Summer is nigh. Stock up on house gifts that demonstrate what a thoughtful, useful guest you are.

West 18th Street makes for a very satisfying afternoon of indie-store shopping.

Colorful totes to haul around, or out of, town.

She says all she wants for Mother’s Day is some love from her kids, but read between the lines.

Writer-artist Sloane Tanen picks Mom’s Day presents she’d like to get.

Front and center at the fall fashion shows, lace has new vigor.

Give the farmers’ market bounty a proper home.

The fruits of the season are weeks from local harvest, but a good-looking bowl is a harbinger of tasty things to come.

St. Marks Place, minus the tacky.

Balcony or living room? Garden or kitchen? These indoor-outdoor pieces are all-occasion flexible.