Asia Vision Foundation; New Kids on the Fundraiser Block.
In the lobby of 33 56th St, its cream walls of cubic space surrounding, stands two, delicately lean Asian girls in oriental patterned, silk beaded dresses. They are Geishas femininely guarding the ground floor elevators. In the first penthouse,...
Scavengers of truth and aesthetics- Vagabond’s/NYC stellar stab at Vintage.
Andrea Perini is a tall, blonde of wacky braids, intermittent freckles and lengthy velour strands who doesn’t give a shit what you think. She scuttles by me on the street, unaware of my seated position behind the trash cans...
Reflections of a former Male Model.
It’s not what it seems. That’s what I keep telling myself but what do I know I’m just a skinny rut standing in front of Valentino as he tells me to take my shirt off. The dame sits there...
Bloomberg offers to fly you out of NYC if you are homeless.
The advantages of being homeless…
We read with intrigue in the NY Times today about a policy that Bloomberg has been using to deal with homelessness in New York City. Faced with the increasing costs of taking in families that...
Paper(back) Shopper.
A recent venture down to Grammercy’s Housing Works Thrift Shop for the launch of the summer edition of the “Editors Picks,” this month featuring Paper Magazine had me up against the cognoscenti (or so I was told).
Held once a...
Ellis Gallagher: Urban Legend?
New York nightlife abounded at Ellis Gallagher’s New York City-reflective art exhibit on Bowery and Delancey at the Collective Hardware Gallery Thursday night. A couple of skips and a shimmy past the Williamsburg Bridge, it was easily accessible enough...
Rachael Sage- Lightness preceded by darkness.
On the face of securing a new recording label, MPress records we sat down and talked about the journey as singer, song writer, fatalist, romantic and diva. If there’s one thing one could conjure up with Ms.Sage is that...
Working it at the Tribeca Fashion Soiree.
The second fashion designer soiree held by Tribeca Retail Club in collaboration with Chacala NY and Laura Little Productions this weekend featured established and independent designers proudly displaying their menswear, women’s wear, accessories and art in fashion. A...
Polo? What Polo…
After witnessing a rare yet glorious ‘star-burst’ lightening storm Friday night, hard-core event goers flocked to the infamous horse fields of Bridgehampton. They forwent a picturesque afternoon on the beach, choosing to instead transform themselves into the ‘preppiest of...
A TALE OF TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN: LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK CITY .
We’ve heard whispers of their legacies all our lives: The two, most powerful metropolitan centers in America, perched magnificently on each coast. The cities who have bred businesses, artist’s communities, fashion trends, culinary revolutions, nightclubs, luxury cinemas, corner cafes,...
Two dimensional dating in Japan keeps lonely men in love.
The pros and cons of dating stuffed pillow cases…
Out of Japan comes epic romances that will leave you spellbound and in disbelief, and even wondering if there’s a chance for you. We’d like to say – yes indeed there...
Adrien Field- Let’s find out what he keeps in his ‘man bag.’
We read with intrigue this morning as we found out what our dear friend Adrien Field likes to keep in his as ‘Guest of a Guest’ like to term it- he’s ‘man bag.’ That said here is a recap...
Public Service Announcement for all you dingbats that ride the subway.
The things we never want to see you ever ever do again on the subway…
1/ Next time we come across one more kid selling chocolate for his basketball team so he can stay clean and out of jail we...
Slaughter in Williamsburg.
Saturday Night in Williamsburg- the hipster's are starting to look more like Taliban with their 12 inch beards and track bikes (bikes without brakes.) There is no stopping the influx of these pirates blindly plowing down Bedford, just hoping...
A laughing matter…
Ladies who Laugh, the sold out comedy-slash-networking night put on by New York Women in Communications, Inc., managed to make a four (!) hour estrogen-heavy standup show into a highly enjoyable evening. Well played, ladies.
Perhaps I’ve already betrayed my...
