What is the most famous Art Deco building in New York that you’ve probably never heard of? With a magnificent, lofty refreshment space (known as Conwell Hall), where you can enjoy the “Golden Hour” with $12 martinis and $2 oysters? The shy downtown jewel is the former City Bank-Farmers Trust Building at 20 Exchange Place […]
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New York’s glitterati gathered at Gramercy Park’s National Arts Club (NAC) on May 6 to witness journalist, writer, and editor David Remnick receive the club’s Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature. I was thrilled to meet honoree David Remnick and mingle with a pantheon of writers and makers of The New Yorker magazine. I […]
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All the jazzcats in New York City love when April rolls around. The Smithsonian declared April to be Jazz Appreciation Month in 2001, and we always amp things up a notch here in the undisputed jazz capital of the world. This April, to celebrate, Village Preservation released one of their wonderful, interactive maps of the […]
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Does the name Reminiscence ring a bell? Whether you’re a long-time New York resident, a visitor, or an NYU student who frequented the Village’s groovy hippie scene in the seventies, chances are you still treasure a tie-dyed shirt or denim skirt from Reminiscence’s original location at 175 MacDougal Street. In fact, if you came on […]
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New York Fashion Week (NYFW) seized the style-conscious from February 11 to 16 in the Big Apple. Events at Gotham Hall, Sony Hall, and other locations featured the Fall/Winter collections of up-and-coming designers, as well as established giants like Anna Sui and Ralph Lauren. Alert people-watchers may have noticed the style factor was amped up […]
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I decided to celebrate the new year with a dry January—not the easiest thing to do in cocktail town. So I was thinking about ways to enjoy Manhattan that don’t involve Manhattans. I hit upon the idea of skating at Wollman Rink in Central Park. It’s a beautiful setting any time of year, but especially […]
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