This may seem like a million (or thousand) years ago, but remember when the millennium loomed large on the horizon? There was a huge question as to whether the world would actually function the next day. There was the distinct possibility of real chaos breaking out at the stroke of midnight. Would computers freak out […]
Living in Manhattan, I’ve explored and enjoyed lots of rooftop lounges and bars in the city. The best ones offer a level of quality and service that live up to incredible vistas, but everyone knows about those places. It’s the underground ones, the hidden ones that sit unannounced atop buildings on unlikely blocks, unknown gems […]
For a rather luxurious dining experience, imagine the courtyard of Louis XVI, the perfect place for a night on the town or an after work treat. Paris may have its sidewalk cafes with views of the Eiffel tower, but NYC is the place for dining in the clouds. Rooftops are the hideaway of choice for […]
The rooftop garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seems to be summer’s well kept secret to out-of-town visitors. Formally known as the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, this special retreat overlooking Central Park was funded by them as a gift and is open during the summer months. A garden, terrace and restaurant, […]
Christmas celebrations started early for me one year when I was living on the Upper East Side in New York City. It began on The Feast of Saint Lucy, a holiday celebrated by people of Scandinavian ancestry on December 13. One of my friends had a Swedish co-worker who had just immigrated to the USA. […]
Anyone who loves France, French cooking and the atmosphere of a French Bistro should head to the corner of Second Avenue and Fifty-Seventh Street. I discovered Les Sans Culottes by accident one evening when I was a friends house guest in New York City for a week of Broadway Theater. Being an expatriate New Yorker […]
My most unforgettable and craziest shopping memory in New York City took place on a cool November evening in 1965. I had just left work in the garment district of the city and was feeling very proud of myself because my plan was to start my Christmas shopping early for once in my life. I […]
So there I was, in the middle of a lovely spring day. I had spent the morning in Brooklyn, and had decided to walk back into town over Brooklyn Bridge. It had been a friendly morning, where I could even buy a coffee and have it on the square at Columbus Park. However, as I […]
It was the hottest day in August of 2003. My mom, my brother, and I had just gotten off the bus; cart in my hand ready for our first shopping experience in New York City. Then it began to rain. It was not just droplets of rain, but buckets of pouring rain. I head into […]
