This masterful High Line and Standard Hotel sugar creation caught my eye! Lulu Cake Boutique is yet another bakery, but with some imagination. Skip the basic cupcakes and try the retro confections: Pink Snowballs (chocolate cake filled with coconut custard, enrobed in pink marshmallow frosting and coconut flakes), Chocodiles (golden butter cake filled with vanilla […]
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McNally Jackson and the Espresso Book Machine
This print-on-demand contraption, the Espresso Book Machine, is a compelling reason to visit McNally Jackson Books. It’s a thrill to choose from over seven million titles and print a book, all for the price of an off-the-shelf paperback. The store also stocks very well-edited selections on every subject. The vast literature department is helpfully organized […]
Gorilla Marketing
When I emerged from the subway, I saw this gorilla and caged man crossing Sixth Ave. I assume they were promoting something, but you never know.
Carine’s World
Sidewalk inspiration: Carine Roitfeld speaks! Stop by Barneys and see how Mario Sorrenti artfully captured this icon’s thoughts on Paris, fashion and how she conquered both.
NYC Barefoot Run
Hundreds of barefoot and minimalist runners gathered on Governors Island this morning to participate in the Second Annual NYC Barefoot Run. What a great event! Participants began together and ran as many 2.1-mile loops around the island as they desired. I ran two laps, mostly in Vibrams, some barefoot. Although I’ve been running in […]
Barefoot Running Leaders Speak
Premier barefoot running experts gathered in New York City to lead clinics, lecture, socialize and, of course, run! The occasion? The 2nd Annual New York City Barefoot Run. Christopher McDougall Some people have been inspired to try barefoot running because of Christopher McDougall’s book, Born to Run, which tells the story of the world’s greatest […]
Chinatown
I never tire of wandering through Chinatown, home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere. It’s one of New York’s oldest neighborhoods and the oldest Chinese enclaves outside of Asia. It’s also one of the fastest growing neighborhoods, long ago having spread into the Lower East Side and Little Italy. Greengrocers, […]
Film Forum
This small 3-screen cinema is the place to see international and/or independent films in New York City. In a time when so many other small theatres have been forced to close their doors, Film Forum is still going strong as the only autonomous non-profit cinema in the city. The theatre shows domestic independents, foreign art […]
West Chelsea Slice of Life
Why I love West Chelsea: gallerina on phone, man-dressed-as-child on PDA, media equipment unloading and, way at the end, the full-block post office vehicle repair shop (evidence of the not-so-distant industrial past). Oh, and the shiny green Tesla sitting outside its showroom. I love how this sums up such a vibrant neighborhood.
Times Square tkts Stairs
What do you know? It turns out the tkts staircase is not the most disgusting place in New York after all.
