Word of Mouth: Saint-Tropez

Yacht-spotting, beach clubs, markets and people-watching in our guide to the glamorous hub in the south of France

A premier stop for the jet-set community, the south of France carries prestige grounded first and foremost in the region’s historic beauty. Sun soaks the beaches. Sailboats ride sea breezes, drifting between yachts. Dancing, drinks and dinner occur among playful elegance. At the pinnacle of all of this rests Saint-Tropez. The Mediterranean hot spot is luxurious and extravagant, but as we found on a recent …

The Best Things to Do In Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas

Author and LA native Joy Yoon makes the megalopolis remarkably accessible by sharing local secrets in her first ever book

by Mya Stark At first glance, one might feel that “The Best Things To Do in Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas” has three strikes against it. It’s a book rather than a blog or an app; it’s about LA, a city which still hasn’t quite shaken Woody Allen’s iconically unfavorable comparison to the culture level of yogurt and, it’s being reviewed here and now by a …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Branding Prince George, a Deitch-less MOCA, Mysterabbit and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Grandpa the Pixel Painter Hal Lasko, who now goes by Grandpa, is a 97-year-old former typographer whose medium of choice is Microsoft Paint. Lasko lost most of his eyesight due to macular degeneration but discovered that the computer program could magnify images large enough for him to paint pixel-by-pixel. The result is a collection of stunningly detailed and extraordinarily elaborate prints. A recently-released short …