CITY Issue 51

CITY TH E D E STI N ATI O N FO R ST Y LE Editorial Director & Publisher John McDonald Energizer-in-Chief & Creative Director Fabrice G. Frere Managing Editor Alex Garinger Art Director Adriana Jacoud Photo Editor Anthony Cross Senior Fashion Editor Beverley Hyde Production & Online Media Director Hamish Robertson Market Editor Leilin Lopez Designer Alexander Wolf Contributing Editors Jean-Georges Vongerichten Piera Gelardi, Kristen Wolfe-Bieler Editorial Interns Hilary Burns-LaRiche, Maniezheh Firouzi, Lauren West TRAVEL: SPICE IT UP! I recently had the occasion of traveling to Istanbul for a short but action-packed four-day escape. On board were the men behind CITY’s Fast Food column (among a few other endeavors): Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Greg Brainin, and Dan Del Vecchio. Knowing next to nothing about this historical city, I envisioned a scene from a ’60s James Bond movie with the very old culture mixing with the absurdly new. Turns out that was Istanbul in a nutshell and precisely what makes this destination so dynamic. Walk into the massive Blue Mosque, and you feel like you’re in the 1600s. Book one of 16 sleek rooms in the jewelbox hotel Hotel Ajia on the Asia side of the city, and you’ll find yourself in a modern idyll. In Istanbul, there are hidden treasures around every bend, through every door. One afternoon we were whisked into a small Turkish carpet boutique that somehow managed to stock 10,000 pristine examples of their ancient skill into what couldn’t have been more than a 10 foot by 10 foot space (some tips: don’t be afraid to haggle down the price and make sure to ask for tea while you browse). Of course, get four ultra-foodies in a city with cuisine as good as Istanbul’s, and you can guess how we spent most of our trip. Each morning began with Turkish eggs, and we then made our way over to the local markets, which offered enough regional spices and other specialities to make even Jean-Georges blush. Navigating the maze of vendors, we sampled anything and everything that intrigued us. Inevitably, we also reached for our cameras, knowing full well that we couldn’t bring the tastes or smells home with us, but at least we could try to capture the sights. Needless-to-say, none of our snapshots were quite worthy of this issue’s One City, Many Destinations travel photography competition, a collection of images that repeatedly make you wonder, how in the world did they manage to get that shot? And yet, maybe photographs like those are the rare, one-in-a-million shots (perhaps one-in-a-thousand for the pros). Maybe you can capture the essence of a city without taking a magazine cover–worthy shot. I’ll always have photos like the one above to help me remember my first time in Istanbul and I’m already looking forward to our next trip. I hope you keep traveling and shooting, too, and maybe, just maybe, you’ll strike gold and we’ll see one of your shots in next year’s contest. Writers Trang Chuong, Brian DeLeeuw, Maniezheh Firouzi, David Kaufman Anna McDonald, Scott Mitchem, Hamish Robertson, Andi Teran Photographers and Illustrators David Butow, Edwin Ho, Jim Kahnweiler, Frédéric Lagrange RomanLeo, Julia Rothman, Kenji Toma, Harlan Michael Turkell Associate Publisher Steven McLoughlin (646) 419-4011 Account Executive Brian Vrabel ext 35 Marketing & Circulation Manager Ann Jhun ext 36 Consumer Marketing Consultant David Renard (MU Inc.) Sales & Marketing Coordinator Emily Gunsberger Sales & Marketing Intern Melissa Culpepper Office Manager Clement Collado ext 10 Corporate Counsel Anthony A. LoPresti, Esq. (212) 425-0551 Distribution CMG Special Ops Abdel Kachtiene Business Director & CFO Joseph T. McDonald CITY Magazine—New York Office P.O. Box 242 Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012 Tel (212) 965-9484 Fax (212) 966-3329 www.city-magazine.com Extra Credit Mom & Dad, Josh Capon, Josh Taekman, Michelle Keller, Stéphane Dehais, the boys from Lone Panther, Robert Collins, Tom Forrest, Matthew Goldberg, Dan Del Vecchio, Jason Bellmont Reid Mihalko, Ernesto Vega, Colin Rasor, Tony and the staff at CMG Corrections • In issue #50, makeup artist Jun Funahashi’s agency was listed incorrectly. Funahashi is represented by L’Atelier NYC. • In issue #50, the incorrect website for fashion designer John Bartlett was listed. The correct address is www.johnbartlettny.com John McDonald Copyright 2007 by Spark Media All rights reserved. Reproduction, in whole or part, without permission is prohibited. The publisher is not responsible for return of unsolicited material. P H OTO G R A P H Y B Y J O H N M C D O N A L D . http://www.city-magazine.com http://www.johnbartlettny.com

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Contents Letter from CITY Our Friends Action Wanted City Moment The City Life Fast Food Fit Field Trip The Suite Life Paint the Town Red Fresh Tracks After the Sunset One City, Many Destinations The Winning Photographer The Entries By the Numbers The Finalists Expert Opinion Amateur Hour Meet the Finalists Nowhere Man Dune Raiders Just Go Where To Buy It Socials Icon

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