FIRST IMPRESSIONS: TENOVERTEN
Alyson Archer stopped by the stylish new nail salon for a manicure. So how was it? Tens across the board!

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
Three of the highlights on this weekend’s agenda (the full calendar is here):
1.  City Winery has holiday shows by the Roches (Monday) and Aaron Neville and His Quintet (Tuesday and Wednesday).
2. The State Ballet Theatre of Russia performs “The Greatest Russian Nutcracker” at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. (Wednesday)
3. Trinity Church’s Christmas Eve family service is at 3 p.m. on Friday.
4. Christmas Day not your thing? Even if it is: 92YTribeca is serving Chinese food and screening Airplane! (above) and The Naked Gun. (Saturday)

TCQ&A: “I CAN BE NAUGHTY AT TIMES SO LET’S SKIP THAT QUESTION”
Rock singer/dramatist/party planner Marla Mase on who sets her straight, where her best clothing finds happen, whose version of “Happy Birthday” is unmissable, and the restaurant where she holds all her meetings.

IN THE NEWS
••• 12/16 roundup: Hazelden on W. Broadway. Plus: Weather Up menu; armed robbery in FiDi; a new beer bar in the Seaport; City Hall Park bike path; Mariah Carey.
••• 12/17 roundup: SouthWest NY. Plus: Seaport development back on?; Greenwich Street buildings for sale; BPC resident tapped by Cuomo; subway station renamed.
••• 12/19 roundup: Five Franklin Place. Plus: A proposal to move Park51 move (by someone who can afford to build it); Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes; inside a four-year-old Tribecan’s room; models.

BAKING BY THE BOOK
When I learned that Tribeca Treats’ Rachel Schifter Thebault wrote a cookbook, “Sweet Chic,” I resolved to bake something from it—and Rachel agreed to help with any questions I had. And while the graham crackers at left may not look like much—I like to think of them as looking homemade—they were outstanding. Want one so bad right now….

SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/16 roundup: Old New York. Plus: La Lumia sale; Tribeca Grill for New Year’s Eve; Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center; New Amsterdam Market.
••• 12/18 roundup: Cookie Bar. Plus: Discounts galore—for spa products, children’s theater, children’s classes, and Jomama Jones; Christmas Eve tradition at Trinity Church.
••• 12/19 roundup: 77 Reade unsheathed. Plus: Sweet Lily deal; a battle with an evil necromancer; a wine conundrum; moonshine.
••• Congratulations again to Jim Smithers, who correctly identified last week’s Where in Tribeca…?
••• Foto Friday: Photos taken on Reade, Hubert (?), and Chambers, as well as inside BMCC.