Andrea T New York

Manhattan model Karen Rempel

Sidewalk Sass

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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Quirky Karen Rempel outs her inner Miranda Hobbes at pal Carrie Bradshaw’s brownstone at 3 Gramercy Park West.

So Sad It’s Over

Like millions of people, I eagerly devoured every episode of “Sex and the City” (SATC), which aired from 1998 to 2004. I even bought a DVD player to watch the series after I gave up cable TV. I wasn’t alone in being obsessed with the four sexy, strong female characters and their hilarious and sometimes […]

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New York model Karen Rempel under the Big Button sculpture in the Garment District

Five Years of Phil

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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Manhattan Model Karen Rempel - Jeepers, creepers, where’d you get those peepers?

Decadent Deco

One hundred years ago, on April 28, 1925, the Paris Expo (known to Francophiles as the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels moderne) launched the worldwide Art Deco movement, transforming fashion, jewelry, architecture, and much more. New York caught the fever, perhaps more than any other city. Evidence remains to this day in the […]

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Manhattan model Karen Rempel in the garden at the Hotel Chelsea Lobby Bar

Chelsea Popsicle

At the Hotel Chelsea you can check out any time you like, but you won’t ever want to leave. With the recent opening of the rooftop spa on the eleventh floor of the hotel at 222 West 23rd Street, there are even more reasons to visit and linger. The spa offers luxurious facials, massages, and […]

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