I generally don’t do a lot of typical “New York City” activities unless someone comes in from out of town. I have lived here ten years and I still haven’t been out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Over the summer I hosted my cousin’s first trip to NYC. She is fourteen and [...]

Cookshop is one of my favorite restaurants these days. I discovered it less than a year ago, but it quickly became a staple in my weekend breakfast/brunch routine. Here are some of the reasons why it is awesome: 1) The food is AMAZING! Cookshop is following the new local/in season craze which means that their [...]

We had an unbelievably beautiful August here in New York City. I was shocked that I did not have to turn on my air conditioning once throughout the month. The weather here was so perfect that all I wanted to do was be outside. There is no better place to be outside in the City [...]

Yesterday morning I was walking home from brunch when I passed a group of people sitting outside of what used to be the Barnes and Noble across from Lincoln Center. I should start by saying that I was a HUGE fan of that particular B & N and I was very sad to see it [...]

The main character in Open City is a Nigerian psychologist who lives and works in New York City. This doctor takes a back seat to the author’s description of the places he visits around New York, however. The doctor loves to walk the streets of the city at all times of day and night. Through [...]

Milk and Honey is part of that oh-so-hip trend in bars that is sweeping New York City and one of my new favorite drinking holes (and not just because I have recently become obsessed with the 1930s. It is a speakeasy right in the middle of downtown Manhattan. Getting in is the first obstacle. This [...]