David Shrigley’s Signs at Anton Kern Gallery in Chelsea NYC
Three months ago the Chelsea gallery district was slammed by Sandy, with catastrophic flooding causing millions of dollars in damage, wrecking the area's infrastructure, and effectively shutting down the entire half-mile length of the cultural institution which, with its more than 400 separate art galleries, houses one of the largest and most important concentrations of […]
Get in on Levy’s Unique New York Freeze Tag Fun on Wall St NYC
If you grew up in the suburbs, you know how awesome it was to play all sorts of crazy games with a big pack of neighborhood kids, often in someone's backyard or even better, right out there on the street. Spud. Kickball. Stickball. Ding Dong Ditch (aka Ring and Run). Flashlight tag. Freeze tag. Blob […]
Giovanni Rana Opens in the Chelsea Market; Best Pasta in NYC
Because there's always room for more first-rate plates of pasta in this town, please join us in issuing a hearty "benvenuto!" to the Italian import Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucino, recently opened in the Chelsea Market. Giovanni Rana has been making pasta in Italy for more than half a century, so it's safe to say […]
Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque: Instant Contender for Best BBQ in NYC!
New York City food historians know that it wasn’t so long ago, maybe ten years at most, when this was a one-barbeue town… and that one, usually some chain or fratty bar, was pretty unimpressive. That’s all changed of course, and today you can get world-class ‘que at any number of spots, led by longtime […]
SoHo, NoHo and DUMBO NYC Holiday Shopping Guide
We all have our go-to gift buying spots, those stores where we can pretty much always find something for even the trickiest people on our list. You enter with no idea what to get; you leave with something you know it will be liked and appreciated. There are dozens of possible candidates for NYC’s Best […]
New York City Ice Skating at the Standard Hotel
The Standard Hotel Ice Rink, located below New York’s popular High Line Park in the Meatpacking District, is by no means the largest ice skating rink in town. Measuring just 3,000 square feet, this is not the surface on which to fine tune your Olympic skating skills. However, the Standard Hotel ice rink is […]
Chelsea Art Galleries Exhibit Chuck Close and The Ozymandias Parade
Hurricane Sandy’s terrible storm surge hit the West Chelsea art gallery district hard. It completely flooded the half-mile of West 20th to 29th streets between 10th and 11th Avenues. The small but chic neighborhood is home to literally hundreds of contemporary downtown art galleries. As a result of the hurricanes water damage, countless artwork, […]
High Line Public Art and Treasure Hunt
We’ve always loved the High Line year round in all seasons. This year, the Friends of the High Line stepped up their food, family, and NYC public-art events in Chelsea. Consequently our fondness for this unique communal space has only grown stronger. The latest example of the creative use of the space is Richard Artwchwager’s […]
The Mast Brothers’ Chocolate Shop Now in Manhattan
The Mast Brothers, those bearded Brooklyn magicians who can turn cacao beans from all over the world into the absolute best artisan chocolate in town, made the jump across the East River to Manhattan. Their newest retail shop is in the heart of the South Street Seaport area, not far from Glenwood’s Liberty Plaza property […]
Hu Kitchen: Organic Healthy Restaurant in Downtown NYC
It’s easy to poke a little fun at Hu Kitchen, the newest NYC downtown restaurant. They’re known for serving what they call, “Food for Humans” that’s pre-industrial, pre-agrarian cuisine in a bi-level and attractively rustic space near Union Square. What is “Pre-Industrial, Pre-Agrarian Cuisine?” It’s using kitchen tools like blenders for smoothies. Hu Kitchen’s co-owners […]
Three months ago the Chelsea gallery district was slammed by Sandy, with catastrophic flooding causing millions of dollars in damage, wrecking the area's infrastructure, and effectively shutting down the entire half-mile length of the cultural institution which, with its more than 400 separate art galleries, houses one of the largest and most important concentrations of […]
Get in on Levy’s Unique New York Freeze Tag Fun on Wall St NYC
If you grew up in the suburbs, you know how awesome it was to play all sorts of crazy games with a big pack of neighborhood kids, often in someone's backyard or even better, right out there on the street. Spud. Kickball. Stickball. Ding Dong Ditch (aka Ring and Run). Flashlight tag. Freeze tag. Blob […]
Giovanni Rana Opens in the Chelsea Market; Best Pasta in NYC
Because there's always room for more first-rate plates of pasta in this town, please join us in issuing a hearty "benvenuto!" to the Italian import Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucino, recently opened in the Chelsea Market. Giovanni Rana has been making pasta in Italy for more than half a century, so it's safe to say […]
Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque: Instant Contender for Best BBQ in NYC!
New York City food historians know that it wasn’t so long ago, maybe ten years at most, when this was a one-barbeue town… and that one, usually some chain or fratty bar, was pretty unimpressive. That’s all changed of course, and today you can get world-class ‘que at any number of spots, led by longtime […]
SoHo, NoHo and DUMBO NYC Holiday Shopping Guide
We all have our go-to gift buying spots, those stores where we can pretty much always find something for even the trickiest people on our list. You enter with no idea what to get; you leave with something you know it will be liked and appreciated. There are dozens of possible candidates for NYC’s Best […]
New York City Ice Skating at the Standard Hotel
The Standard Hotel Ice Rink, located below New York’s popular High Line Park in the Meatpacking District, is by no means the largest ice skating rink in town. Measuring just 3,000 square feet, this is not the surface on which to fine tune your Olympic skating skills. However, the Standard Hotel ice rink is […]
Chelsea Art Galleries Exhibit Chuck Close and The Ozymandias Parade
Hurricane Sandy’s terrible storm surge hit the West Chelsea art gallery district hard. It completely flooded the half-mile of West 20th to 29th streets between 10th and 11th Avenues. The small but chic neighborhood is home to literally hundreds of contemporary downtown art galleries. As a result of the hurricanes water damage, countless artwork, […]
High Line Public Art and Treasure Hunt
We’ve always loved the High Line year round in all seasons. This year, the Friends of the High Line stepped up their food, family, and NYC public-art events in Chelsea. Consequently our fondness for this unique communal space has only grown stronger. The latest example of the creative use of the space is Richard Artwchwager’s […]
The Mast Brothers’ Chocolate Shop Now in Manhattan
The Mast Brothers, those bearded Brooklyn magicians who can turn cacao beans from all over the world into the absolute best artisan chocolate in town, made the jump across the East River to Manhattan. Their newest retail shop is in the heart of the South Street Seaport area, not far from Glenwood’s Liberty Plaza property […]
Hu Kitchen: Organic Healthy Restaurant in Downtown NYC
It’s easy to poke a little fun at Hu Kitchen, the newest NYC downtown restaurant. They’re known for serving what they call, “Food for Humans” that’s pre-industrial, pre-agrarian cuisine in a bi-level and attractively rustic space near Union Square. What is “Pre-Industrial, Pre-Agrarian Cuisine?” It’s using kitchen tools like blenders for smoothies. Hu Kitchen’s co-owners […]
