The thing I love about New Yorkers is that we are extreme optimists. Optimists beyond reason. Pretty much nothing gets us down. Last Sunday, I took part in a long-standing summer ritual. I got up at 6...Read More
I admit it. I love being a dog aunt. I get all of the pleasure and none of the responsibility. We go for walks, have slumber parties, share treats—we just don’t do it all the time. Who could ask f...Read More
I love El Quijote. Both Cervantes’s crazy Spanish nobleman who wants to prove that chivalry is not dead and the restaurant housed in the infamous Chelsea Hotel. It’s the latter that has been the m...Read More
It’s fair to say that the film and television industry is one of the most cutthroat around. Come on! We’ve all seen enough movies and TV shows on the topic to know that’s true. So, it a huge sur...Read More
Thousands of successful designers have passed through the doors of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, more fondly known by its initials FIT. My mom is one of them. She began life as an aspi...Read More
I’m wandering innocently enough through Central Park and what do to my wondering eyes should appear but a woman in a full on peach brocade dress and wig circa 18th century. I immediately pull out ...Read More
Summer in the city. They say it’s about the journey. Good thing, since it took me three tries to get Rockaway Beach on the new ferry. For $1 extra you can bring your bike. (No Citibikes out here!) I...Read More
It seems that you just can’t keep a tech bazillionaire down. I thought it was a joke when someone told me that an Amazon store was opening in NYC. Stores are closing—not opening. Despite the exist...Read More
The day started out ok. Then I discover my first hate mail. Hate mail sucks! It sets a bad mood for the whole day. The day is more than cooperative in following that mood. I start to feel like I look ...Read More