Tag: New York
The Software Analyst Who Prefers Men Who Don’t Inform Her of Their Asian Fetishes.
Sexual escapades in America keep getting weirder.
The diaries of sexual fiends and how you can learn to sexually liberate yourself too…
DAY ONE
8:16 a.m. I broke up with my boyfriend of three years last year and changed from your typical...
Loris Diran in Translation.
Functional luxury. What do you think when you hear those words, spoken together, in definition of New York fashion? Have I inadvertently fallen upon an oxymoron? In one respect, I would say “yes.” Every woman has owned a pair...
Musicians Nearly Beat Each other up in Washington Square Park and other dramas.
It's New York City and everyone's trying to make a buck, whether clamoring to the top of corporate chains, beating out hundreds of others for Broadway leads, promoting underground magazines or, say, playing music in a park. Does one...
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...
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...
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...
Fashionistas in a Bind: “Shall we go green? ”
This past Monday found this chap invited to a symposium held at the Soho House in part to reconstitute fashion’s ‘loveable’ status as a must have, but more importantly as a rejuvenated icon desirous in solving the current...
Green Drinks takes over ‘Tavern on the Green.’
Central Park’s Tavern on the Green may be known for its old money stuffiness, but you wouldn’t know it when its garden courtyard is taken over by 8 year old networking organization Green Drinks. The environmentally minded nonprofit typically...
Law and Order: The Young Friends of Cy Vance.
Perched on the ledge of the balcony on the second floor of the club The Griffin, I stared down at a pool of people oozing of money and power. The sea of black and white suits was interrupted only...
Chefs for Scher Crudo makes a comeback
Though ostensibly a charity function, Chefs for Scher gave ample opportunity for its celebrity participants to show off their talents. Held on the terrace of the Bowery Hotel, this event brought together gourmet eats, fine wines, and...
Art of Fashion- discovering beauty in the rough.
Webster Hall was just like I once remembered it; glittery disco ball, flashing lights, sideways glances and heart-pounding music blaring out of speakers. The crowd was familiar, with the occasional hipsters, the model-esque women clomping around in their platform...
The Metropolitan as ‘Muse.’
Museum membership as status symbol? It may seem a bit stuffy, but The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made a strong case to the under-30 set. Tickets to the heavily attended ‘Young Members Party’ were so in demand that...
The Grateful Matisyahu.
Leaving the Matisyahu concert, I walked through a bent and broken path of Central Park where an erstwhile businessman sold nitrous oxide balloons to suburban teenagers. This breathless, brainless masses sat on the park benches, oblivious to potential police...
Sally Golan finds her Bunny hole…
My second trip down the Gallery Bar rabbit hole occurred yesterday evening. Unlike our heroine Alice, however, I did not know what quarry I chased. Was it a time constrained rabbit?
As a writer, I generally give myself license to...
POP Art…
When a special event is held to showcase the work of several New York artists, it is sometimes hard to ascertain by what criteria the event should be judged. Does one evaluate it based on the talent of the...
