loathe the unknown. We crave sameness and bristle at the unpredictability of what is shrouded. We create magic in “space”…poetry, dance, music, painting, sculpture. Space is an amazing gap; step into the unknown and experience the joy of nothing. Move out of fear and into the magnificence of the liminal. Take your own sacred path and dare to ask yourself, What will I do with this wild and wonderful life? I suggest, like the Zen koan elegantly reminds us: Jump and the net appears. See you in the liminal space. donnadcruz.com; IG @donnadcruz1; Thursdays 5PM EST with @cristinacuomo on IG Live.

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GUIDED BY BIET

Spiritual teacher and bestselling author Biet Simkin answers Purist readers’ questions.

Dear Biet, Can you speak more on presence and how you command it in moments of great stress? I’ve developed a crippling phobia of public speaking. I meditate, practice yoga, breath work and somatic work, and have gone to many therapists. This deep fear sets in and robs me of my potential to really follow my dreams. I am so desperate, pleading to the universe. Your divided attention technique has given me the closest feelings I’ve had to being in control. Can one take it further? If so, how? Beyond thanks!

Liz Spitz

Dear Liz Spitz, I find the work we do has to be done daily, and so by the time you’re onstage and about to have fear of public speaking, you are already skilled in calming your nervous system. The Guided by Biet practices, whether somatic, meditation or breath work, all lead to a soothing of the nervous system. However, we will always find new things to be afraid of on this Earth. We will always have new material. The journey never ends. When we can face our stressors with open arms and eat them, so to speak, we become friends with all of life’s circumstances and also all of our own flaws, demons and character defects. It is so vital that we form this new relationship to the variety of life’s experiences. Otherwise, we will always be way too selective. Hope this helps!

Biet

Dear Biet, Financial fear really brings me down. Whenever I compare myself to others, or when I have to curb my own spending, I feel “less than.” What do

you recommend around this, and how does someone find security in a world that feels so insecure?

Best,

Frances K

Dear Frances,

Some of the wealthiest people I know, some of whom are my clients, have been known to feel insecure. It really isn’t how much your net worth is. Security is an inside job! If you really look at it, money, the world, who you are in relation to it—it’s all an illusion. The reason I know this is I am someone who had nothing and went to having it all. How does that happen? It happens because the illusion is popped. Whenever you are in financial fear, it’s so important that you remember who you are. Don’t compare yourself to anyone. Just remind yourself that you are made out of star stuff. Remember that you are made out of infinite abundance. In knowing this, you will burst the illusion and create worlds.

Warmly, Biet

Dear Biet,

It’s all about food. I have done all the laws in your book. I have gone to retreats around the world. I have done it all, and I still feel like I can’t make peace with food or my body. What’s the deal? Is mastering this a prerequisite for getting the whole spiritual thing?

Thanks, Catie

Dear Catie,

Sadly it is, if it is for you! We all have our weaknesses. For some of us it’s drugs and alcohol, for others it’s sex, while still others it’s shopping, etc If

your weakness is food, then that’s the thing you gotta surrender one day at a time. As addicts, though, we need to find replacements for these coping strategies. What has helped me most is the Guided by Biet somatic work. This kind of work allows us to feel and transform what the craving actually is, and instead act on that other thing. It’s a journey, though! Go gently on yourself, but remember, your bliss and ease will depend on your transformation of this addiction. I am cheering you on and here for you!

Warmly, Biet

Dear Biet, I want more control of my emotions, so I am not so anxious and scattered. Do you feel that breath work, specifically your breath work system, can help with this issue? I feel so done with it!

Nester

Dear Nester,

It’s totally human to be fed up with anxiety. The thing to remember is that anxiety is caused by exiting the present moment. How do we do that? We either worry about what’s to come or we regret what happened before. The secret is staying here now. No better way than returning to the present than breath work. Especially my four-minute power breath that totally reminds you in an instant who you are. With that said, keep seeking. Read what you can, watch what you can. Take in as much of what’s good as you can, so you can shine in your life in the present moment! That’s all we’ve got, once we truly have it!

Love, Biet bietsimkin.com

CULTIVATING FISCAL WELLNESS

Financial adviser Andrew Karlinski offers strategies for growing and preserving wealth.

PURIST: Tell us about financial security as a cornerstone of well-being.

ANDREW KARLINSKI: When someone knows their financial house is in order, it opens them up to living the lifestyle they want to live. They know their kids’ college education or their retirement is taken care of, so they can shift focus to other areas. A large part of the process with our clients is discovery. What’s driving you? Where do you see yourself in three to five years? The individual opens up about what’s really important to them and we work to support their specific goals.

PURIST: Your independent financial planning and wealth management firm, AK Financial Group, had over $1 billion in brokerage and advisory assets as of December 31, 2021, and you recently partnered with Private Advisor Group as the managing director of its West region. How have clients benefited from the merger?

AK: I met the founders many years ago as they were growing Private Advisor Group. By 2022, they were the ninth-largest RIA (registered investment adviser) firm in the country (source: Barron’s). A little over a year ago, we began seriously discussing a collaboration. Their partnership gives me a much broader platform with additional support—more services and more capabilities for my clients. It makes me think back to when I moved to California, I had grown up in Queens, and Nordstrom first opened. When I walked into the store for the first time, I thought, what a great service experience. It was such a cut above and it made an impression on me. The partnership with Private Advisor Group allows me and my staff to continue to deliver that superior service. We aim to keep it very straightforward and client-centric. Reaching me is easy, and I pride myself on that.

PURIST: What are the key ingredients of a well-designed portfolio?

AK: It needs to meet the short, intermediate and longterm goals of an investor based on risk tolerance. Asset class diversification, rebalancing, tax-loss harvesting, low fees, active and passive strategies are all part of portfolio construction.

BY JIM SERVIN

PURIST: How do clients benefit from your independent status?

AK: The independent RIA model is the fastest-growing platform in the financial services industry, and has been for a number of years. This model is significantly different from a typical stock broker whose firm has control, and many times will dictate what they can recommend to clients. As an independent RIA, I have the freedom to choose what’s best for my clients.

PURIST: Talk about the importance of being buttoned-up financially.

AK: When it comes to investments, people should think long term. No matter what geopolitical situation is going on— and there’s always one—it’s about weathering storms and having the right process and investment allocations based on risk tolerance. The other piece that’s really important is planning. We do financial planning—some of those areas include retirement plans, education and health. If you’re going to buy a house in two years, you have to manage that pot differently than, for example, retirement. Statistic after statistic shows that if you stay fully invested and weather through cycles, in the long run, you’ll do well.

PURIST: What goals are clients most interested in?

AK: No. 1, capital preservation. A typical client is well into their career and experiencing success, but still needs a financial adviser to help keep them on track and moving forward. Having someone on their team who is independent and experienced is key. We are long-term oriented as opposed to transaction oriented. We strive to keep fees low and we reposition portfolios and strategies as clients’ goals evolve. The other thing that’s tried and true, and I say this to clients: You can never save enough, or for long enough. I haven’t had one client over the years say that they were sorry they saved for the future. akfinancialgroup.com

Andrew C. Karlinski, CFP, is a registered representative with, and securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through Private Advisor Group, a registered investment adviser. Private Advisor Group and AK Financial Group are separate entities from LPL Financial.

Jeremy Bishop

SLOWING DOWN THE RAIN

Human decimation of forests and wetlands has accelerated water’s journey back to the ocean, resulting in extreme environmental stress. It’s up to us to respectfully restore balance to nature.

BY AMELY GREEVEN

Spring is a time for cleansing and clarifying, for rejuvenating the body with hydrating and purifying fluids. But this year, my spring practice is different. I’m practicing reverence for water. There’s no choice in the matter. Where I live, on the eastern side of California’s Sierra Nevada, water is making her presence known in ways not seen for decades. Up high, snow has accrued in record-breaking quantities; down in our desert-like foothills, extreme rain events have carved miniature rivers through normally placid canyons. Rain tends to be rare here and we normally wring our hands over its absence, anxious about wildfire. Now, with massive snowmelt pending, containing the water is our concern. This reality has pushed me to deepen my relationship with the element and go beyond the surface.

I don’t mean deeper into the pragmatics of healthy drinking water, exactly. One payback for dusty country living is that my family can gather spring water from the source, if we’re willing to hike there. Nor, quite, the discoveries of water’s subtle intelligence—though I am fascinated by how water is so much more than a molecule, and is endowed with apparent consciousness. This is demonstrated by New Zealand water researcher Veda Austin, who, building on the landmark work done by Masaru Emoto and his institute, captures striking images in frozen water that appear in response to external stimuli. Veda’s project is part art, part repeatable science, part spiritual inquiry. In February, I joined a prayer ceremony for the Ohio River led by Indigenous energy worker Standing

Our greatest collective task is to slow water down.

Holy Woman after the cataclysmic train derailment and subsequent toxic chemical accident in East Palestine, Ohio. And I’ve also become curious about the emerging science showing that sunlight’s infrared rays stimulate a unique kind of charged water inside our cells, keeping us healthier and more vital. American scientist and professor Gerald Pollack has demonstrated that the water in our cells—and certain special waters on the planet, such as pressurized springs—exist in a “fourth phase” quite different from liquid, ice or vapor.

Until I get more enlightened, my reverence for water hinges on an understanding that our greatest collective task is to slow water down. While writing a book with regenerative agriculture pioneer Will Harris III of Georgia’s White Oak Pastures farm, due for release this fall, I learned how mankind’s decimation of forests and wetlands have broken the Earth’s water cycle. Healthy, diverse biology and stable, regulated climate engage in a feedback loop with the thriving soil, vegetation and species of forests, grasslands and wetlands cycling water and heat into the atmosphere and keeping water pumping around the planet in balanced ways. But aggressively clearing, paving, asphalting, damming, stripping, poisoning and

resonate with water’s wisdom—that’s my deal, not his. But much like Will Harris and other regenerative gurus, he has the sixth sense for what land needs and the tenacity to deliver it. By shoveling truckloads of wood chips—no-cost detritus he gets from local tree trimmers—he’s shaped swales and rain “ponds” on our high desert property. These mini earthworks direct stormwater that races down the slopes during biblical rains into simple catchment systems. Instead of flooding our home or neighborhood and accelerating to the river down-valley and then onward to Southern California and the Pacific Ocean, the water infiltrates our soil, replenishing our well. Meanwhile, several seasons of cover cropping and planting perennial grasses in the old horse corrals have turned oncedeadened plots of dirt into biodiverse grassland that holds on to water like a sponge. After this winter’s big rains, pockets of marshy bog appeared and waterfowl happily rested, just yards from desert scrub on neighbors’ plots across our fence. (This grassland also acts as a giant evaporative cooler in the summer, reducing brutal temperatures by a good 10 degrees.) Our small project is a microcosm of what could—and must—happen more broadly, through revegetation and water retention

monocropping our wilderness has caused water to race to the oceans at ever faster rates instead of staying where nature intended—in trees, roots, soil, bogs, marshes and so on. This has been a primary driver of deadly extreme weather events, intense and high velocity hits of water (or snow), seesawing flood and drought, and once-ina-century superstorms. Charles Eisenstein, a longtime environmentalist and author of Climate: A New Story, has been urging an awakening to the central importance of this hydrological cycle. Others are calling urgently for a Slow Water movement, to resist the acceleration caused by degradation, urbanization and industrialization.

Which makes my spring reflection about working with the water, to slow her movement down. Turns out, this is a muscular endeavor, not a meditative one, a pitchforkand-plant-matter project of shaping the land so it retains water and of gradually growing deep, healthy soil (basic land management practices that should be the norm across California, but are not). Fortunately, this is my husband’s area of prowess. He won’t ever sit in lotus to

efforts, through regenerative land management in rural, suburban, and urban areas alike.

Spring is a time of growth and renewal, my favorite time ecologically and personally. Yet this year let this season be imbued with reverence for all the ways we can work with water. Eisenstein writes how our mounting ecological crisis, so close to spinning out of control, has spawned technological “solutions” that raze more forests to build solar farms or spray toxic aluminum in the sky to seed clouds. Yet these things could be seen to wield power over nature, a case of degradation spawning more degradation. What about being nature’s steward, and offering our sweaty effort and blistered hands instead? What about creating conditions for more life, more homeostasis, on whatever corner we live or whatever commons we share? When we do that, we can shift from despair and paralysis to hope. We can write a new story in which action springs from reverence and love. As Eisenstein describes, “The power of life to heal is much greater than we understand.”

“Aggressively clearing, paving, asphalting, damming, stripping, poisoning and monocropping our wilderness has caused water to race to the oceans at ever faster rates instead of staying where nature intended—in trees, roots, soil... ”

LEAD WITH LOVE

Paulina Porizkova, supermodel and author of No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, shares life lessons.

Porizkova, unfiltered, on the streets of Manhattan

INTERVIEW AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATHRINE WHITE

CATHRINE WHITE: What have been some of the lessons you’ve gained since writing the book?

PAULINA PORIZKOVA: What I have discovered is something I have long suspected: that our failures connect us better than our successes. In opening myself up, unfiltered, it has allowed for people to open up to me, fostering real emotional connections that I have not had access to before when I was seen as just “that model.” Vulnerability breeds true connections, because it is based in truth. And although I have always tried to access that sort of connection to others, my celebrity and perceived success did the opposite; it stranded me on top of a very tall, lonely mountain. My book and my Instagram account, which I use mainly to write about my thoughts, has done what I thought of as impossible: It lowered the mountaintop enough for people to join me.

CW: How has this city shaped you as a person?

PP: Living in New York is bracing. You either have to have a lot of money or be extremely ambitious to take this city on. It’s not for anyone who wants an easy life. I have lived in many places at this point in my life, and they were all very different from one another. From my beginnings in a very small old town and its safety, which was also extremely restrictive, to the cleanness and lawabidingness of Sweden followed by the joie de vivre of Paris, New York was at first incredibly overwhelming to me. It seemed messy and dirty and seedy and just—too much of everything. What I came to discover was that this was a mirror of my life: extreme in every way, both good and bad. And once I plugged in to this stream of life and all its potential, it fed me and kept me limber. Living in New York has contributed to making me a woman who can take some hard knocks, but be flexible when needed.

CW: What has forgiveness taught you?

PP: Forgiveness is for me and created by me. Its existence is there for my benefit, not anyone else’s. Looking hard in the mirror and accepting the things I have done wrong makes me able to understand other people’s failings. We all fail. And the acceptance of this is when we can also truly connect. To be honest, I’m still working on parts of it, and have by no means perfected it. But the acceptance

of imperfection and an open heart to gratitude is the path I want to take, the one I’m working on and the one at which I want to excel.

CW: What does a perfect Sunday morning look like for you?

PP: A cup of coffee, bathrobes, my legs thrown over my lover’s, music in the distance, my door to the garden flung open to warm air and sunshine, the knowledge I am loved for who I am, sweaty feet included.

CW: Aging is an individual and collective human experience. How are you taking care of yourself differently today than in the past, and what has been the most important piece of that process that you gained understanding for?

PP: Aging is unavoidable, if we are lucky. A huge part of coming to terms with it is the acceptance of change. That things will change and I have to stay flexible enough to go with it rather than resist. There are so many battles to fight, I simply do not care to expend my energy on something that is inevitable. The beauty of aging is manifold, but one of the most important parts is coming to terms with who I am as a person and being able to set my priorities. And thus, reserve my energy to fight the battles which matter to me and can be won, and let go of the ones which can’t.

CW: I am a believer that in our most broken moments, there are deep-seated lessons. What has that been for you?

PP: True lessons in life come with a great deal of pain. This is the impetus for change; this is why we learn things we’d otherwise turn away from. They are of incalculable importance to personal growth. Still, sometimes I wish I didn’t have to learn what I didn’t sign up for, even if it makes me a better person in the long run.

CW: What are you currently reading?

PP: The Group by Mary McCarthy, a novel about a bunch of young women in the 1930s written in the 1960s, and feels as relevant today, about the relationships of women and the patriarchal world we still inhabit.

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HE A LTH

Purist’s health offerings—like the “Saved by The Milk Cleanse” story in this section—are just some of the many ways we can help you feel light as a feather.

ASK THE DR.

Seven thoughts on why everyone should explore wearable health tracking devices.

BY DR. FRANK LIPMAN

Though 2023 is now well underway, it’s not too late to get started on making a few lifestyle upgrades—and when it comes to your health, sooner is definitely better. The more tweaks you can make—and stick with—the easier it will be for your body to sidestep the common diseases that wreak havoc on your health span and shorten your life. The unavoidable fact is, the classic life-altering conditions—obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, certain cancers—are all associated with poor lifestyle habits, so smarter choices now can save you a world of trouble later. The good news: The troublemakers are far more avoidable than you might think, which is why you’ll always find me banging the drum for making as many positive changes as possible.

OK, so let’s say you are working on those upgrades, but get disheartened when the mirror or the numbers on the scale don’t seem to be reflecting the effort you’re putting in. How to stay motivated regardless? Wearable health tracking devices provide a great boost. Not only do they show you the stuff below the surface that you literally cannot see, but they provide both doctor and patient with a clearer picture of what’s going on with your physiology before the real ills can get a toehold—that is, if you start monitoring early enough. In this way, wearable health trackers are literally life-changing, not to mention potentially lifesaving—and it’s why I’m encouraging my patients to start using them. Here’s why I also encourage you to do the same:

1. THERE IS A RIGHT TIME FOR TECH.

While I always encourage everyone to lighten up their technology load—as in, exposing yourself to much less

screen time, social media and late-night scrolling—taking advantage of wearable health tracking devices is one exception I’m happy to make. Health trackers (also known as activity trackers) are great for helping you to better manage your activity levels, sleep habits, nutritional needs, optimal workout performance times and so on. They also keep you honest. While virtually all of us know that plenty of movement, quality sleep, little alcohol or sugar and healthy, non-processed foods are the key to fending off a litany of chronic diseases, according to one Mayo Clinic study, in America, less than 3 percent of us are consistently hitting the mark. Not great news for our collective health as we all age—danger, bad biomarkers ahead—and all the more reason to put tech to work for you and get tracking.

2. YOUR ESTIMATES ARE OFF THE MARK—BY A LOT

One fundamental problem with tracking your health without a tech reality check is that humans are simply not very good at accurately keeping track of most anything related to our health—how much we’re sleeping, how much we’re moving, how much and what we’re eating, the list goes on. For example, when it comes to food intake, most of us miscalculate by a fairly significant amount, with one Cornell University study reporting underestimates of roughly 20 percent for people of normal weight, and 40 percent or more for overweight folks—a daunting margin of error. Even if we’re tracking our health as best we can, old school—pen and paper, blood pressure monitors, heart rate monitors, annual blood tests—most of the time we just don’t have the right data at our fingertips when we need it. And that’s where wearable devices come in.

3.

HEALTH TRACKING DEVICES PUT THE POWER—AND THE

Elevate your wellness regimen with techdriven health tracking.

DATA—IN YOUR HANDS.

What tech-driven health tracking makes possible is a real-time flow of information that tells you how your body is reacting to and impacted by your everyday behaviors, habits and lifestyle choices. What is making the key numbers associated with good health go up or down? Are your efforts getting you to a healthier place? Are you hitting the goals you’re shooting for? Health tracking—particularly with wearable devices—gives it to you straight, in real time, the improvements as well as the missteps, so you can stay pointed in the right direction, and learn more about what’s happening when you’re headed in the wrong one In short, when it comes to immediate, honest feedback and data, health tracking is the next best thing to having a medical team at your side 24/7, and a whole lot more feasible.

4. HEALTH TRACKERS + YOUR DOCTOR + YOU = GREAT PARTNERS.

As a health warrior for over 40 years, my mission is to share with patients every possible tool to enable them to transform and optimize their health. As far as I’m concerned, any device that helps patients do the work, more accurately and more mindfully, represents an important step up from mainstream medicine’s disease and crisis-focused care. Though it’s taken a while for health tracking devices to evolve from da Vinci’s 15th-century drawings of mechanical pedometers into the sophisticated wearable tools they’ve at last become, I am really excited by their life-changing potential and I urge everyone who is committed to their health to take advantage.

5. KNOWLEDGE—AND DATA—IS POWER FOR BOTH PATIENT AND PRACTITIONER.

Whether I’m working with a newbie patient looking to get a handle on a health problem, a high-level business type looking to gain an edge, or simply a healthy person looking to stay that way, health tracking has become an important part of my diagnostic and therapeutic package. When I can integrate information gleaned from face-to-face consultations with a patient’s health history, test results and their most up-to-date health tracking data, true health transformation is well within reach. Being able to grasp the totality of a patient’s health readout and develop a custom plan that can change the course of their lives is one of the most rewarding aspects of what I do—and I look forward to doing it every day!

6. HEALTH TRACKERS BENEFIT EVERY ASPECT OF HEALTH. Health tracking functions, in effect, as the “canary in the coal mine,” picking up clues to health irregularities long before they may make themselves known as troublesome symptoms or get picked up on an annual physical. Let’s say diabetes or heart disease runs in your family. Yes, there is a genetic component here, but by making better lifestyle

choices, and tracking how your body responds, you may well be able to postpone or circumvent these diseases completely. It’s about giving yourself a sense of control over diseases that might otherwise control you During the pandemic, health tracking showed its value and opened a lot of eyes, by enabling patients to keep a close eye on their health—and respond accordingly—despite the challenges of obtaining in-person health care during that time. Score one for the trackers (and the self-monitoring benefits few of us might ever have imagined back in 2019).

7. THINK FIRST, THEN SHOP AROUND.

When it comes to buying a wearable health tracker, be it a fitness tracker or smartwatch outfitted with the latest operating system, there are a few pointers to keep in mind: Not unlike buying a laptop or tablet, with wearables— which are, in effect, small computers strapped to your body—things like price, speed, battery life, compatibility with your other devices, what kind of health tracking apps can it handle and ease of data storage and transmission will be key factors.

From there, you’ll also need to consider what you want it to monitor, and the actual capabilities of the wearable— as in what it can track and what it can’t—think heart rate, oxygen levels, heart rate variability (HRV), activity levels, sleep quality, blood pressure and whatever else is most important for your particular health profile. For example, are you a healthy person training for an Ironman, or prediabetic and needing to monitor your glucose levels— and choose accordingly.

Remember that needs will vary, and wearables can be as simple or complex as your budget allows, so think through how much you need your wearable to monitor for you, as in: would a function-specific wearable cover the basics, or are you looking to cast a wider net over several categories?

And, if you are working with your doctor to address a particular health concern, you may also consider asking them to ascertain which types of wearables are compatible with the platforms your doctor is familiar with.

Finally, ask yourself how much you’re willing to wear your wearable? Will you be wearing it a few hours each day, or 24/7? Is it comfortable? Do you prefer a rugged, tactical look or something more elegant? Is it waterproof enough to handle a quick shower or long swim?

As with many devices, keep in mind that health tracking devices aren’t perfect—but they’re close, and infinitely more accurate than tracking done by hand or without technological support. There are more and more practitioners and companies helping you use multiple data sources and wearables to improve your health.

Check out the one I am involved with, at joinhearty.com. drfranklipman.com

SAVED BY THE MILK CLEANSE

After years of undiagnosed health challenges, entrepreneur Jody Levy found healing through a very unexpected, medically supervised, goat-milk cleanse regimen. Here, she shares her wellness journey.

Let me start by explaining that I am a ‘won’t take no for an answer,’ high-octane achiever. Nothing gets in my way. This is the story of how The Milk Cleanse saved my life.

I went undiagnosed with mold disease (aka CIRS, or chronic inflammatory response syndrome), and 13 types of Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses for 18 years. It took all that time to discover that I was suffering from what I call biotoxic illness (imbalances caused by exposure to environmental toxins). I was first introduced to The Milk Cleanse protocol and Dr. Linda Lancaster (now my business partner) in 2016. I learned that Dr. Lancaster, a board-certified naturopathic and homeopathic physician, had used The Milk Cleanse to treat symptoms associated with invisible illness, including parasites and Lyme disease (among many other things) for over 40 years.

This protocol is an eight-day, milk-only cleanse, plus coffee, which is my saving grace. For the record, prior to this I did not drink milk. I was an avid believer in functional medicine and the new world order of high protein, clean veggies and good fats. I still am. I thought it was crazy to drink milk, but I was truly at the point where I could not live with the anguish in my body.

With nothing to lose, I drank only full-fat goat milk for eight days. I carried it around with me everywhere. I took The Milk Cleanse supplements every two hours. I spent a lot of time in The Milk Cleanse therapeutic, detoxifying baths. By the third day, I started to feel incredibly alive, with energy moving through my body that I hadn’t felt in decades. Day by day I felt clearer, looser, freer. After eight days, my brain bounced back, my memory sharpened, my vision cleared and body aches faded. I had the endurance to hike a mountain trail. A few days

The LabElymental Milk Cleanse restores balance and vitality.

later, I danced until sunrise. I was alive in a way I had not been for decades. I didn’t believe it would last. It took me six full months before I started to truly know that I had done the impossible, that I had alleviated the suffering in my body caused by mold and Lyme.

On day eight of my first cleanse, I called Dr. Lancaster and told her we needed to make it available to anyone who needed it. She was in!

We now know so much about the way the brain gets triggered and programmed, especially when we suffer from invisible illness. As we clear the body, we also have to tune the mind. Once I did The Milk Cleanse, I could not find a tool that helped repattern my brain from the years of disbelief, doubt and physical pain. I worked with Lisa Wimberger, a neuroplasticity pioneer and Neurosculpting inventor, to help eliminate PTSD triggers that were creating phantom pain. The Neurosculpting worked fast. I used guided modules that Lisa had created for me, and the imprint of pain dissolved.

I knew we needed to share this information with everyone we could. We devised a brain-repatterning iPhone app called NeuroPraxis with a library of five- to 15-minute guided modules designed to address all types of imbalances. The modules help relieve and potentially reset post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and stress triggers—patterns in the limbic system, the midbrain. In this age where surviving the day-to-day can seem arduous, our NeuroPraxis app is a tool that anyone can use to help find relief. A module for “release” can be found on our website to try before downloading the full app: neuropraxis.com. Find NeuroPraxis on the App Store. The Milk Cleanse and NeuroPraxis are tools often used together to optimize sustained well-being. themilkcleanse.com

CORRECT AND DIRECT

Christine Marie Mason, founder of Rosebud Woman, applauds NYC’s mayor for moving the culture from shame to neutrality when outlining New York City’s Women’s Health Initiative.

On January 17, 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered a powerful address on women’s health, stating, “[When] we can talk about erectile dysfunction but not clitoris stimulation…something is wrong.” He also said, “We would have a lot more research and care options for women’s health if we weren’t so afraid of saying the word ‘vagina.’” He then went on to outline a Women’s Health Initiative that sets the stage for thorough and complete care.

Even if you’re not from New York City, it is home to approximately 8.5 million people (which is more than the population of 37 states). So, when the mayor talks, it matters. His words, and this health initiative, come at a time when words like vagina and vulva are finally getting used as correct anatomical terms in major media and social media. Vaginal health, period care and menopause care are moving out of the shadows, and sexuality is moving from an often shameful or titillating topic to being considered an important part of overall wellness.

Ignoring women’s biology reflects the long shadow

of religious and political suppression of the feminine, including slanted and shamed sexuality, and biased, unequal medical research. The hush-hush euphemistic language used to discuss a woman’s sexual organs doesn’t help. The absence of intimate education and knowledge impact women’s health and self-care every day.

Secrecy in general leads to suffering: We don’t take care of the parts of society that are pushed into a corner, hidden from view or ignored. In the case of women’s intimate health, that suffering doesn’t have to exist.

You can help the culture move from shame to neutrality, no matter your gender, by developing personal literacy on women’s intimate anatomy and life cycles; having shameless discussions using anatomically correct language; and advocating for equal research and care into female diseases and health issues.

That’s one step closer to a state of wonder at these bodies we inhabit, care for and celebrate. Read more from Mayor Adams’ address at nyc.gov.

Absence of intimate education and knowledge impact women’s health and self-care every day.

Mayor Eric Adams

SPACE

The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation, designed by Studio Gang, is the latest addition to New York’s beloved American Museum of Natural History.

Photography by Neoscape, Inc./© AMNH

FIRE AND ICE

Artist Rob Reynolds documents the awe of the natural world and confronts the climate crisis in a stunning new collection of artwork.

RAY ROGERS: In the body of work that comprises Icebergs and Suns, as in much of your previous works, you’ve found beauty in something that is quite terrifying. Tell us about that dichotomy.

ROB REYNOLDS: You’re tuning in to something that I think about a lot, beauty and the terrifying, the twin engines of so much great art through the ages. To my mind, I don’t really see it as a dichotomy—but as a more or less healthy, if sometimes troubled, conjugal relationship. Reading the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] climate report last week was, as you say, quite terrifying. We all have a lot of work to do; a question for me is what role can art play in it? Beauty and terror might have been the twin engines of many art historical movements, and seem to pop up in times of social upheaval and change. While fear of environmental collapse can be motivating, it can also be paralyzing. How to engage these issues is a big question. How we frame it is important. I hope my work brings forth feelings of possibility.

You’ve painted and made an incredible Carrara marble

BY RAY ROGERS

sculpture of an iceberg in Greenland that has since melted. Is this a way of memorializing the beauty of our planet—and showing people just what is being lost? Yes, but also what is being gained through deeper awareness of our world and what can be done by not looking away. My original conception for this project was to make a new kind of monument of a rapidly disappearing planetary feature. That said, I try to remember that by melting, this iceberg did exactly what they have always done. It’s just that now—with the arctic warming a reported four times faster than the rest of the planet—it is rapidly accelerating, and awareness of this is changing the way that we view the natural world. Maybe much of the anxiety around this is that the language and the adaptation—our way of being in the world has yet to catch up with the knowledge of humankind as a geological force.

One of my curiosities is about scale, and a reason for working with marble is that on the most basic, visual level it bears an uncanny resemblance to glacial ice, and the second—that it has been used to make some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful works in the history of art, from

Jeff McLane

Rob Reynolds “New Sun, (blue),” 2022

Michelangelo’s Pietà to many others since at least the Renaissance. That it’s composed of sea creatures from roughly 200 million years ago adds another opportunity on geological time to trip out on. The iceberg sculptures do make me think of ghostly images and Renaissance death masks, but mostly I think of gongshi—or Chinese scholars’ rocks, prized for their shapes and their use for contemplation.

I loved making this sculpture and am making sculptures in this series of eight more actual icebergs, and also paintings, works on paper and some [augmented reality] installations. This project will be all-consuming for several more years.

Tell us about the immersive app that allows viewers a way into the iceberg sculpture. What was the thinking behind this?

What you are referring to is an AR lens that allows visitors to see a 3D-rendered, animated version of the iceberg in the gallery space. It is a relatively new platform and another tool in our artists toolbox, and I am using the Snap AR Lens Studio to make what I view as essentially prototypes. This aspect of the show is truly experimental and I am working with an engineer to place them in interesting places, as I did last night in Grand Central Terminal. It’s there and interested people can find it hovering over the information kiosk through my lens in Snapchat.

For this series you worked with technical image data captured by earth scientists studying icebergs and climate change. In what ways, for you, are art and science linked, and how has that informed your work?

For me the link is inseparable in this work—but there are some important but complementary distinctions. While Dave Sutherland of Oceans & Ice Lab [oceanice.org] and his brilliant team of earth scientists are creating technical images—iceberg geometries to understand melt rates and other features of calving on ocean currents and weather—I am interested in immersive art experiences. I hope to welcome people into the experiences and also want to open viewers to their scientific discoveries and the overall project of better understanding how the world works—a commitment to knowledge and enlightenment.

The title of the New Suns paintings makes reference to Octavia Butler’s famous line: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” What do you find inspiring about this thought? What do you hope to give viewers a chance to reflect on in these works?

I am a fan of Octavia Butler’s sci-fi and poetry. She grew up in LA living right in Pasadena near the many California dreamers and visionaries that have shaped our world views—so she is also a local hero. There is just something about the world-weary and ultimately positive sentiment in this line that attracts me to it. For me the sun is one of the few things all beings can relate to— and it has so much of that same mix of beauty and terror you referred to earlier in our exchange. I feel that Butler’s line invites us to reflect on tomorrow, and what might be. But on the other hand, my sun paintings are also just circles in rectangles.

How can art help us better understand our world and our relationship to it?

Operating on a visual, experiential and intuitive level, I hope it might invite heightened awareness of our world and fill us with a sense of possibility.

A portion of proceeds go to support the Juneau Icefield Research Program. Why is it important for you to give back?

It just feels right for me. While the earth scientists were supported by the NSF [National Science Foundation] and other granting agencies, their work is an important part of my practice and I want to do whatever I can to support their research, share their findings and support long-term positive growth—winding down hydrocarbon production and consumption is going to be a long, complicated project. The Juneau Icefield Research Project is a perfect organization to support in kind. I love it because it is their mission to support diversity and recruit interested young people into the earth sciences. I also support Earthjustice— dollar for dollar, pound for pound, one of the most effective environmental organizations. I encourage everyone to look at both of these superb organizations and support them as well. mignoniart.com

Jeff McLane

Rob Reynolds “Circulation ~ 270° (Cervino/SF0518A 65.9321°N, -38.3352°W 12:40-2:15PM),” 2022

WELCOME TO ONNA HOUSE

Fashion icon, interior designer and art collector Lisa Perry creates a space for art by women out East.

BY REGINA WEINREICH

Lisa Perry has reinvented her brand at Onna House, an East Hampton show space in a Japanese modernist 1960s house for art by women. Prior to the pandemic, the fashion/ interior designer and art collector’s aesthetic was easy to spot: in fashion, signature A-line dresses with circle pockets in color; in decor, a look defined by bold planes of color on white. Sheltering in her North Haven home and imagining a new project and studio for herself, she was struck by @thecreativesagent on Instagram with a plea: Save this house.

With her husband, former hedge fund manager Richard Perry, she bought what might have been a teardown to others, a midcentury steel-and-glass landmark designed by Paul Lester Wiener, built in 1962

for Pop Art collectors Robert and Ethel Scull. They were kindred spirits for Perry, in taste, politics and arts patronage. Robert was the first to commission a portrait from Andy Warhol—of his wife, in the manner of “Marilyn Diptych.” The Sculls hosted political parties in this East Hampton home. Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem had been guests. Politically active, especially advocating for women, Lisa Perry felt the synergy. Hillary Clinton wrote the foreword to Lisa Perry: Fashion, Homes, Design (Assouline).

Perry had favored Pop Art pieces, adorning her residences in North Haven, a Sutton Place penthouse in Manhattan, Palm Beach in Florida, and Villefranchesur-Mer in France with works by Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein,

Onna House is a restored 1960s modernist residence.

Lisa Perry

Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons. The Scull house, she says, resembled her home growing up. The bathrooms and kitchen may not have been renovated since they were built, but she “loved the beautiful bones and the vibe.” And she did not want what happened to her childhood home to happen here.

She was reared in a Chicago suburb; her family’s George Fred Keck-designed house was later demolished. This was where Perry’s eye developed, with Scandinavian design, Charles and Ray Eames chairs and Herman Miller cocktail tables. Simple lines. A Bauhaus lack of embellishment. And no doors, just shoji screens.

A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Perry worked in the New York offices of the family business, Dana Mills, and visited textile factories, instilling a love of art and design that sparked Onna House, named for the Japanese word for woman.

“I’m more creative when I’m around creative people,” she says, imagining Onna House as an artist refuge and a space to showcase Asian women creatives who needed to be seen. But then Russell Steele, an East Hampton antiques dealer, pointed out, there are plenty of women artists in the Hamptons, prompting her to expand the scope of the gallery to include all female artists. Perry owns the work, so the experience of visiting Onna House is like coming to a private residence to view the art and decor: weavings, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, stone, teapots and vintage kimonos. Noting a boom in galleries out East, Perry is proud that “Onna House is seen as a little sister to established Hamptons spaces such as the Watermill Center, LongHouse, and Guild Hall.” An early sign of success: East End art stars Toni Ross and Almond Zigmund bonding in Onna House’s new kitchen. onnahouse.com

The first exhibition for 2023, Pearls, Pills & Protests, in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, features work by artists such as Jerelyn Hanrahan, Kelly Chuning, Lulu Varona and Michele Pred, who promote ideas through their creative media. It is on view from May 27-June 25.

In the living room, a bench by Charlotte Perriand and an Anni Albers rug from Christopher Farr

Poolside meeting area for artists, gallerists and guests

MAKING HOME A SANCTUARY

Three ways to cultivate a sense of well-being in your living space.

BY CHRISTY WHITMAN

As human beings, we are energy receivers and transmitters. This means that at every moment, we are both registering and broadcasting a signal that’s received and answered by everything and everyone around us. Our moment-by-moment thoughts, emotions, beliefs, attitudes and moods combine to create our energy field, or personal frequency signature. Through the process of attraction, our personal energy field draws into our lives experiences that are vibrating at a similar frequency.

This is why creating your home as your personal sanctuary is one of the most beneficial things you can do—for your peace of mind and well-being, yes, but also to enhance your ability to manifest love, prosperity, success and all the other experiences you’re seeking.

With this in mind, here are three energy mastery practices to support you in transforming your home into your own personal sanctuary:

1 Begin by clarifying the types of experiences you most want to create at this time in your life. Do you desire greater love, intimacy, joy, adventure, laughter or abundance? Keep these qualities in mind as you continue this process.

2 Next, reflect on the contents and design of your home through the lens of these qualities. Which aspects resonate in harmony with these qualities and therefore bring you joy? And which are no longer up to speed with

what you desire to create? Books you haven’t read in years, gifts from old lovers, photos that evoke heaviness or nostalgia rather than genuine happiness…all of these can block the flow of the fresh energy you want to invite into your home and life. Creating more space is one of the fastest ways to make room for new opportunities, so give yourself permission to release anything that brings your energy down, or no longer sparks joy.

3 Fill your space with things that harmonize with and amplify the experiences you most want to attract. Think in terms of adding plants, maximizing natural light and adding colorful art and fresh flowers that enhance your mood. According to feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of harmony and balance, water fountains aid in the attraction of greater abundance, while decorating a room with matching pairs of pillows, candles and the like is helpful for those who want to manifest a partnership. Note that there really is no right or wrong way to go about this; the only objective is to arrange your home in the configuration that brings you the most ease and joy. When you walk into a room and feel your heart open and your breath deepen, you’ll know you’re on the right track.

New York Times bestselling author Christy Whitman is a transformational life coach and the founder of the Quantum Success Coaching Academy. watchyourwords.com

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A thoughtfully curated environment can invite positive energy into your life, says Christy Whitman, pictured here.

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THE OM OF HOME

Is it a coincidence that the word “om” is within the word “home”? Our most sacred space is within and outside of us. H(om)e is a soul-filled vessel, a universal, nonverbal energy encompassing the connection to our inner and outer selves. Home is a mirror reflection of identity, values, desires, authenticity and in some cases, the shadow self. It is a giant, living vision board, a beautiful story being written, a colorful painting in progress, an anchor in a storm.

Creating a home that keeps us moving toward our north star also creates sustainable joy. Show your home the love it deserves, the love you deserve. Be impeccable with cleanliness, curation, reducing and repairing. Self-awareness is the first best step to a more harmonious and balanced life. It invites us to dig a little deeper within ourselves. To always ask the question, “How does this make me feel?” Self-awareness leads to selfdiscovery. When we look inward, we can clarify our values, self-worth, feelings and behaviors. Since we are intrinsically connected to our environment, designing a life we love and creating a supportive, authentic living space requires us to know ourselves deeply. Giving ourselves the grace and space to go on this inward journey requires stillness.

Living with integrity, incorporating natural elements into the home, engaging in the art of feng shui and reducing toxins, among other things, can create a profound sense of well-being. Studies have shown that when we care for ourselves, we care for our environment; this results in a reduction of cortisol levels, improved mental and physical health, the strengthening of the immune system, and a deeper feeling of satisfaction and confidence.

Personalizing your space with a preferred color or colors, meaningful objects that bring you joy or marry you to cherished memories connect you to what you deem important and reinforce your personal values. What you choose to bring into your home tells others who you believe yourself to be, making an impression as much as words, clothes or body language. The home is experiential, ever-changing. As we grow, so should our homes. We nest, getting our home ready for a new baby. Major events, like divorce or death, can impact the home. After my father died, then my mother, I was on a mad quest to move objects around and incorporate meaningful mementos of theirs into my own living space as an homage to my past, now a part of my story I hold dear. I am not the same, I never will be as I move forward, and my home needs to reflect that. Home is not stagnant. It is a living, breathing entity.

To be authentic is to be vulnerable. That feels scary, I know, but we are craving that of each other. It helps us feel seen and understood. It deepens our relationship with ourselves and others.

Well-being begins within and filters outward. Om for the home is where inner peace meets outer beauty. Beauty, or our experience of pleasure, lights up the brain like a Christmas tree and floods our system with feel-good hormones. Your home is no exception. Living a life that is authentic to each of us and is fulfilling keeps us curious and ever growing. Come home to self; come home to living beautifully. carrieleskowitzinteriors.com

A soulful living space has the power to inspire, nurture and heal.

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Personalize your home with objects that bring you joy.

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LIGHTING THE WAY

PURIST: Brown Harris Stevens was founded in New York in 1873, the year Central Park was completed. How did you approach being named its first CEO in 2018?

BESS FREEDMAN: There was incredible depth and culture here, and I thought it needed a little dusting off. One thing I thought was missing was more communication. I call them love letters to the company. I wanted to celebrate things, share challenges, and communicate about topics like marriage equality, the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the murder of George Floyd. It’s about seeing what’s going on in the world and paying attention to it, and saying, These are tough times, we see you, we hear you. We just celebrated 150 years in business; we have a lot of new technology that we’re working on this year, including a new website. The focus is the same, which is to take care of our agents and clients, help them in challenging times, and sell real estate.

PURIST: What are the hottest amenities in the most desired buildings?

BF: Pet spas—where you can have your dog bathed, get their coats brushed out, their nails cut—wine storage, cold plunge baths and pickleball courts.

PURIST: You have a high-powered job, overseeing over 2,700 agents in over 44 offices, and you’re so calm.

What’s your secret?

BF: As of about two months, I’ve been practicing Transcendental Meditation. I do it twice a day, and it is so grounding. It helps you sleep better.

PURIST: Favorite wellness practices?

BF: I go to the gym five days a week, at least. Kickboxing is one of my favorite things to do. The other thing I can’t emphasize enough is sleep. I know that I can go on two hours, but if I get eight hours, I’m Superwoman. I did a six-minute ice bath for the first time last week at Remedy Place on West 21st Street. It’s invigorating, it’s so good for your body. You feel like Rocky Balboa afterward.

PURIST: Do you encourage your kids to own real estate?

BF: My daughter is 20, my son is 17. I try to inspire them that buying your own place is part of the American dream. It’s also the best investment you will ever make. They’re good people out in the world. That’s what success is—if you can raise some nice kids, decent civilians, you’re in good shape. bhsusa.com

Bess Freedman, first CEO of Brown Harris Stevens, one of the largest privately owned real estate brokerages in the country, shares her keys to wellness. BY JIM SERVIN

Bess Freedman is an advocate for positive communication, optimism and Transcendental Meditation.

PURE PROPERTY

Rites of spring across the East End.

If you dream it, they will build. Use your imagination (and detailed renderings) to view your future home in Amagansett on Abrahams Landing Road, where a new construction on a 1.3-acre property affords sweeping views of the South Fork Country Club. Designed by Fleetwood, McMullan & Sanabria Architects, the home will span three levels with nine bedrooms and 12 baths. Expansive sight lines take in a gunite pool, landscaped grounds, and the back nine. The light-filled indoor spaces feature a grand living room with oversize fireplace and spectacular eat-in chef’s kitchen, while a covered terrace provides ample room for alfresco dining. The primary suite has its own wing, with an office and accompanying wet bar and an 850-square-foot balcony. The lower level—with a full wellness center including a wood sauna, steam room and outdoor shower leading to a raised spa—completes the perfect picture. With Martha Gundersen and Paul Brennan of Douglas Elliman, at $15,950,00.

If you long for oceanfront living, look no further than 2056 Montauk Highway, also in beautiful Amagansett.

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From top: Courtesy of Rise Media via Douglas Elliman, Courtesy of Harris Allen

79 South Main Street, Southampton

2056 Montauk Highway, Amagansett

The $25 million property is surrounded by dunes and dramatic views of the Atlantic. Inside, a great room with fireplace and wet bar leads to glass doors overlooking the pool, deck and adjacent private land preserve. The grand staircase and vaulted ceiling offer sweeping views of the ocean. Large windows throughout bring the beach vibe inside. The primary bedroom wing has its own sitting room, a spa-like bathroom and soaking tub. There’s a gym, a heated gunite pool, a private walkway to the beach and two outdoor decks for taking it all in. Situated between the Atlantic and Napeague Bay. With Kyle Rosko and Marcy Braun of Douglas Elliman.

Water Mill is a sweet hamlet tucked between Southampton and Bridgehampton with a personality all its own. Christopher J. Burnside and Aubri Peele, of Brown Harris Stevens, have a modern, spacious gem that is turnkey perfection. The first floor of the five-bedroom beauty features a large eat-in kitchen overlooking the lush backyard through large glass walls. The formal dining room and living room open to a large outdoor patio and heated gunite pool. Inside, a media room keeps houseguests happy on rainy days. Minutes away from beautiful Mecox Bay on coveted Rose Hill Road. Asking $7,250,000.

Property on Agawam Lake in Southampton Village comes around once in a lifetime. Douglas Elliman’s Michaela Keszler has an opportunity to build your paradise on the water’s edge, in what many call the most desirable location on the East End. The 1-acre plot offers 100 feet of lakefront, with the chance to build a 5,100-square-foot home of your dreams. Views abound

as the land faces west, capturing sunsets from your deck or backyard. Asking $7,495,000, it’s on South Main Street, a stone’s throw from the best beaches in the Hamptons, and a short walk to charming village shops and restaurants.

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A beautifully appointed treatment room at the newly renovated Seawater Spa at the iconic Hamptons resort, Gurney’s Montauk.

WEEKEND AT GURNEY’S

The iconic Montauk resort gets a next-level spa makeover. BY

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High up in Hither Hills at the end of Long Island sits Montauk’s longstanding seaside hotel and resort, Gurney’s, where it’s been since 1926, when local Maude Gurney set out to capture and share the charm of her hometown. Seawater Spa, one of the only spas on the East End until wellness retreat hotel Shou Sugi Ban House opened in 2019, has always been the definitive wellness destination in the Hamptons, complete with breathtaking oceanfront views that linger long after the massage is over. This winter, the 30,000-square-foot spa’s muchanticipated $20 million makeover was completed, adding to its many appeals like the ocean-fed seawater pool, one of the few of its kind in North America. New to the spa are amenities focused on recharging the mind, body and spirit by stimulating circulation while reducing inflammation like a caldarium, thermae baths, sauna and steam, and a salt room.

Those, and the ocean-viewing indoor-outdoor treatment suites, are designed by Alonso Balaguer Designs, the team behind Manhattan’s beloved spa AIRE Ancient Baths. In addition to massages in a variety of intensities, the exceptionally curated treatments, like the wrinkle-busting Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare facial, and other treatments that include top skin care brands like Biologique Recherche, OSEA, QMS Medicosmetics, VOYA and Aesop, effectively turn the clock back. The must-have bespoke Gurney’s Membership for locals and beyond offers all-access exclusivity to concierge services, and the Seawater Spa and is in keeping with the fast-paced five-star upgrades in Montauk in recent years.

The spa renovation follows the

Courtesy of Gurney’s Resorts

AIRE Ancient Baths creator Alonso Balaguer Designs assisted with the refresh of the 30,000-square-foot Seawater Spa.

aesthetic remodeling of the main spaces and suites, the addition of an elevated dining experience from famed Italian restaurant group Scarpetta, and the completion of the neighboring oceanfront Residences, all of which align with the luxury full-service experience of Gurney’s Resorts in Newport, Rhode Island, and the latest

acquisition, Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort in Arizona’s booming Paradise Valley. Under ownership led by George Filopoulos (Metrovest Equities Inc.) and Lloyd Goldman (BLDG Management Co Inc.), Gurney’s Resorts has defined itself by its year-round luxury wellness and spa destinations. gurneysresorts.com

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AGING IN NEVERLAND

Embrace the present, and the skin you’re in. BY

Anyone who grew up with a perfectly coiffed mother, or watched television ads for Barbizon modeling schools with longing or repulsion will recognize how beauty standards promote conformity. The early brainwashing of Walt Disney films, with storylines featuring girls so “nice” and beautiful they transform a beast, makes it hard to separate selfworth from appearance. With “skin as white as snow” and names like Belle, the appearance bias sets the stage for a multibillion-dollar industry of anti-aging products, devices, surgeries, supplements and injectables.

Without canceling Disney Classics like we have books by Dr. Seuss for gender and racial prejudice, how do we navigate a society that fetishes youth? While many cultures celebrate the aging process and venerate their elders, in the West, aging is a shameful experience. “The beauty industry is all about marketing and preying on vulnerable individuals,” says Melinda Anna Farina, founder of Beauty Brokers Inc. Taking a proactive approach to the aging process, Farina recommends devoting time in your 30s and early 40s to finding an exceptional functional medicine specialist and endocrinologist. “You must do a deep dive into your hormones and biological markers,” she says, “and know the details of your bodies, inside and out.” Practicing biohacking herself, 40-something Farina has yet to touch a filler—she’s holding out for a face-lift in her 50s.

“I recently saw a woman with all her wrinkles. Lot of life showed on her face. Lots of laughter. Lots of tragedy. Lots of everything, and I found her truly natural self—wrinkled and sunspots combined—to be absolutely stunning!” confesses

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Jane Hong Fernandez, CEO of ONDA, the highly curated clean beauty destination. “We are in the business of selling vetted, nontoxic and scientific serums, creams, makeup, hair products and supplements that enhance a woman’s essence. If a woman loves her freckles, then we support that! Intelligent women know who they are and respect that nature always wins in the end.”

Although an A-list roster of celebrity clients come to Park Avenue and the Hamptons for the latest in laser technology and strategic fillers, the aspirations of dermatologist Dr. Macrene Alexiades reach far beyond her patient waiting room. “My plan is to reverse the degeneration of the skin and to restore it to its natural state at age of 25 with active ingredients in my formulas, and I believe I have achieved this goal,” she says. Yes, her dream is to replace the business of cosmetic dermatology with topical nontoxic treatments.

The great American animated filmmaker Walt Disney once said, “In Disneyland, clocks and watches will lose all meaning, for there is no present. There are only yesterday, tomorrow and the timeless land of fantasy.” Despite this dreamlike world of time travel that denies the present in support of a patriarchal, youth-obsessed and racially inequitable society, it is ultimately up to each individual to educate themselves and forge a more realistic middle path.

“I see tons of revisions, and have to fix so many unfortunate situations,” sighs Farina. “Do it right from the start.”

Choose radical selfacceptance and celebrate your everlasting natural beauty.

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THE BIG O

Understanding the pros and cons of Ozempic, the controversial diabetes and weight-loss drug.

In 2019, there were just over 230,000 prescriptions written for the Type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic (semaglutide). In June of 2021, Wegovy, also a semaglutide, was FDAapproved for chronic weight management in obese and overweight adults who have at least one weightrelated health problem (such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol). At first, the cost was prohibitive, but as insurance companies began covering the category, and what was once a twice-daily injection became a oncea-week jab, the number of prescriptions skyrocketed. By last year, the drugs had reached more than 5 million— an increase of over 2,000 percent, with female users outnumbering men roughly 4 to 1.

The medications, which may regulate appetite and food intake and slow the digestive process, also help kill cravings for food and alcohol. Suddenly, people were slimming down without a sense of dieters’ deprivation (although there can be side effects such as nausea and stomach upset). It seemed like a miracle, but some issues began to arise. The term “Ozempic face” was coined to describe the side effect of facial volume loss associated with aging, and there was also concern that high demand for the drug would result in short supply for Type 2 diabetics who really needed it. Then in March, Chinese researchers warned that Ozempic and Wegovy could cause intestinal obstruction.

Caroline Messer, MD, an endocrinologist and founder of Well by Messer, assures that serious complications are rare. “About 30 percent of people have non-catastrophic side effects such as nausea or constipation, but more serious complications including pancreatitis or gallstones are rare,” she explains. (The risk is between 0.3% and 1.5%, depending on the study.)

The pen used for injections, previously made in Denmark, is now being produced in the U.S., so supply has increased dramatically. Once the size of the pen changed, patients with diabetes were no longer competing over their injectors.

Park Avenue obesity specialist Dr. Rocio SalasWhalen warns against judging people who are on these medications for weight loss. “I currently treat over 1,700 patients and most are on GLP-1 receptor agonists,’’ she says. “Some people may look like they don’t need them, but you don’t know the lengths they go to in order to reach their weight. They can spend two hours in the gym every day, or think about every morsel in their mouths.

BY BETH LANDMAN

So many people who struggle with weight are hurting themselves mentally as well as physically with some diets.’’

Salas-Whalen warns that complications can arise when patients visit doctors who aren’t properly trained in dealing with the medication. “We are going to see more and more unpredictable side effects because many doctors are jumping into prescribing it, and they don’t have the expertise to understand how to help patients through it,” she says. “I’ve had neurologists asking me what to do when they encounter these situations.”

Of course, for people who suffer from psychological issues regarding food, there is a danger of slipping back into old habits when they go off the drug. “If people eat compulsively, Ozempic might mask hunger and numb natural systems, but it’s only temporary,” maintains Dr. Mary Wansley, a psychologist and behavioral scientist with offices in Dallas, Los Angeles and West Palm Beach, who specializes in eating and food addiction. “Everybody wants a quick fix, but when they go off the medication, they still don’t have tools to manage their weight.”

Messer says that the weight-loss drug might actually help the psychological process. “Some people gain weight due to fertility medicine, psychological drugs or a death in the family, and weight gain may be specific to these situations, rather than compulsive eating,” she explains. “One of the best times to get psychological help is when patients are on these medications. People are more receptive to cognitive behavioral therapy when they are actively losing weight and achieving their goals.”

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WHAT WELLNESS MEANS TO ME

The Emmy-nominated actress Cara Buono (Mad Men, Stranger Things) shares her perspective on keeping healthy.

What does wellness mean to me? My first thought was: time. In the past I would talk about “making time” for wellness, whether it be for meditation, a yoga class or a massage. I was and am a self-care enthusiast, from reading Purist to listening to the Huberman Lab podcast. Wellness was something on my to-do list. As my life got busier and less predictable (like all of us), it dawned on me that there has to be a fluidity and flexibility to how I incorporate wellness into my everyday life.

I do have planned wellness routines: I wake by 5AM, put my feet down, realize I am healthy and pain-free, and I say a prayer of gratitude be cause it is truly the greatest gift to not have any health issues. I start every day with warm lemon water. I’ll work out, whether it’s the gym, boxing or running. I meal-plan on Sundays for my family. I love

infrared saunas and taking cold plunge baths a few times a week. But days and routines get disrupted, and wellness plans were beginning to linger on my to-do list.

Wellness has now evolved into a way of daily life that I have cultivated over time and helps me feel balanced. Wellness means taking time to pause and reflect on the present moment and all that it has to offer. If I don’t have an hour on a day or more, I’l l find a few minutes to stretch, do some breathing or meditate while walking. I’ll find ways to eat healthy when there aren’t a lot of options, but also not beat myself up when I don’t. I’ll do a 30-minute workout from Chris Hemsworth’s Centr app in my hotel room. Wherever I am, especially if I’m away from my family, I’ll truly notice what’s around me, find something that’s beautiful and be grateful for the precious gift of time.

Taking time to reflect is key for Cara Buono.

PASTEL PLEASURES

The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach launches a colorful, playful capsule furniture collection.

BY BETH LANDMAN

There is something about The Colony Hotel, with its whimsical decor and perfect location—a nexus that bridges the tranquil beach and Worth Avenue—that calls to visitors when they conjure their days in the iconic enclave of Palm Beach. Now guests can do more than envision the spirit of the “Pink Paradise”—they can take a piece of it home, in addition to the hotel’s popular offerings of baseball caps, dog bowls and Vilebrequin collab swimming trunks.

In celebration of The Colony Hotel’s 75th anniversary, Sarah Wetenhall, who along with her husband bought the property in 2016, has launched a capsule furniture collection with the help of Society Social founder Roxy Owens, a forerunner of the “new traditional” decorating style. The 11 pieces, featuring rattan, woven wicker and faux bamboo, as well as upholstered items, include chairs, sofas, headboards, stools and a cocktail table—fabrics, colors and patterns can be customized. One rattan dresser was actually conceived from a napkin sketch drawn by Wetenhall’s young son. It’s a colorful, playful mix that captures The Colony’s sense of both history and whimsy.

“We wanted it to be accessible and not have our customers jump through hoops to purchase it, so Society Social’s direct-to-consumer model really spoke to us,” says Wetenhall.

The collection follows an update of the hotel, which began five years ago with public spaces, including the

ballroom, restaurant and lobby, and culminated this season with the guest rooms. “We made a commitment to begin to update the property, but we didn’t want a wholesale overhaul,” she explains. “We wanted to gently guide her forward into the future. It was the perfect way to dovetail the need for celebration with the need for renovation.”

The refurbishment was led by Kemble Interiors founder Mimi McMakin. “She is the epitome of Palm Beach and has become a good friend,” says Wetenhall. There is an emphasis on classic Palm Beach colors—like pink, blue and green—that reflect nature, while works from local photographers line the walls.

“I really love the chairs; I have some in my home,” says Wetenhall of the scalloped rattan seats that come in an array of upholsteries. “We wanted the rooms to have a point of view.”

She feels the collection will suit city apartments as well as other resort towns. “I see them in like-minded places with a vacation mindset like Nantucket, The Hamptons and Newport, but you are not married to our fabrics and colors, so they will also work in urban environments.”

The collection is just another step in the building of a lifestyle brand, but not the last. “In November we are launching the Colony Edit,” reveals Wetenhall. “It will act as a platform and incubator for future collaborations and we have some exciting ones in the works, including dresses and ladies’ bathing suits.” thecolonypalmbeach.com

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The newly updated elevator landing, part of The Colony’s 2022 redesign

CELEBRATE MOTHER IN STYLE

Show her love with chic and thoughtful home furnishings and accessories from the world’s top fashion designers.

BY JULIA SZABO

Today’s designer home furnishings are not always your mom’s idea of hostess chic—but whether your taste runs classic or ultra-contemporary, this Mother’s Day brings a wide range of gracious options.

Tory Burch goes boldly botanical with her home collection. In addition to everything needed for a French country-style dining table that’s totally paper-, plasticand vinyl-free (think ceramic plates, glass drinkware, napkins and tablecloths round, square or oblong) there’s also an item sure to bring sweet after-dinner dreams: a splendid, handcrafted, cotton quilt, in a folk art pattern called King’s Leap. toryburch.com

For diners with edgier taste in food seeking statementmaking tableware to serve it on, avant-garde tableware

Courtesy of Missoni, Tory Burch

Missoni surfboard for the stylish, active mom

Tory Burch sets a festive French country-style dining table.

designs by Issey Miyake are—like the designer’s fashion collections—guaranteed to elevate the everyday to art. Of-the-moment and created to last, they’re a collaboration with Finnish lifestyle brand Iittala. connox.com

Cynthia Rowley has Mom covered with opera-length oven mitts in eye-popping florals with bold hues of fuchsia, scarlet and turmeric. Flowers sprout up all over the designer’s home collection, which includes whimsical wallpapers with witty names (This Buds for You) and napkins with embroidered, scalloped edges that let you eliminate paper from your dinner table. cynthiarowley.com

Cynthia Rowley’s opera-length floral oven mitts; playful lighting by Connox; octagonal porcelain plates from Dior, designed by Cordelia de Castellane.

Italians are the world leaders of living with high style. Dior’s design mastermind Maria Grazia Chiuri brings to the casa all the delicious drama of a Dior fashion show, complete with stunning, go-anywhere, map-themed place mats, notebooks, candles adorned with a Plan de Paris Cordella de Castellane created octagonal plates as a nod to Dior’s favorite number, 8. dior.com

Patterned designer bath towels were the rage in the ’70s, and vintage specimens by Yves Saint Laurent now fetch high prices at auction. Invest in tomorrow’s terry heirlooms with the exuberantly colorful zigzagging Missoni bath collection—and stay hydrated in style with

Sir Paul Smith has a knack for making life more colorful. Flying this cool knight’s colors couldn’t be easier, with every corner of the home covered, from cozy blankets to striped accent pillows and magnetic iPhone wallets so bright they’re a cinch to locate when the phone goes MIA. Smith also does his part to support artists, curating and selling a nice collection of fine art prints, both in his stores and online. paulsmith.com

Ralph Lauren Home furnishings elevate every surface of an interior, from perfect paint colors to classic carpets and elegant furniture that’s designed and built to last. As clean-and-green as it is impeccably stylish, the bath collection makes a cheerful impact with a rainbow of brilliant hues. ralphlaurenhome.com

If cradling a Louis Vuitton purse doesn’t give you enough

the polychromatic Carretto Siciliano porcelain mug by Dolce & Gabbana. missoni.com; dolcegabbana.com

Enjoy a break with Dolce & Gabbana’s porcelain Carretto Siciliano mug.

Paul Smith infuses a home collection with his signature eccentric elegance.

Cozy up to Louis Vuitton’s wool-cashmere Checkmate cushion.

Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana, Ben Anders, Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

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of a style fix, the new Vuitton home collection offers the chance to let LV cradle you: nestle against an LV wool cushion, or relax in Patricia Urquiola’s artful leather sling chair, which makes the sitter feel like being suspended from a particularly elegant shoulder bag. André Fu, Marcel Wanders and the Campana Brothers also contributed to the home collection. us.louisvuitton.com

Delight Mom with the gift of Veronica Beard x Juliska. Beard’s collaboration with South Carolina’s beloved lifestyle brand lets mealtime transport foodies to two irresistible destinations: America’s lowcountry, and Portugal, where these sweet ceramics originate. veronicabeard.com

Whatever your weekend pastime, Hermès has the accessories to help you play in high style, always packaged in gorgeous orange boxes that brighten every interior. Think playing cards, backgammon, chess and skittle sets, plus every item needed to enable lounging at home: pillows, blankets, tableware, trays, vases, paperweights, bookends, tissue boxes and handembroidered cotton “Cordelie” carpets. hermes.com

from top left: Courtesy of Hermès, Courtesy of Ralph Lauren Home, Courtesy of Veronica Beard

Veronica Beard’s Iberian-influenced ceramic Party Plate set

Ralph Lauren bath towels pay homage to the Polo shirt.

Hermès Ithaque wool-cashmere blanket, inspired by the Ionic columns of Greek temples

V I B R A N T

“Pay attention to messages from your heart. Do what is right by you. Become whole, and you will find someone else equally evolved,” says Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson, pictured here in a dress by Zimmermann.

THE POWER OF HUMAN CONNECTION

Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson talks with Purist about how meaningful relationships are essential for physical and mental well-being.

Family love strongly contributes to health, healing and longevity.

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As an expert in functional and integrative medicine, I don’t just look at symptoms. I consider every part of someone’s life. That means I don’t just look at diet or exercise, but also at interpersonal relationships, which we all need in order to thrive. Social connections are as essential for health as diet and exercise, but people don’t often think of this first. When people talk about making changes to their lives, or “getting healthy,” they’ll often mention their new diet, or apps to help them monitor steps, but what often gets lost in the shuffle is the very real way that human connection supports mental as well as physical health. Evidence shows that isolation, loneliness and also stressful or troubled relationships are damaging to health and healing. This can keep you from feeling as positive and vibrant as you could feel.

Because humans are social creatures, troubled relationships are our most potent stressors. Supportive, loving relationships are perhaps our most powerful stress relievers. When you feel understood, loved and supported by the people around you—your partner, your family, your friends, your community—you are much less likely to suffer health problems.

The science is clear and the results are straightforward. For decades, studies have illustrated that those with positive relationships live the longest, get sick less often, heal faster and have a higher quality of life than those without strong social ties, who are more likely to develop depression and cognitive decline in old age, and who don’t heal as quickly or report being as happy. People who live in perceived isolation without meaningful contact with others, or who report feeling lonely frequently, are much more likely to develop diseases, including heart disease and cancer. One study showed that those with fewer positive relationships were twice as likely to die prematurely, which is equal to the risk of being obese, never exercising or smoking 15 cigarettes a day. There is no doubt that we need each other to be vibrant. Social isolation in our modern world, which happens for many reasons, has contributed to a mental health crisis. One great remedy for this is to pay more attention to the power of interpersonal relationships and how they can and do affect health.

TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS

There are many ways to have relationships and they are all beneficial, but what most people crave is a romantic partnership with one primary person (whether or not they get married), or at least fulfilling, supportive companionship. Most people want to find “their person” sooner or later, even if they are enjoying being single at the moment. It is our human destiny to be in relationships (I recognize that relationships can have many different

forms), and people will do just about anything to create them, even when other people aren’t available. That’s why we are so bonded to our pets, and even to things like houses and cars. We make relationships out of everything because we all want to love and be loved.

Love is complicated. Especially now, when traditional gender roles are so often called into question and many are unsure about their place or role, figuring out how to interact with a romantic partner, especially when living together, can be confusing. Figuring out how to find a romantic partner can feel like even more of a challenge.

Social expectations can further complicate the picture. Are you still “supposed to” get married? Have children? Do your parents expect it? Do you assume you should do it even if you aren’t sure you want to? More and more relationships are nontraditional, and that can sometimes still result in stressful social pressure, both from others and from yourself and your own conditioning.

There is also a psychological component to love. We all have programming from childhood about what love looks like, and many people continue to repeat mistakes from the past because that is all they know.

Love is also definitely biochemical. That initial rush of passion and infatuation is really more about attraction than actual love, although people often mistake that euphoric and irresistible feeling of longing and desire as love. It’s hard to be logical about your relationship in those first few months of romance, but what’s really going on is hormonal, as are many of our emotions. Hormones are the connection between physical and mental health, because they influence how we feel about things. They play a role in every aspect of your health, influencing food cravings, motivation, energy and passion. They have more power than you might realize, and can influence and change the relationship dynamic.

I’m going to put on my doctor hat for a moment and explain what love does to your endocrine system. It’s a dance of rising and falling levels of hormones, including:

Cortisol: The notorious stress hormone, cortisol, rises with initial attraction. This is a stress response, but one that energizes and excites, creating a feeling of tension and sexual desire. It is more like an acute response than a chronic response, and when the relationship settles in, cortisol levels should return to normal.

Dopamine: Increases in dopamine can cause that euphoric, weak-in-the-knees, I-can’t-be-apart-from-thisperson feeling. It is an intense desire for physical and emotional bonding. This can last for a few months or up to a year.

Serotonin: Decreased serotonin during the attraction phase can cause feelings of obsession, which may be a

primal response to help overcome any barriers to reproduction. It is also a temporary state; serotonin levels should be back to normal after a few months or up to a year.

Oxytocin: Oxytocin is the bonding hormone released by physical contact that helps mothers bond to their babies, makes hugs feel so good and helps you stay connected to your beloved even after your serotonin level goes back to normal. This is the hormone largely responsible for the long-term relationship glue, and it is released during intimate contact, which is one biochemical reason why couples who stop having sex often feel like they have lost their connection.

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF

Of all the possible relationships, there is one that must come first: your relationship with yourself. Do you have that friend who can’t be without a romance in his or her life? Or, maybe it’s you. Romance is a lovely thing, exciting and full of promise, but when you are in a romance, it’s easy to lose sight of yourself, at least in those initial swept-away stages. Sometimes people, women in particular, think it’s selfish to focus on themselves, and we put everybody else first, or we’re afraid of what we might find out about ourselves if we look too closely. But you can’t be in a truly healthy relationship until you know who you are. I think I probably would have stayed single forever if I had not met my husband. There is enormous value and fulfillment in owning your own space and not having to compromise.

Being single for a while is a gift. Trust me when I tell you it is much better to be single than to be in an unhappy relationship. Even if partnering with someone is your ultimate goal, those times in your life when you are single offer a great opportunity to work on your relationship with yourself. If you just got out of a relationship, take some time just for you, to really dive into who you are and what went wrong. Be honest and figure out what you don’t want. Don’t waste time jumping back into the exhausting world of dating apps and blind dates until you have figured out what patterns to avoid, and what warning signs to look for. This is your chance to decide what matters to you, and figure out what your purpose is in this life, other than partnering with someone else.

Besides, it’s the 21st century. Technically, you don’t need a partner. You are your own person, not somebody’s property. You don’t need anybody to complete you. You can have your own life, your own home, your own career,

your own identity. When you really know who you are, why you are here and what you want in this life, you will be in the best possible position to find someone else equally evolved, equally self-aware and equally capable of the kind of deep, lasting, loving partnership we all crave. Or, they will find you. Often, when you are ready, the right person appears. Then the added benefits of love and supportive partnership can pile on top of the many benefits of independence and autonomy.

So put yourself first. Become whole. Dysfunctional relationships are relationships where two people need each other in order to be whole. Healthy relationships are about two whole people who choose to walk side by side into the future. Become the person capable of that, and you will be a person capable of a truly vibrant relationship.

SEVEN THINGS HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL COUPLES DO

Dr. Jay Ferraro is a relationship coach whom I’ve known for some time, and while I’d need another book to share everything I’ve learned from him, these are a few key things that he says successful couples generally do:

They have high standards, both for whom they choose and for themselves, as someone in a relationship.

They put the relationship first, above all else, regardless of what else is happening in their life. (Hardly anyone does this.)

They have crystal-clear boundaries around their relationship. They have articulated to each other exactly what they have established that it will mean to love each other.

They say “I love you” every day. And mean it!

They have rituals of connection, like always having dinner together or always kissing each other goodbye.

They have regular sex and are comfortable talking about their sex life.

They have a common vision, common values and common interests. They like doing things together.

I love these tips, but the truth is that no relationship can be created or fixed overnight with “seven easy steps,” or pithy phrases from any relationship guru. All relationships are challenging. They do take work, and it’s work some people aren’t really willing to do. But it is also work that can make your life better. When you are willing to do the work on yourself and for yourself, you can get there. The most difficult barriers are the ones in your own head. Pay attention to the messages from your heart, and do what is right for you, always.

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“All relationships are challenging. They do take work, and it’s work some people aren’t willing to do. But it can make your life better.”

JAS ASPEN SNOWMASS 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

JAS JUNE EXPERIENCE (JUNE 22-25): a four day celebration of music taking place in multiple venues around historic Downtown Aspen featuring 10+ performances nightly of jazz, blues, world, funk and more. A centrally located VIP tent offers attendees private dinners and performances in the evening, and special events during the day such as artist talks and a Sunday Jazz Brunch.

JAS LABOR DAY EXPERIENCE (SEPT. 1-3): three days of music in Snowmass, CO with crowds of up to 10,000/per day. The combination of world-class music and high-end hospitality taking place in a spectacular setting truly set JAS apart from other music festivals. 2023 performers include: Foo Fighters, Old Dominion, The Lumineers, Billy Idol, Brother’s Osborne, Grace Potter, James Bay and Jade Jackson.

JAS CAFÉ: series of winter and summer jazz and world music performances taking place at various intimate venues throughout Aspen.

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SINCE 1996 JAS HAS CONTRIBUTED OVER $8+ MILLION TO MUSIC EDUCATION!

FOOD IS MEDICINE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER SOM

Peter Som’s flavorful Radicchio Salad With Warm Brown Butter Balsamic Dressing. Find the recipe on petersom.com and turn the page for more of his inspired spring salads.

Leeks support the immune system, boost heart health and aid digestion.

SPRING FORWARD

Peter Som offers three bright salads to have on repeat this season.

That long wait from winter to spring can oftentimes feel like a culinary lull, but with some creativity and a bit of imagination, those bright flavors of warmer weather eating can be captured with ease. This trio of salads focuses on those heartier vegetables that are abundant before those summer leafy greens start emerging from the soil. Eggplant, leeks, and winter squash play the starring role, with easy and flavorpacked dressings and vinaigrettes that add a bright punch.

For me, all good salads must be full of flavor and be

Roasted Leeks With Butter Beans, Hazelnuts and Miso-Dijon Vinaigrette

Roasted leeks are one of my favorite dishes to serve all year long, but especially in the colder months. They are so simple to make and are packed with flavor (they are a part of the allium family, after all) and are the perfect blank slate to be dressed up however fancy or simple you like. Roasting leeks renders them caramelized and succulent and perfect for a vibrant vinaigrette. I’ve done a play on the classic French dish leeks vinaigrette—my version adds butter beans for protein and a lovely creaminess, along with crumbles of tangy goat cheese and crunchy hazelnuts. The subtle player here is the addition of yellow miso—in both the vinaigrette and the brown butter that bathes the butter beans (say that 10 times fast!)— and that umami permeates the entire dish with a lovely mouthwatering complexity.

SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS:

6 leeks

1∕3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon, divided Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

½ cup hazelnuts, roughly chopped

INSTRUCTIONS:

endlessly adaptable, and these three are just that. Add grilled halloumi, chickpeas or crispy tofu to any of them for a heartier veg-forward meal. Toss the Pomegranate Gremolata with farro or couscous. Add a swirl of labneh under the roasted leek salad. Missing an ingredient? Swap out or add in whatever’s looking delicious from the farm stand.

These vibrant salads are more than shoulder season dishes; they’re versatile back-pocket recipes to take you directly into spring and beyond.

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1 tablespoon white or yellow miso, plus 1 teaspoon, divided 1 (15-ounce) can butter beans, drained and rinsed

VINAIGRETTE:

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1. Heat oven to 425 F and place a sheet pan in the lower third of the oven. Trim the bases of the leeks, ensuring they are still intact, and cut off dark green parts, reserving only white and light green. Wash thoroughly and pat dry. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with salt and pepper on both sides. Carefully remove the sheet pan from the oven and place leeks cut-side down on the pan (you should hear a sizzle) and roast in the oven for 20 minutes. Turn leeks over and continue to roast for 2 to 3 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, in a skillet over medium heat, add hazelnuts and toast until fragrant— approximately 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and wipe out the skillet. Return skillet to heat and add butter and 1 teaspoon miso and stir to combine—melt until butter is a golden nutty brown—approximately 2 to 3

1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard

3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar

1 medium shallot, minced (about 3 tablespoons)

½ cup goat cheese, crumbled, for serving Flat-leaf parsley, for garnish Flaky sea salt for finishing

minutes—then add butter beans and gently stir to coat and warm the beans. Set aside.

3. Make the vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon miso, Dijon, whole grain mustard, rice wine vinegar and remaining olive oil. Season with salt (not too much since the miso is salty) and pepper. Place chopped shallot in a wire mesh strainer and rinse under tap water (this’ll mellow out the onion flavor a bit), drain and add to the bowl. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons water to thin out as needed and whisk until fully combined. Vinaigrette can be made up to 2 days ahead and stored in the refrigerator.

4. To serve, arrange leeks cut-side up on a serving plate along with butter beans, hazelnuts, and goat cheese, then drizzle with vinaigrette atop. Garnish with parsley and finish with flaky sea salt and additional olive oil, and serve warm or at room temperature.

Lemony Farro Salad With Roasted Eggplant, Shallots, and Pine Nuts

This salad comes together in a flash and depends on pantry and spice drawer staples to bring big flavor. A quick roast of cubed eggplant and shallots mixed with farro that’s been cooked in stock and spices, along with a few splashes of lemon

juice and sherry vinegar, the crunch of pine nuts and the sweetness of golden raisins creates the perfect bite for lunch or dinner. This is the filling yet healthy kind of salad that’ll taste even better the second day, after the flavors have melded.

SERVES 4-6

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup farro, rinsed

2 cups vegetable stock

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon chile flakes

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1 large globe eggplant, cut into 1-inch cubes

8 shallots, trimmed and halved (or quartered if large)

4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided

1∕3 cup pine nuts, toasted

1∕3 cup golden raisins

1 lemon, zested and juiced

2 tablespoons sherry vinegar

½ cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped, plus more for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 425 F.

2. Make the farro: In a saucepan, add farro, stock, bay leaf, cumin, coriander and chile flakes and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 20 to 23 minutes or until tender and al dente. Remove bay leaf and drain. Set aside.

3. Meanwhile, prepare the eggplant: Place eggplant cubes and shallots on a sheet pan; drizzle with 3 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 25 to 30 minutes or until eggplant is charred in spots and tender.

4. To assemble, in a serving bowl, add farro, eggplant, shallots, golden raisins and pine nuts. Add lemon zest and lemon juice, vinegar, parsley and remaining olive oil and toss. Garnish with additional parsley and serve warm or at room temperature.

Cumin, coriander and chile flakes bring big flavor to this lunch or dinner salad.

Sheet Pan Roasted Delicata Squash With Chickpeas and Pomegranate Gremolata

Delicata squash is a perfect healthy ingredient because it’s relatively easy to prepare (you don’t even have to peel it) and cook, and its meaty texture is not just hearty but also heart-healthy. This recipe is even easier since almost everything is roasted on the sheet pan—the squash, along with chickpeas for protein— and everything is topped with a vibrant tart-sweet gremolata.

SERVES 6

INGREDIENTS:

Note: Feel free to substitute delicata squash with your favorite winter squash such as butternut, acorn or kabocha.

2 delicata squash

1 yellow onion

2 garlic cloves, smashed

12 thyme sprigs

½ teaspoon chile flakes

1 teaspoon fennel seeds

2 tablespoons olive oil, plus

1 teaspoon, divided

1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

GREMOLATA:

¼ cup pomegranate arils

1∕3 cup pine nuts, toasted

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon lemon zest

2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped, plus more for garnish

Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste

Flaky sea salt, for finishing

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 450 F.

2. Peel (if desired) and seed squash, then halve lengthwise. Cut each half into -inch slices. Cut onion into -inch slices. Add squash and onion to a bowl, along with garlic, thyme, chile flakes, fennel seeds and

2 tablespoons olive oil Season with salt and pepper and toss to evenly coat squash. Arrange on a parchment-lined sheet pan in a single layer (use two pans if needed), along with the chickpeas.

3. Roast in the oven for 15 to 18 minutes—

rotating sheet pans halfway through—until squash is tender.

4. Meanwhile, make the gremolata: In a small bowl, toss the pomegranate arils, pine nuts, lemon juice, lemon zest, parsley and remaining olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.

5. To serve, remove thyme sprigs and arrange squash, chickpeas and onions on a platter. Top with gremolata. Finish with flaky sea salt and garnish with more parsley and serve warm or at room temperature.

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The perfect texturally rich, low-maintenance dish for your spring salad rotation

A RECIPE FOR WELLNESS

Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard dishes on her exercise and wellness routine in advance of her appearance at this year’s Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.

BY ANNE MARIE O’CONNOR

Chefs today aren’t necessarily the chain-smoking, exerciseaverse hard drinkers of the past. They realize a healthy lifestyle is essential in order to have the energy and stamina needed to run a kitchen, and in the case of Stephanie Izard, a food empire.

Not only has Izard won Top Chef and Iron Chef Gauntlet, but she’s also a fitness fanatic who’d have just as good a shot of victory on American Ninja Warrior She needs to stay in shape: She owns six restaurants, including Girl & the Goat, which has locations in Chicago and Los Angeles, plus she does frequent TV appearances, has a product line (This Little Goat sauces and spices), and is the mother of 6-year-old Ernie.

Izard, who was also the recipient of the James Beard Best Chef: Great Lakes Award in 2013, credits F45, a highintensity functional fitness group workout that she does six to seven times a week, with keeping her fit. “I was a competitive swimmer growing up, so I was always into fitness, but in the last couple of years I’ve been trying to get even healthier,” she says. “I think a lot of adults still have this competitive drive, so F45’s been a good outlet for me.”

When the weather is warm, she also swims “mini laps” in her backyard pool. “Swimming is a great workout for your whole body without hurting your joints,” she points out.

And though she’s known for her “nose-to-tail” whole animal menus, she’s also a major proponent of vegetables. Too often, they’re an afterthought, she notes. “One way to make them more fun is to think about texture,” she explains. She likes to top roasted cauliflower or broccoli or a salad with a crunchy topping made of a cereal, like Special K or puffed rice, marinated in soy and Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar and then air fried. “It makes vegetables so much more fun!”

She’s also a fan of hydration therapy, which consists of an IV infusion of fluids. “Recently, I was so busy, I got so dehydrated. I started doing hydration therapy one to two times a week. Now I’m obsessed with it. It really keeps your body going.” She will definitely do it before heading to Aspen for the Food & Wine Classic, where she’ll be giving out samples of her This Little Goat line in the festival’s tent all weekend.

On Friday afternoon, she and her friend (and fellow Top Chef winner) Brooke Williamson will be doing a surf ’n’ turf taco night demonstration. “We’re also going to do some cocktails and dance—I’m a danceaholic. It’s such great exercise!” Food and fun—always a winning recipe!

The Food & Wine Classic takes place from June 16-18 in Aspen; classic.foodandwine.com

Chef Stephanie Izard prioritizes whole body well-being.

A TOUCH OF FRANCE

At the new PARC Aspen restaurant, local flavor meets modern French farmhouse chic.

BY LINDA HAYES

The opening of PARC Aspen last December came with a multitude of challenges. As if anticipation on the part of the many fans of the location’s former occupant, the beloved L’Hostaria, was not daunting enough, the space was in dire need of repair. “Everything from heating and cooling systems needed to be upgraded,” notes Ryan Doremus of local Thunderbowl Architects, who was brought in to assist. “We also had to start from scratch for what’s now a near Michelin-star caliber kitchen.”

Vision for the PARC Aspen’s modern French farmhouse interior came from local owners Maryanne and Harley Sefton. “We wanted to bring a fresh breath of air into the space,” says Maryanne, “lighten things up, improve the flow and make it more conducive to both large and intimate dining experiences.”

To that end, the couple hired San Diego-based residential designer Joan O’Haver, who knew their aesthetic well. Coordinating with structural changes, including a newly elevated wood-beamed ceiling that opened up the main dining space, O’Haver specified

banquette and freestanding table seating; the former, upholstered in durable gray-blue faux leather, the latter surrounded by modern club chairs.

Accessible to the main dining room but closed off as needed, a private dining area, The 620 Room, seats 12 at a rustic white oak-topped table and features a glassedin 1,000-bottle wine wall curated by wine and beverage director Greg Van Wagner. The room now hosts popular winemaker dinners as well as private events and chef’s tasting experiences.

Rounding out the PARC Aspen experience, and upholding the former L’Hostaria’s reputation for conviviality, the Modern Locals bar area features a 20-foot-long quartz-topped bar backed by a mirrored liquor display wall. It’s busy every night. In keeping with the local concept are custom works by Colorado artists: a hand-carved sign by Lauren Poppie at the front entrance, and murals of mountainscapes and vineyards by Michael Kinsley and Dean Bowlby throughout the bar, and main and private dining rooms. parcaspen.com

Warm and inviting dining at PARC Aspen

SALAD DAYS

Flavorful, healthy dressings and planet-friendly business practices are the cornerstones of the wife-and-wife owned Lisa’s 1973.

BY JIM SERVIN

As a sommelier, fromager and French Culinary Institutetrained chef based in New York City, Lisa Roberts Hurd lived and ate well. But in 2007, a series of autoimmune disorders, including celiac disease, fibromyalgia and bronchial asthma, compelled the academic foodie (she has a master’s in classical archaeology from Oxford) to take a closer look at her diet. An anti-inflammatory regimen, she realized, could address autoimmune issues. Organic greens would be key to rebalancing and recovery. “I love olive oil and lemon, but you can have only so much of that,” says the founder of the popular wellness consulting platform FOOD.BODY.SOUL, and a guest instructor of culinary nutrition at Stanford University’s BeWell and Healthy Living programs. “You want the ingredients to be elevated a bit. I started experimenting with other flavors.”

In 2008, she met her future wife and co-founder, Kristin Hurd, then a real estate agent facing her own health issues: a congenital cardiac condition for which she underwent open heart surgery at the age of 39. “When someone tells you, ‘You have to have an anti-inflammatory diet,’” says Kristin, “it sounds like the world is completely over.” Together, they created a line of refrigerated, fresh, organic, dairy-free, gluten-free, plant-based dressings and sauces, naming the company Lisa’s 1973 after the co-founder’s birth year, a time of “forward-moving change,” she says.

“Roe v. Wade was decided, and significant environmental laws went into effect.”

Playful ’70s-style graphics bring a light touch to the company’s serious missions, posted on its website: “sustainable practices, equality for all, social responsibility, end food insecurity.” The brand’s first dressing, Groovy Zest, a hot honey-lemon sauce, adds zing to salmon and chicken. A second dressing, Disco Spice & Everything Nice, excellent on mango sorbet, blends cilantro and jalapeño. The Thai basil-infused Studio Fifty-Fresh is a favorite of kids and one Manhattan nutritionist, who enjoys it as a soup.

The shift to a plant-focused diet, made more fun with delectable dressings, paid off for the couple. Fifteen years later, they are thriving, living with a 9-year-old son in Litchfield County, Connecticut, vacationing in Southampton (“It’s a magical place that we love yearround,” says Lisa) promoting a digital cookbook series, and developing a line of vinaigrettes that will be released in the next few months. In April, they launch single-serve sachets, “a better for you, on-the-go option,” says Kristin. Lisa’s 1973 is available at Wishbone Farms in Southampton, Provisions in Water Mill, Orchard Grocer in Manhattan, Greene Grape Provisions in Brooklyn, and soon will be expanding to 500 locations on the East Coast, from Portland, Maine, to Palm Beach, Florida. Order online at lisa1973.com.

Lisa Roberts Hurd, left, with her wife and co-founder, Kristin Hurd

LIQUID GOLD

Rooted in the love of sharing her family’s traditional Greek recipes with others, first-generation Greek American actress Anastasia Ganias-Gellin and her sister Stephanie Rapsomanikis set off on a mission to create the next wave of clean, simple and wildly medicinal Greek artisanal essentials, starting with their most loved organic Greek extra-virgin olive oil. Here, Fancy Peasant founder and local Southamptonite Ganias-Gellin talks about her journey to founding her business using food as medicine, and the health benefits of the product line.

PURIST: What inspired you to start Fancy Peasant?

Anastasia Ganias-Gellin: Fancy Peasant wasn’t part of the plan—neither was my father dying after a 15-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The loss of my baba took a lot from me, but it also gave me a surprising gift. In grief, I discovered that teaching others how to cook my family’s Greek peasant recipes gave me purpose, pleasure and a path to healing. Our philosophy is inspired by the humble lifestyle of my father’s birthplace, Vavouri, Greece, where the people truly live off the land. Their food is their medicine, and this same ethos is ingrained in our simple, modern recipes. It felt important to me to honor his memory by helping other people create healthy meals with and for their families.

PURIST: What are the health benefits of your products?

AGG: Before there were superfoods, there was Greek olive oil. Thousands of years later, olive oil is still celebrated for its radical medicinal properties. Our 100 percent Koroneiki Greek EVOO produces increased levels of phenolic compounds. These are anti-angiogenic, anti-inflammatory, and uniquely anti-cancer. This means that our antioxidant

and polyphenol-rich GEVOO can support and optimize your body’s remarkable defense system. Our olives are handpicked by our team in Lechaina, Greece, to ensure there are no imperfections, and then milled within hours. Zero chemicals. Zero fillers. Cold-pressed perfection. PURIST: Tell us about the addition of Greek Mountain Oregano salt to the line.

AGG: Mountain oregano is the quintessential Greek herb. Our oregano grows wild near pristine rivers and underground streams, some of the cleanest in Europe. Like our oil, the surrounding environment greatly influences the product’s robust, earthy flavor. Because we collect from its indigenous ecosystem at high altitudes, our oregano has higher concentrations of antioxidants and essential oils. It is one of the most potent and delicious varieties in Greece. Oregano is collected in the spring and hung to dry all summer, and Greek cooks use it to infuse almost every recipe. They prefer dried over fresh for the flavorful finish it provides. Combined with our olive oil, lemon and garlic, this salt blend lends a distinctive Greek flavor and medicinal punch to every dish. We recommend adding it midway through the cooking, or toward the end as a finisher to maintain its bold flavor.

PURIST: Does a diet rich in olive oil promote longevity?

AGG: I believe it is crucial that we learn to listen to our bodies in order to care for ourselves and our children. By moving naturally throughout the day, eating wisely, connecting with our community and finding something to live for beyond just work, we can’t guarantee 100 years for everyone, of course, but we stand an excellent chance of adding happy and hopefully healthy years to our lives. fancypeasant.com

Anastasia Ganias-Gellin tells Purist about the wellness benefits of her Greek family’s carefully curated EVOO.

Fancy Peasant’s olives are hand-picked and milled within hours.

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Byrne is the mother of Rocco Cannavale, 7, and Rafa Cannavale, 5.

“Comedy is such a different set to be on. The joke is really the most precious part of every scene.” —ROSE BYRNE

“I’m in love with the city,” says Byrne, a Sydney native.

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BYRNE BABY BYRNE

With the aerobics-powered Apple + series Physical in its third season, a new comedy series, Platonic, and a meticulously renovated, perfectly pink family home in Brooklyn, actress ROSE BYRNE has plenty of reasons to feel energized, strong and optimistic. Here, she shares perspectives on parenting, partnership and wellness.

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Rose Byrne won her first acting role at age 15.

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CRISTINA CUOMO: I watched your new series, Platonic, last night, and it is hilarious. You and Seth Rogen have such a good dynamic. It’s definitely a bingeworthy series. With Season 3 of Physical coming up, you’re playing these quintessential American housewives with a dash of irony and comedy. As an Australian, what attracts you to those types of roles?

ROSE BYRNE: Physical was such an interesting world. I had just really never seen anything like it on the page—a housewife at the end of the second-wave feminist movement in the early ’80s who is feeling disillusioned and finding herself worse off than she was before. Nothing had really changed for her, day to day. With Platonic, it’s fun to reunite with people you’ve worked with previously [like Seth Rogen] and had a good experience with. Comedy is such a different set to be on. The joke is really the most precious part of every scene, whereas Physical has a different tone. Two quite very different things, but it’s probably also my age—just getting the housewife roles.

CC: You played legend Gloria Steinem [in the 2020 series] Mrs. America

RB: It was incredibly daunting, and I tried to get out of it at one point. I panicked and called Dahvi Waller, the creator, and said, “I can’t do this. How am I supposed to do this?” I thought I knew about feminism; I very quickly realized I didn’t know enough, and, of course not enough about Gloria Steinem. She dedicated her life, her soul, to the cause, and continues to do so. She became the face of feminism almost unwillingly. She embraced it and grew to become an incredible speaker, but she’s very candid about the struggles she had in the early days of public speaking, how she got her voice and went on the road with many other feminists.

CC: Just before COVID hit, I saw your outstanding performance in Medea at BAM. What was it like doing theater with your partner, Bobby Cannavale?

RB: It was wonderful. In a way it was sort of more mundane. We would go and do this extraordinarily dark play—the rehearsals and you unearth all this stuff, and you’re discussing everything. Then you come home and you

go, OK, you need to go to the shops. I have to call this person to reschedule. It becomes a battle of mundane life. That’s very grounding, because you have to leave everything at work. Theater for him is his church, so for him to take on the role of Lucas was really wonderful. It was a supporting part essentially, and he jumped on board, so it was really exciting.

CC: And it was so exciting to watch. You’ve done so many parts, voice-overs and family films, including Spirited, the recent retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol What draws you to family films?

RB: Any chance I get to just do a different genre, whether it is something like the Peter Rabbit film or Spirited I did a voiceover for a beautiful documentary called Puff: Wonders of the Reef, which is incredibly sophisticated footage of the Great Barrier Reef and its destruction. I voiced the narration on that recently for a Netflix documentary, which is really targeted for children.

CC: I loved that, by the way.

RB: Yeah, I loved it too. Having kids has obviously changed me both fundamentally and profoundly, and that drew me to different material as well.

CC: How did Physical get you on a fitness track?

RB: I had not done aerobics since the Cindy Crawford workout in the late ’90s, so I threw myself into training with our choreographer, Jennifer Hamilton. She runs her own studio, and we began training together in 2020 during the pandemic on Zoom, and then we started one-onone. Every year we will start training for two months, to just get up my cardio and to start to break down the scenes where she’s teaching. It’s a lot of work, and I love it. Working with Jen is one of the many highlights of that job. I’m deeply uncoordinated, so every part of my brain has to concentrate on what I’m doing. You see why aerobics is addictive. You see why Jane Fonda said the workout saved her. I think it’s important to mix it up. I love swimming laps, so I try to find a lap pool wherever I am. It’s very meditative, and great for tone. In Australia, we have these outdoor saltwater lap pools, often right by the beach. But I definitely am lazy, so I need to kick my butt and get myself back into a high-impact aerobics class. A

Byrne gets vitamin D through “sensible” sun exposure.

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Byrne is an infrared sauna and skin care enthusiast.

couple of times a week would be good.

CC: It’s hard to manage it all. What is some of the best advice you’ve ever been given?

RB: I don’t know if it’s advice, but I think the reality of day-to-day — with parenting, working and marriage — is really chaotic and a struggle. I just take it one day at a time, to be honest.

CC: Tell me about some of your wellness rituals.

RB: As I get older, I’m striving to tap into those wellness rituals, which I think are very good for resetting. I have invested in getting a trainer, and that was a pretty decadent thing to do. I hadn’t done it before, and now I’m really committed to it. I have gotten into infrared sauna. I’ve really felt the benefits of it on my skin, general alignment and energy levels. Yoga has been a touchstone for me since I was 15. I’m really into skin care. I’ve tried every noninvasive procedure you can think of.

CC: What’s your regimen? What’s worked?

RB: I love Shani Darden in LA. She’s an incredible facialist. I love the Christine Chin Spa here in New York. She’s such a fantastic aesthetician. I’ve been trying to get a little vitamin D, sensibly. If the source of the sun is done properly, obviously with the right sunscreen, it can be so rejuvenating and so good for me and for the kids. I’ve started to let that in a little bit more, whereas Australia is such a sun-strict country, for good reason. It’s got one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world. Our ozone had a big hole in it, so we grew up with government campaigns about wearing hats, sunscreen and sunglasses, which I do religiously. I’ve also tried to get a little bit of sun at the right times of the day, whether it’s early in the morning or later in the afternoon. I think there’s a way to do it sensibly that can be beneficial.

CC: What’s the toughest thing about motherhood?

RB: All the times you realized you’ve failed. You try to turn it around and go, I need to try harder to get them to do this, or to get them to understand that. It’s all reflected on you. They teach you everything about your own shortcomings, and it becomes clearer day by day. For me, the greatest challenge is trying to strive to do better as a parent.

CC: Agree. Your parents were foodies. Are you nutritionminded? Do you have some favorite things to cook?

RB: Growing up, it was always about whole foods. There was no plastic in the house, no junk food. I’ve always had that ingrained in me—is it from the earth? If it’s in a packet, you’ve got to be careful. But saying that, I’m trying to get better as a cook. That is definitely a shortcoming that I’m working on. Luckily, Bobby is a

good cook, and he is really the source of the food in our house. But again, it’s something I’m trying to get better at; I have no excuse, having grown up with such great examples. My sisters and my brothers are great cooks. I appreciate good food. I love going out to dinner. We just came back from Mexico, where we were indulging in incredible Mexican food for a week. I definitely do not shy away when it’s time to be decadent.

CC: Mother’s Day is coming up. Describe your perfect Mother’s Day.

RB: It’s something I’m embracing in America. Like Thanksgiving, it’s less of a day in Australia. I’m getting into it more and more, but I love it. The kids always make me a great card, and that’s so cute. Maybe I’ll indulge myself and get a massage or something, or go for a nice walk. That’s so daggy [Aussie slang for uncool].

CC: What is something about you that we don’t know?

RB: Oh god. I am a big reader, and I love to sweep the floor. I’m a big floor sweeper. That’s so daggy, too, but if I see something on the floor—I don’t like any crumbs or anything on the floor, so I’m constantly sweeping. I’m like a big, big sweeper.

CC: Your rose-tinted brownstone was beautifully crafted. You did a deep renovation on it. How was that experience?

RB: We had an incredible architect, Fred Tang, and he guided the whole thing. We worked with my friend Michelle Jank, an incredible stylist who does interiors. She helped us just with the color palette. I had always loved those beautiful pink houses in England in Notting Hill, and those really beautiful neighborhoods. They have beautiful, pink, kind of classical British homes, and I would be drawn to just that color. Also in Mexico, there are beautiful pink exteriors and that was also a reference for the house.

Initially the street was like, This is really obnoxious, but now I feel like we’re being embraced. It was quite a bit of a dramatic color for Brooklyn, but I think it’s settled in now.

CC: What’s your favorite room in your brownstone?

RB: Gosh, I’ve got a few. I’m really into tiling. We have some beautiful tiling in some of the bathrooms, which makes me so happy. And there’s a beautiful back room that the kids have, which is just essentially just a big playroom but with big, gorgeous bookshelves. To be honest, I really love every room. Every room was designed with great light and a great flow so you can really see from the front of the house to the back. And it’s not a big house. We call it a little jewel. I love the size of it. It’s cozy and it feels safe and it’s home.

“AS I GET OLDER, I’M STRIVING TO TAP INTO WELLNESS RITUALS, WHICH ARE GOOD FOR RESETTING. YOGA HAS BEEN A TOUCHSTONE.”

A Touch Blush of

A tour of the charming Brooklyn town house Rose Byrne and Bobby

remade to suit their eclectic taste.

The couple collaborated with Frederick Tang Architecture for the large-scale revamp.

Cannavale

The soft pink exterior was inspired by homes in Notting Hill, London.

The turn-of-thecentury town house retains its historic charms.

“It was quite a bit of dramatic color for Brooklyn, but I think it’s settled in now.” —ROSE BYRNE

The back extension was built with reclaimed masonry.

“I really love every room,” says Byrne. “Every room

The primary bedroom features a custom white oak headboard.

was designed with great light and a great flow.”

Comfortable

A mix of textures— soft leather, a tweedy rug, a refined couch— make the living room of a Bridgehampton home chic, yet comfy.

Balance

Curious Yellow’s partners created an easy-breezy Bridgehampton summer home for a family that loves to chill.

BY DONNA BULSECO • PHOTOGRAPHY BY KYLE KNODELL

Curvy

shapes and neutral tones complement the oftused common space near the fireplace.

The founders of Curious Yellow Design like to tell people a fact about their business that indeed seems curious: “We’ve been partners for nearly 13 years. Wow. Without any fights.” For those of us with decades-long partnerships— in business, friendship or love—this proclamation from Anna Cappelen and Chloe Pollack-Robbins may seem disingenuous. But the duo have a zen approach to collaboration. Their interior architecture and interior design firm, with offices in Oslo, Norway, and the Hamptons has redone spaces in Norway, the Hamptons and all over Manhattan for 13 years, creating interiors with a sort of emotional feng shui that makes spaces easy to live in, yet quietly chic.

Cappelen’s Norwegian grandparents, both professors in architecture, would shuttle her and her brother on summer jaunts to architectural landmarks; she credits her “hard-core” grandmother’s tutelage as her first design inspiration. Pollack-Robbins, on the other hand, was a precocious critic of her parent’s decor choices: “As a young child, I would say to my parents: ‘This is ugly. We can’t have family over.’ And I would rearrange the entire living room, and they’d say, ‘OK, fine.’”

About their soothing, sophisticated aesthetic, Pollack-Robbins wryly says, “We want to be around beautiful, clean things. It’s in Anna’s blood. I’m also 10% Norwegian, I found out. We like textural, clean, bright, white, neutral spaces. But then, we’re crazy people! We don’t want to be bored. So we coax a client into doing a pop of color, especially in a powder room, because it’s a small place that can be fun and playful. We go to town on a couple

of rooms, but make sure the overall effect flows.”

The firm’s gut renovation of a seven-bedroom Ocean Road summer house for a family of four proves that their philosophy, if indeed crazy, is also crazy good. A central principle of Curious Yellow’s practice is in “understanding the whole concept of [a client’s] lifestyle. We get into people’s heads and create their desired spaces through understanding the flow of their lives,” says Cappelen. For this project, they were given the directive to make it unpretentious, with an insideoutside culture. “They’re very chill people that want something that’s also beautiful,” says Pollack-Robbins. “They’re not telling their sporty and rambunctious teen boys they can’t walk through the house with wet feet.”

The great room exemplifies how the designers bring texture, materials and a tonal palette into balance. Here, a wool rug, leather chairs and an oak daybed mix with a travertine coffee table and a bouclé couch. “Everything is a different material, but they’re all very subtle neutrals,” says Cappelen. “We try to keep that [neutrality] in the main spaces, whereas the primary bedroom is like a cloud, because we want that cozy effect.” The palette is bolder in the main dining room, with its intense blue Kelly Wearstler Graffito wallpaper.

“We personally wouldn’t put a wild wallpaper in a bedroom, because it changes your mood so much.” Cappelen adds: “We also wanted to make it timeless. It’s expensive to do these houses and we don’t want people to get tired of the design.” It’s hard to argue with their reasoning, or their results.

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A pop of wallpaper enlivens the bathroom.

Curious Yellow founders Chloe Pollack-Robbins (left) and Anna Cappelen

For the family who loves to entertain: “Everything double” for the kitchen.

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Kelly Wearstler’s Graffito print spikes this dining room.

cloudlike bedroom sets the mood for sweet dreams.

cool white palette works for the minimal scheme in the bath.

HARMONY HOME

Lea Sisson’s Aspen Pass House is exquisitely in tune with its majestic surroundings.

BY JULIA SZABO • PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID MARLOW

Wood ceilings and floors frame nature’s artistry.

LEFT: The sculptural staircase evokes a log cascade.

TOP: At dawn or dusk, Aspen Pass House glows from within.

aArchitect Lea Sisson’s Aspen Pass House is the home equivalent of pure local honey: holistic, nutrient-dense, with luxuriantly sublime taste. Here is an energy-efficient structure so organic that it looks and feels designed by Mother Nature herself. “Its orientation, adjacent to a pond and with stunning views of forest and mountain peaks beyond, emphasizes the property’s environmental unity,” Sisson says. Every window frames a breathtaking vista, enhanced by the architect’s own lifelong, intimate respect for Colorado’s rugged beauty.

Growing up in the Centennial State, camping with her family three or four days out of every week during the summers, “fishing, rafting, hiking, exploring, picking strawberries, you name it…the forest and mountains became my home. We never camped in an ‘official’ campground, so we ended up in the most remote and most beautiful places.” How did those experiences affect her perception of space? “The outdoors was as much my house as our ‘real’ house,” Sisson explains.

The residents of Aspen Pass House find themselves at home in nature, the outside-in space dynamics masterfully engineered to create an interior domain that feels warmly intimate, even in the midst of a wintry storm.

It’s a vibe comparable to the sensations one experiences in a Frank Lloyd Wright landmark: completely, comfortably in tune with the elements, while simultaneously exalted by their majesty. (Wright christened his buildings with iconic names, e.g. Fallingwater, and Sisson’s projects likewise deserve their topographic handles: Pass House, Ridge House, Mesa House.)

An exquisite example of biophilic design—literally, “nature-loving”—Pass House’s cool curves convey a stately drama tailored for “people seeking an experience, as opposed to a house,” Sisson says. “The main element to all my work is making sure people feel like they’re experiencing that same aha! moment when they walked on the land and there was nothing there yet. When they walk into the building, I want them to have that same huge view, that feeling of the sun and wind…all the sounds.” The house captures the power and poetry of navigating a mountain pass—a thrilling spiritual adventure.

“One of the main reasons people come to the mountains is not because they’re looking for Cartier— although that’s wonderful to have here—but because they’re seeking to experience nature,” she adds. “So my approach is to make sure they have every aspect of that:

“Biophilic design benefits the wellness of the collective as well as the individual.”

—LEA SISSON

Stone, metal and wood define the kitchen.

flooding spaces with sunlight, so there’s no need to turn on a light bulb until it’s dark out; making sure there are no angles to restrict you from flowing through…feeling as if you’re outside with only a roof above you, yet staying warm and cozy inside.”

Pass House is a textbook example of the vital link between neuroscience and the built environment, explored biennially at the Salk Institute’s architecture conference, where Sisson is a faithful attendee: “If you can connect building to nature, it’s going to help your clients, because they will feel more relaxed,” she says. “It’s actually scientifically proven to heal.”

Biophilic design benefits the wellness of the collective as well as the individual, Sisson explains; taking shelter in nature makes us want to preserve it, for ourselves and future generations. In urban areas, ill-conceived expanses of glass have fatally disoriented shocking numbers of migratory birds. Pass House, on the other hand, is thoughtfully layered so “the glazing areas are very close to the trees,” she says, “which act as a buffer.”

“When you’re connected to nature while inside your space, you’re going to have more affinity for it—a fuller sense of what nature is, how it needs to be protected and what can be done to safeguard it,” Sisson concludes. “And that activist approach is something precious you can take away with you, especially when you’re heading back to the city.” leasissonarchitects.com

Wake every morning to nature’s heavenly cathedral.

A luxury bath delights all the senses.

P L AY

“Surfing is a way to be free.”

—Lisa Andersen,American four-time world surfing champion

YOUTH CULTURE

Aspen Film’s robust educational offerings for Roaring Fork Valley ensure a seat for everyone at the table.

BY JENNA LEBOVITS

A forward-thinking Colorado-based arts organization, Aspen Film prides itself on its inclusive and accessible youth-oriented filmmaking initiatives. One of its yearround programs, FilmEducates, has been making an impact for over 20 years, and is critical to the mission and purpose of the larger organization. Aspen FilmEducates supports students in the art of “storytelling through visual media and film as a way to amplify their voices,” says Regna Frank-Jones, head of education development and programs at Aspen Film.

This year’s Shortsfest, the renowned Oscar-qualifying festival, provides a selection of growth-oriented initiatives for young filmmakers. “It’s phenomenal because students have the opportunity to receive feedback from industry professionals that they may not have had access to otherwise,” says Aaron Koehler, a Colorado Film School and Aspen Film’s Film Camp instructor. Felicia Hettinga, one of Koehler’s students, will be showing the documentary that she co-directed, Sean & The Ramblings of a Sculpture Artist, at Aspen Film Shortsfest. The film provides a compelling look into what it means to be an artist: the ups and downs; the challenges and joys.

The FilmEducates program provides thoughtfully curated offerings, such as Making Movies Matter—a program that distributes film-focused educational supplements for online access and relevant curriculum guides—and Filmmakers to the Classroom, in which

the organization brings industry professionals into schools around the Roaring Fork Valley, at no cost. Their mission is to support youth in realizing their limitless creative potential, and feeling empowered to embody it. “Recognizing that everyone’s voice has value and strength” is the first step, says Koehler. “They allow space for smaller voices—folks who haven’t always had room at the table—and all of a sudden, they do.”

Using film as a vehicle to elevate and empower, “We work hard to include diverse voices from across a broad spectrum,” says Koehler. “Understanding that we don’t live in a vacuum, and that we’re stronger together when we recognize the range of stories and experiences that come to the table.” Students hailing from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond—from middle school to the collegiate level—are supported by Aspen Film’s FilmEducates’ robust year-round programming initiatives.

Koehler believes that young filmmakers have the power to “move mountains” with their craft, and to open up the space for necessary—though at times difficult— conversations.

“Film reveals our common experience; you see yourself on screen, in one way or another, and you relate,” Says Frank-Jones. “All of a sudden, maybe you have a different perspective on your problems or your life. It broadens your worldview.”

Learn more about Aspen Film’s educational initiatives and Shortsfest at aspenfilm.org.

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Students get in on the action with Aspen Film’s FilmEducates program.

NUMEROLOGY

A by-the-numbers look at boundary-pushing pop-culture superstar Miley Cyrus, whose eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, is out now.

The number of tattoos the artist has reportedly had inked on her body. She got her first at age 17.

The year Miley Ray Cyrus (originally Destiny Hope Cyrus) was born on November 23 in Franklin,Tennessee

Her godmother is country icon Dolly Parton.

The age at which Cyrus secured her first role: as Kylie in Doc, her father, country star

Billy Ray Cyrus’ comedy-drama television show.

It took 24 hours for Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball to surpass 19 million plays on Vevo.

Cyrus raised $69,000 for AIDS research (amfAR) by selling three personal art pieces, renditions of Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover.

As Hannah Montana, teen idol of the 2000s and a billion-dollar Disney franchise, Cyrus scored two No. 1 and three Top 5 soundtracks on the Billboard 200.

Cyrus has 11 Billboard Top 10 hits, including her January 2023 chart-topper,“Flowers,” which also broke records as the most streamed song on Spotify during its first and second weeks.

Cyrus’ nonprofit, The Happy Hippie Foundation, an organization that rallies around the LGBTQIA community, youth homelessness and other groups, celebrates its eight-year anniversary in 2023.

As of last year, Cyrus is a proud owner of two cats, two horses, two pigs and eight dogs (all are rescued).

“There’s not one thing that defines what beauty is.”