Current Obsessions: Practical Magic

Happy All Hallow’s Eve! On our calendar: hot cider with a celebrated artist, an exciting new book by a longtime contributor, a stunning exhibit at the most beautiful cemetery in NYC, and other eerily good autumn news.

Above: This fall, put a broom on it. Photograph via Inigo, courtesy of Cassandra Ellis, from The Witching Hour: 15 Times a Broom Doubled as Decor, from the Archives.

• This just in: Altbau, a new bakery from the cofounder of longstanding Remodelista fave Tartine, is now open at 184 N 8th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Hat tip: Fan.)
• “This Japanese-Basques green grocery gives me hope for the world,” writes Margot.
• Going on in NYC (and on Julie’s list); a celebration of MFK Fisher, November 2.
• Stop by for a cup of hot cider with Maira Kalman at the Shaker Outpost in Chatham, NY this weekend; info here.
• Or swing into The Post Supply for a signing with our friend Lisa Przystup, going on next weekend.
• Speaking of Shaker design, this exhibit looks great.
• Clever!
• Margot is enamored with this “dreamy mobile art studio.”
• Woah: affordable Ikea cabinets get an updated with wood pigment.
• Where to eat in Paris, via a fave new East Village cookbook store.
• From the archives: DIY candles for autumn nights.
• The High Line debuted its first section 17 years ago—can you believe it?—and soon its last garden, at 34th street, will open to the public.
• New Yorkers, heads-up: The Historic Chapel at Green-wood Cemetery is all decked out for Dia de Muertos through Nov. 15. Details here.
• Yay! Marie’s wonderful new book, Secret Gardens of New York, is officially in bookstores!
• Ephemeral and delightful.
• An important P.S.A. for gardeners. (Read more on the topic here.)
• Did you read our story on the many ways boulders can be used in the garden? Here’s another stunning example.
• P.S.: In a witching mood? These 11 deep, dark finds look chic well after Halloween’s over.