Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square

The annual Winter’s Eve kicks off with a neighborhood tree lighting ceremony and features free entertainment, food tastings, in-store activities and shopping around and about this colorful and vibrant neighborhood.

Union Square Holiday Market

Celebrating its 14th year, the Union Square Holiday Market, operated by Urban Space, features over 100 merry red and white booths filled with thousands of gifts shoppers won’t find in many stores.

Trash & Vaudeville

An East Village mainstay that has been around since punk rock first reared its alienated, rebellious head. One of the very pillars of the what was to become the “East Village ” scene. St. Marks Place was rock music’s gritty main drag and Trash & Vaudeville the two-floor costume emporium that outfitted icons like Debbie Harry and the Ramones for their gigs at CBGB’s was the place to go.

New Amsterdam Market

There are many nooks and crannies to this city but I was delighted to find a cool, new offering down in the South Street Seaport area.  A foodie friend mentioned the New Amsterdam Market to me but I had no idea I was going to be a part of witnessing a little NYC history in [...]

SOHO

In the late 1960′s Soho had a rebirth, New York’s artists sought a refuge and space from the routine of uptown. In the sprawling SoHo loft spaces , artists as diverse as Chuck Close, Frank Stella, and Richard Serra started vital bohemian art movement and the neighborhood subsequently revived . Soho became a magnet for the cool ,hip and sophisticated ,with art and shopping mixed together like and open air mall. Buyers, trendsetters, and intellectuals again flocked to the once-forgotten neighborhood. And where artists go, fashion soon follows.

Quisqueyana (“Q” Cigars)

Quisqueyana (“Q” Cigars) offers an exclusive collection of fine cigars. These are hand rolled under our direct supervision, using the finest Dominican leaf from plantations that have been in our family for generations.

Bloomingdale’s in New York City

If you  are talking about shopping and fashion in New York City then the top of everyone’s list from tourists to residents of the city is Bloomingdale’s. This institution was founded in 1872, originally selling a wide variety of European fashions, essentially inventing the term “Department Store.” Bloomingdale’s began its move uptown in 1886, ultimately [...]

The Frick Collection

Designed by Carrere and Hastings, the same architects who worked on the New York Public Library the Frick Collection is located in the former mansion of Henry Clay Frick and his family , whose private art collection was turned into a museum after his death in the early part of the twentieth century

Manhattan Style

Look outside any 5 Star Hotel in Manhattan from the Four Seasons to The Peninsula from Uptown to Downtown and you will always see several brand new Cadillac Escalade’s sitting in front. These 6.2L V8 cylinder vehicles that seat 8 passengers with their 41.3 inches of leg room are enough to carry any celebrity and [...]

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

The museum’s collection offers an unparalleled overview of modern and contemporary art, and has been extremely influential in the modern art movement. Works of architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist’s books, film, and electronic media fill the collection.