TCQ&A: “I BOUGHT A TOY WOMBAT AT MOOMAH”
Toy entrepreneur Wendy Gardner (right) answers questions about the neighborhood—including where she goes to get away, which building she thinks is ugly, and where her kids follow the “train track.”
COMING UP: APRIL 9 TO MAY 9
What’s going on over the next four weeks. As for this weekend: Thirty Days NY, a pop-up gallery and performance space at 70 Franklin sponsored by Absolut (Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore and Fred Armisen will be there this weekend); Raul Malo; Gary Shteyngart; Alexander Payne film festival; Jackie Robinson; afternoon tea; Holocaust Remembrance; Senator Squadron’s Community Convention; and more.
NOW ENTERING TRIBECASTAN
Actually, that sounds kind of gross, seeing as how TriBeCaStan is a band. Jeff Greene and John Kruth (left), the two core members, play “fourth dimensional music from the third world, or something like that.”
SEEN & HEARD
••• I wondered whether we really needed another nail salon. “I hope that people will show their daughters (and sons if interested) that painting one’s own nails is economical and promotes self reliance,” commented Neeta. “Can the demand for nail salons really be unlimited? The retail landscape of Manhattan has become this: drugstores, Starbucks, retail banks and nail salons. sigh.”
••• Photos from the Tribeca Retail Club event.
••• A contest where you can win rehearsal space.
••• A map of Lower Manhattan construction.
••• Everybody ♥ a bargain: Euphoria Spa, Tribeca Spa of Tranquility,
••• Coming soon: Duncan Sheik, and Sam Rockwell and Zoe Kazan.
••• Plus: B Flat, Macao Trading Co., Bubby’s.
TASTE OF TRIBECA TIP #7
Alberto Polo (left) of Farinella Italian Bakery & Pizzeria suggests you take your time in the kitchen: “Our flame is always low,” he says. “Well, not to boil water.” Plus: cooking vegetarian, extra virgin olive oil, and making bread.
HANGING IN THERE
“I was able to get through the entire workout,” writes health and wellness coach Rebecca Sadek about the new Pure STS class at Alycea Ungaro’s Real Pilates, “but there were moments where my entire body was shaking.”
IN THE NEWS
••• If Tribeca were a cupcake, what flavor would it be? “Tribeca triple sec orange cupcakes with orange buttercream frosting (yes, they exist!), because alliteration is awesome and Tribeca is known for its spectacular cocktail offerings,” commented Alicia K. “Organic oranges and organic everything from Whole Foods of course.”
••• Fannie Mae warms up to the idea of Battery Park City mortgages.
••• CB1’s new appointees.
••• Inside the new Trump Soho Hotel and Tamarind Tribeca.
••• St. Vincent’s Hospital is closing.
••• Best Made Co.’s axes get in the deep-think treatment in the New York Times Magazine. Wait till they see the company’s whistle!
••• Church Street School is in financial hot water.
••• Also: Manhattan Children’s Theatre, Little Airplane, a rococo townhouse, Thirty Days NY, the AT&T “deathstar” building.
BUZZER 22: ALFRESCO STYLE
If you’re wondering where to find appropriately chic furniture for your terrace or beach house, look no further! Interior designer Ghislaine Viñas has discovered a great source right here in Tribeca. (P.S. I hate envy you.)
WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Know where the photo below was taken? Guess in the comments on the page you reach by clicking here. Know what it is? Enlighten us, while you’re at it. The winner gets to attend the Tribeca Film Festival’s Family Festival Street Fair on May 1!