July 15, 2026
Panda Play at Philippe Chow
June 27, 2026
More Magnificent Deco
May 25, 2026
The New Yorker
July 15, 2026
Panda Play at Philippe Chow
June 27, 2026
More Magnificent Deco
May 25, 2026
The New Yorker
Executive Chef Philippe Chow has been serving New York’s hoi polloi Beijing-style Peking duck for 20 years. Suddenly, in July 2025, New York City got a bad case of midnight cravings when Chow’s flagship location at 33 East 60th Street closed to make room for a new tower on Billionaire’s Row. This can be the […]
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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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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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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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First of all, who even eats sandwiches anymore? Once the staple of every kid’s lunchbox, it seemed like the sandwich had gone the way of the dodo, in favor of gluten-free corn pasta, tofu sticks, and organic yogurt from grass-fed cows (what else should they eat?). Didn’t New Yorkers stop eating bread years ago? But […]
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The longest-running and largest holiday market in the city is open again to delight your senses and ease your holiday shopping blues. The Union Square Holiday Market is open again, and better than ever. Named best holiday market in America in 2023, according to event organizer Urbanspace, the market is brimming with holiday cheer and […]
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The East Village just got a double dose of country twang and redneck fun at Lucinda’s Bar at 169 Avenue A. Lucinda’s is a honky-tonk juke joint and cocktail lounge, featuring live music, line dancing, karaoke, and happy hour specials, all with a true Southern vibe. In case you’ve been a Sleeping Beauty for the past few […]
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Pier 57, jutting into the Hudson River between Chelsea Piers and Little Island, has an extensive outdoor public space, though it’s largely a City Winery affair. City Winery has their flagship restaurant and performance space on the main floor, with a wine-bottle lined curving staircase leading up to the second level. They have grab-and-go vino […]
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In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month. The third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day. An invitation to indulge in pleasure if I ever heard one! I just discovered the best destination to indulge our sweetest national obsession: the Museum of Ice Cream, on Broadway a block below […]
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What has changed in the past five years? One afternoon in the early days of the pandemic, I was chatting on Zoom with my Barre3 friend Amy after a killer live-streamed 60-minute workout. During this brief period, when all the fitness studios in New York were closed, our instructors live-streamed solo from the Barre3 studio […]
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