Word: connoisseurs
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...DIED. WALTER ANNENBERG, 94, publishing magnate, philanthropist and art connoisseur; in Wynnewood, Pa. After inheriting the Philadelphia Inquirer from his father, he founded two hit magazines, Seventeen in 1944 and TV Guide in 1953. One of the world's wealthiest men (estimated net worth: $4 billion), Annenberg served as ambassador to the Court of St. James's under Nixon and sometimes used his journalistic clout to settle political and personal scores. He once barred his TV stations from airing a documentary critical of Nixon. Among his gifts: a $1 billion collection of Impressionist paintings to New York City's Metropolitan...
...great flavor,” Boardman says. “The tequila has a real smokiness. Especially if you put the salt on the rim, you can taste it right through the barbecue of the food. Margaritas are also really festive.” If you are a connoisseur, Broadman suggests using Sauza Hornitos Tequila—“the true good stuff,” he explains—because it is 100 percent tequila. (Many other brands, paradoxically, are only 50 percent tequila and 50 percent vodka.) He also proposes using Cointreau as the triple...
...Real New Yorker. His floral Hawaiian shirt and bushy mustache set a vibrant and informal tone that is affirmed by his unruly long brown hair, barely restrained by a baseball cap—almost obnoxiously worn backwards as a final jab at propriety and predictability. He is a comedian, connoisseur, entrepreneur and two-time mayoral candidate. He is Kenny Kramer—the inspiration for Seinfeld’s Cosmo Kramer...
...apparent harmony for decades, there is no known painting of her. But whatever their names, everything about them is observed with delighted accuracy--the way they stand and move, how they gesture, their makeup and coiffure and jewelry, and above all what they wear. Goya was an enraptured connoisseur of clothes and knew exactly what political and social meanings costume in Spain could have...
...Mediterranean. And high on the brick wall of the apartment building to the left, a pink patch: a ray of sun breaking through winter's grisaille. Surely Koch had been thinking of the "little patch of yellow wall" in Vermeer's View of Delft, the last thing Proust's connoisseur Bergotte notices before he is felled by a heart attack. Memory and desire: Koch's great understated themes...