For my 100th post I am listing 50 things I love about this fabulous city. 1. Central Park. They cleared out the prime real estate in Manhattan and made a giant playground! 2. Bumping into celebrities. Where else can you sit next to Britney Spears at a movie one night and eat next to Nicole [...]

A friend of mine is getting married! Hooray! She asked if I would accompany her to Kleinfeld Bridal Shop this week to see if there were any dresses there she liked. I was more than happy to come along and see how this major bridal stop operates. She had made an appointment for a Tuesday [...]

I have been laying low recently because in general I am opposed to bad weather. The torrential rains didn’t stop me from trying out Holey Cream, a new dessert spot on 9th Avenue, yesterday though. After being stuck inside for most of Saturday I decided I needed to get out of my apartment and cheer [...]

I had out-of-town visitors yesterday and one of them was eight years old. What do you do with an eight-year-old in New York City? Take them to a fabulous candy store of course! So off we went to Dylan’s Candy Bar, the shop owned by Ralph Lauren’s daughter. The store is a fantasy land for [...]

Last night I went to see Bro’in Out, a sold out comedy show at 92Y Tribeca. The premise of the show revolves around two guys (Leo Allen and Tony Camin) hosting a late night talk show. The three guests included a dreamidian (a comedian who comes up with jokes exclusively from his dreams), Paul Rudd, [...]

I recently finished an interesting book, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, by Peter Cameron. I had never heard of the author or the book until I saw the “We Recommend” sticker on the book at McNally Jackson. It looked like a quick, interesting read, so I decided to pick it up and [...]