Made in Tribeca #1: Khushi
“What goes on your body goes into your body,” says Nicki Francis, stirring a saucepan filled with what looks like golden goo. I had invited myself to her Hudson Street home so I could see firsthand how she goes about making her Khushi line of spa products. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 1
Krapp Kamera Kontest • Interview with a "Theatre Monkey" • No hibernating! • Barzinho • Judy Collins and Sandra Bernhard • And much more
Roundup: Su Casa
Leo's changes its name (and its menu) • Neighborhood Bar & Restaurant just a bar, for now • Current food obsession • What's on the calendar at Mysterious Bookshop and Barnes & Noble (Judy Collins singing kids' songs, for one thing)
Kraptastic!
Based on the idea that it's great photographers who make exceptional photography, and not their equipment, Soho Photo's Krappy Kamera show has been an annual event since 1992, after a bunch of photographers were chatting about how "they preferred using their junky cameras to their high-end ones" and photographer Sandra Carrion suggested mounting an exhibit on the theme. / 1 comment
Roundup: Shoot!
Swag bags for Tribeca kids • Let There Be Neon • Drunk David Hasselhoff • Artisan Lofts • And more
What’s Shakin’?
Duane Park was always a refuge from noisy restaurants, so it was somewhere near the end of the list of places I expected to see a pastie (unless one of the waiters, George, was feeling frisky). But these clips make me think I need to stay up later....
Roundup: Asking for Trouble
Massage sale • Sandra Bernhard • Capsouto Park? • Manhattan Youth vs. P.S. 234 • Riverhouse drama • Hudson River Park • Movie night at Saluggi's • Gymboree deals
No Hibernating!
If this weather saps your initiative to exercise, resist the temptation to spend the next month curled up on the sofa with these five simple tips. Plus: Where to get your heart racing in Tribeca.
Newsletter: Feb. 26
Two TCQ&As • Inside Tribeca's grooviest building • Brick responds • Sales at Intérieurs, Equinox, and PB & Caviar • Gummi Bears • And much more
This Weekend’s Movies
Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in—no way!—a buddy movie about cops. Plus: A French prison film, a documentary about the Barnes Foundation, and Jack Nicholson before he went to seed.
Roundup: Pet Project
New pet store • Tamarind Tribeca update • P.S. 234 Spring Auction • Volunteering at the Tribeca Film Festival • South Korean design at R 20th Century • The Walkmen • And more
The TCQ&A: “My Puppy Would Not Stop Sniffing Ed Burns”
Kimberly Reed, whose film "Prodigal Sons" opens at Cinema Village tomorrow, answer questions about Tribeca—including where she goes for pineapple fried rice and the world's best coffee (it's not the same place). / 1 comment
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Bravo!! — Queens Girl / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Beautiful story and interview. Thank you so much for posting. It’s a privilege Learning about our artistic neighbors. Looking forward... — DSSA / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold