Sanctimony and the City (7)

"They still speak Sesotho to each other, and had the queen of Lesotho, who was studying at Columbia, as a dinner guest last year in their tiny Harlem apartment."

City & Country Squire (2)

"Walter Cronkite’s six-bedroom colonial on Martha’s Vineyard, with its own pier, was listed for $12.25 million."

City & Country Squire (1)

"These days, both in Europe and in the United States, Ms. Dickey finds herself drawn to landscapes with simple mowed paths through high grass in an orchard. And here, at Duck Hill, she can envision just grass and shrubs within the bones of her hedges."

Sanctimony and the City (6)

"'Yes,' said Ms. Franklin, 'That's Moet & Chandon.'

These bottles are empties, the artifacts of 12 years' worth of parties, creative summits, fund-raisers and the occasional visit from the band U2. The next month alone ... would bring two school-parent dinners; the annual gathering of the Progress Alliance, a left-leaning donor group; a fund-raiser for Representative Jay Inslee, Democrat of Washington; and a 'marvelously goofy TheFilmSchool event,' with guests acting out film roles, directed by the actor Tom Skerritt."

School's In (6)

"Andrew Beaton, 18, a former sports editor of The Daltonian who is now a freshman at Duke University, was disturbed by the move."

School's In (5)

"Mr. Steinberg is a self-described 'asthmatic Jewish kid,' a young Harvard graduate and a stalled novelist."

Learning to be Normal (1)

"Do yourself a favor and buy a hammer with a hickory or ash handle, since wood absorbs shock instead of delivering it straight to your bones. It’ll look beautiful when you hand it off to your grown child, and your arm will be in much better shape to present your gift. You’ll want a hammer with a curved claw for pulling nails, not the straight claw favored by wrecking crews and framers. And you’ll want a smooth-face hammer, not corrugated, so you don’t permanently crosshatch your door frame (or thumb) when you swing and miss."

Sanctimony and the City (5)

"Then, shortly after 8, a young man walked in with a young woman wearing a summery, skimpy dress — sleeveless and backless, so that you could detect some sort of elaborate tattoo between her shoulder blades — and they took two of the empty stools at the bar, leaning in close to each other to talk. About five minutes later, another young couple took two more stools; the woman, in a black tank top and gray denim miniskirt, was angled so that her knees almost touched the man’s. And there the four new arrivals sat, emblems of the way the neighborhood was changing, on prominent display. They drew several stares, though they didn’t seem conscious of that."

Sanctimony and the City (3)

"They had their next date at a Japanese restaurant, Cube 63, perfect for Ms. Meier, whose favorite shape is the square. After that, they quickly became the sort of downtown couple you see at small cafes, wearing cool coats and scarves, always carrying books and discussing art exhibitions they’d just seen."