An enticing sugar scent wafts into the street, making it impossible bypass this 1940’s-style bakery. The cupcakes taste virtually identical to Magnolia’s – perfect. In addition to cupcakes such as buttercream, chocolate, red velvet and banana, Billy’s bakes a variety of cookies, cakes, pies, cheesecakes, muffins and loaves. Since 2003, Billy’s has been a fixture […]
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Anthony Caro on the Roof
View British sculptor Anthony Caro’s installation on the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Caro is considered the most influential sculptor of his generation. The large steel pieces convey the artist’s principal aspects such as communication between sculpture and architecture and creation of abstract analogies for the human […]
High Line Park, Section Two
Section Two of the High Line Park opened this summer, bringing joy to New Yorkers and tourists alike (has this statement ever been uttered before?). The new addition stretches from West 20th Street to West 30th Street. It is narrower than the Gansevoort to 20th Street stretch and more closed in, so there’s a feeling […]
Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983-1993
The Asia Society Museum’s current photo exhibit presents New York City through famed Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s eyes. The 200+ black and white images capture the Lower East Side, Times Square, Thompson Square Park, subway platforms, backstage at the Metropolitan Opera and various artists and intellectuals at work and play. This is […]
South End Burial Ground
Tombstones in this East Hampton cemetery rightfully occupy prime real estate smack in the middle of town. The earliest gravestones are from the 17th century and mostly identify the Hampton’s founding families like the Gardiners. The plot used to be the churchyard for East Hampton’s first meeting house. I thought it appropriate to shoot […]
Bostwick’s Chowder House
This casual seafood restaurant is the Montauk Highway outpost of the original Bostwick’s on Three Mile Harbor. The food is fresh and unfussy. Go for a post-beach late-afternoon lunch in order to score a seat. www.bostwickschowderhouse.com 77 Pantigo Road, East Hampton NY
Lunch (The Lobster Roll)
A quintessential roadside seafood shack since 1965, The Lobster Roll Restaurant in Amagansett serves up one of the best lobster rolls on the East End. It remains #1 on my go-to list. www.lobsterroll.com 1980 Montauk Highway, Amagansett, NY
Tutto Il Giorno
This Southampton annex of Gabby Karan’s popular Sag Harbor eatery offers fresh, satisfying pastas and local vegetables. I had the ravioli with buffalo milk ricotta and my friend, Lisa, had pacceri with a slow-cooked ragu. We shared the sautéed kale and a strawberry-rhubarb torte, which were typical but well-done nonetheless. The interior is striking and […]
Tate’s Bake Shop
Best. Cookies. Anywhere. What is it is about those crispy, buttery chocolate chip cookies that make them so much better than any other? My insatiable sweet tooth and I have been trying to figure it out for years. In addition to visiting the mother ship in Southampton, the cookies can be found at gourmet grocers […]
