Bene's fall issue just arrived! I think it's our best issue yet. Pick up a copy or go to our website to see chefs wearing their favorite suits, a round-up of the best men's bathroom products, an interview with a graffiti artist (look at his cute baby!) and a guide to satisfying your hunger pangs in Piedmont, Italy's culinary heartland. I hope you enjoy!
Congrats to our baby bene! We just found out that we are finalists for a Folio: Ozzie & Eddie Magazine Award. We're up for Best Travel Issue, along with Budget Travel (which I love; their editor is awesome and good natured) and National Geographic. Little bene, you are growing up so nice and strong!
Bene Magazine (where I work) has a new blog. Would any of you friendly bloggers like to add a link to it? It is a nice little blog and tells you fun Italy-related things. It is trying hard to make new friends. Your support would be very much appreciated!
Everyone (and their mom) has a blog these days, and our baby bene is no exception. Check it out!
During our art meeting this morning, Bene's design director Jesse Alexander randomly revealed that he owns a Spider!!! So not only is he design director of Bene Magazine, art director of Tokion Magazine and the new husband of the beautiful Reika Yo, owner of EN Japanese Brasserie, but he also cruises around the city in a vintage Spider. Wow. I was overcome by his coolness. I could barely make it through the rest of the meeting.
Guess who just subscribed to bene? Keith McNally!!! He, of course, is the legendary restaurateur behind Balthazar, Pastis, Lucky Strike, Schillers and the new Morandi. What a thrill!
Exciting news: The fourth issue of Bene Magazine just came out! I hope you enjoy our articles on the shakeup with Barolo wines, two grandmas taste-testing pasta, swimsuits in Capri (on a chartered yacht!), high-school friends in the season's freshest dresses, a designer's whimsical house, and the truth behind Italian mama's boys. Subscribe here....
This morning, I was researching restaurants for bene when I stumbled upon these society pages. I was scrolling down, staring at the women's botched plastic surgery....and suddenly saw my own photo! It was taken at an Italian fundraiser a while ago. The photo caption was "Mario Batali and guest." So random and funny...
A couple weeks ago, my portrait was taken in Williamsburg for bene's editor's letter page. It was fun and got me thinking. Taking a portrait seems like a pretty simple assignment -- but there's so much you can do and such a wide range of styles.
