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IN FOCUS

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We’re all toting cameras these days, but not everyone is a photographer. True, the technology we hold in our hands can make even the most snapshotty picture look good. But there’s more to a photo than good looks. It’s not always easy to say what that is, but most of us know it when we

PAST MASTER

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Executing a traditional interior scheme might seem like a snap. After all, we know what Federal, Craftsman, or Mid-Century Modern styles are all about. But there’s more than one way to take a cue from architecture. And for designer Claire Staszak, giving a contemporary Georgian a sympathetic look meant adding a few pages of her

CRAFTING LA DOLCE VITA IN CALIFORNIA WINE

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Plenty of us stumbled through job after job before we settled on a career. It was almost a rite of passage, one of the last steps (along with home ownership and parenthood) in becoming a “real adult.” But some folks know early on what they want to spend their lives doing. Count vintner Matt Bonanno

COLLECTIVE COOL

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Some people just know how to dress. Others are great at making a home look picture-perfect. But great style, whether in fashion or decor, doesn’t usually spring forth full blown. Even raw talent needs to be nurtured, to be shaped and directed. When Elizabeth Krueger decided in her final year studying communications and marketing at

MORE THAN BRICKS AND MORTAR

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Julie Brandt was just four when her father’s work took the family from Illinois to Japan. She only lived there a few years, but those few years were enough to instill in her a deep curiosity about the world. And when she began to make her own way in the world, she set her sights

RAISE EVERY VOICE

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Most of us must make our own way in the world. We struggle, make mistakes, and if we’re fortunate, find our way and shine. The luckiest among us find a mentor, someone who, as the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “will make us do what we can.” Count Cheryl Frazes Hill among the lucky. Associate

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