
Lyman
Lyman is a classic boat company.
Lyman is a classic boat company.
Tacita Dean is an artist with a sensibility for the sublime and wonderous.
C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries is a New York City pharmacy established in 1838.
Lonesome George was a male Pinta Island tortoise and the last known individual of the species. In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world. Over the decades, all attempts at mating Lonesome George had been unsuccessful, due to the lack of females of his own species. This prompted researchers at the Darwin Station to offer a $10,000 reward for a suitable mate.
Francesco Somaini was an Italian sculptor.
After graduating from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, followed by a short career in the fashion industry, Sydney Biddle Barrows was introduced to the world of high-class prostitution and started her own escort service named Cachet, which existed in New York City from 1979 to 1984. Unlike other escort agencies, Cachet offered an unparalleled service at the time, focusing on delivering a classy and elegant experience to the wealthy and powerful who either visited or lived in New York City. Some of its clients included industrialists, high-powered business executives and lawyers, foreign diplomats and Arabian oil sheiks.
Grand-Bassam is a city in Côte d'Ivoire. It was the French colonial capital city from 1893 until 1896, when the administration was transferred to Bingerville after a bout of yellow fever. The city remained a key seaport until the growth of Abidjan from the 1930s. Grand-Bassam is the chief city of Grand-Bassam Department. The city has the aura of a ghost town since large sections have been abandoned for decades.
Duino Castle is the castle where Rainer Maria Rilke wrote his Duino Elegies.
Leonardslee is a country house and landscaped woodland garden in West Sussex, England.
Carlo Scarpa was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape, and the history of Venetian culture, and Japan.