Archive for the 'Travel and Shopping' Category

Travel and Shopping—Silver Winner: Harlem Couture

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

by Janet Forman
There’s an intoxicating energy along the broad boulevards of Harlem these days. In the heart of black America, a wellspring for generations of eloquent literature and incendiary music - and a community that has seen more than its share of hard times - fashion and design boutiques are opening amid the convivial crunch [...]

Travel and Shopping Category—Gold Winner: It’s the Little Things

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

by Jann Huizenga
On a flawless autumn morning en route to the market that hugs Ecce Homo Church, you round a bend into a narrow lane and come upon a pair of anziani, ancients, engaged in conversation. A shaft of sunlight illuminates them like a klieg light. Canes in hand, they lean into each other, their [...]

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