They were carved with patriotic love by a Texas sculptor who studied in Paris under a French modern master and envisioned as the polished centerpieces of a $10 million park, but now sit in a Virginia field as an offbeat, reservations-only, roadside tourist draw.
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Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
This… turned out to be a bigger project than initially envisioned.
The firm’s plan sought to build on that identity with a plan that visualized what Calle Ocho could look like — if cars did not dominate the wide, three-lane, one-way street.
My father imagined a future for his family in a country where the rule of law mattered and people had THE freedom to speak their truth.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
The aesthetic was likely imagined and brought to life by Oakley-Green herself, as her stylist Karen Clarkson has yet to credit the hair artist on her glam team.
In the years following, Francesca and John's cousin Michael Stirling, who always fancied her, grow closer, and eventually their relationship progresses from friendship to courtship.
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Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
31 Jan. 2026
Defending European champion Spain is fancied to do well, as is defeated European finalist England.
This is not what anyone envisaged when the season began.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
The space also introduces new editions envisaged in Putman’s legacy, including the Constellation Au Carré rug and the Quatre Feuilles table in a collector’s version.
Today, its suites are divided between the Sands Collection, whose refreshed family collection is particularly well conceived, and the Paiza Collection.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
She and Arthur's four other children were conceived using an anonymous egg donor and a gestational surrogate.
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