Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2011 - (Page 22)

contributors SPOTLIGHT SUMMER ISSUE, 2011 Our star contributor this month is based in New York City and contributes regularly to books, movies, travel guides and picture postcards. Conceived during the Depression, she came to life in an astonishing one year and 45 days, growing at an average of four-and-ahalf stories per week. President Hoover led the celebrations of her birth on May 1, 1931, but her baptism came two years later when an oversized gorilla by the name of King Kong was watched around the world clinging helplessly to her mast. The Empire State Building, 80 years old this year, is New York’s defining landmark and one of the finest examples of art deco architecture anywhere in the world. For this issue’s fashion feature (“Empire Statement,” page 86), we were given rare access to shoot throughout the building, which has recently undergone a half-billion-dollar face lift. Among the improvements: a celestial ceiling mural, painted over in the ’60s, has been meticulously re-created in the building’s lobby, Deco Dream Clockwise from right: Lewis Hine’s nighttime view of the Empire State Building, early 1930s; a shot on the Observatory; photographer Kayt Jones at work in the lobby, looking up to the refurbished pedestrian bridge. Writers and photographers JULIA IOFFE (“History & Glitz,” page 80) is a journalist based in Moscow, where she is the local correspondent for Foreign Policy magazine. Her writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, BusinessWeek, Slate and The New Republic. Her blog, The Moscow Diaries, appears on Forbes.com. DEB SCHWARTZ BETH COLLINS (“Falling ANN CARUSO (“Empire (“Shopping in New York,” page 42) is a writer whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Lucky and Domino. Her photo blog, MuttropolitanDiary .com, tracks dogs in New York City. in Love With … Hawaii,” page 28) is a travel and food writer based in Portland, Ore. Her work has appeared in Food & Wine, Real Simple and Budget Travel, where she was an editor for several years. Married to a Hawaiian husband, she knows the islands intimately as a visitor and former resident. Statement,” page 94), fashion stylist and consultant, knows how to pick a gown. She styled our fashion story at the Empire State Building drawing inspiration from its art deco past, but bringing to it a very modern twist. Caruso started out as a design assistant at Ralph Lauren and later worked for Vogue. She has also become known as a celebrity stylist, working with Elizabeth Hurley and Liv Tyler. 22 w w w. r i t z c a r lt o n . c o m CloCkwise from top: lewis w. Hine/GeorGe eastman House/Getty imaGes (tHe esB imaGe is a reGistered trademark of esBC and is used witH permission); kayt Jones; Cory JaCoBs http://www.MuttropolitanDiary.com http://www.MuttropolitanDiary.com http://www.Forbes.com http://WWW.RITZCARLTON.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2011

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2011
Table of Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love with … Hawaii
On the Boulevards
Design
Shopping In New York City
Jewelry
Watches
Wine
Wellness
Sports
Portugal
Moscow
Fashion
Culinary
The Guide
Heritage

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2011