A few months ago my friend Nancy asked me if I would like to join her for the opening of the Henri Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Although I am not that well versed in ...

Frank Burla collects pipes. Not the kind TV fathers wave at their children as they impart words of fatherly wisdom or those passed around campfires by hippies in late `60s period films. On Burla`s ...

A love of his German heritage and an appreciation for beautiful artistry inspired Gary Bumgarner to collect porcelain pipes. “I’m a member of the German American Society and sing with the Concordia ...

Among the most exquisite and artistic smoking pipes are those embellished with magnificently carved bowls fashioned from meerschaum. The word ”meerschaum” is German in origin and means sea foam, being ...

It wouldn't be a stretch to say that the organ is the heart of the Blackstones' 9,000-square-foot home in Bratenahl, Ohio, a small, well-to-do village nearly 5 miles east of downtown Cleveland. At the ...

Welcome to the Want List, a semi-regular rundown of stylish new clothing, accessories, eats, and gear our editors are feeling for one reason or another—and, for lack of a better word, want. Today's ...