Party-Planning Tips from a “Real Housewife of NYC”
“You can have the best caterer or the coolest venue," says Jennifer Gilbert, founder of Tribeca event-planners Save the Date and an upcoming member of Real Housewives of New York City. "But if people leave starving, then the party will be remembered that way.” / 1 comment
Newsletter: Dec. 2
Spend $300 at certain shop and restaurants and get $50 back • Mirror, mirror • Arts and crafts sale at the Smithsonian's NMAI this weekend
Newsletter: Dec. 1
Great gift suggestions from Warren and Murray • Best Santa laps • Soho Photo opening • Robert Frost's Christmas cards • Stinko for gingko! • And more
2009 Buy-Local Holiday Gift Guide: Murray and Warren
I like purchasing gifts online as much as the next lazy person, but nothing compares to seeing, touching, maybe even smelling the merchandise.
Newsletter: Nov. 30
Battery Park City's ice rink opens (with discounts for BPC residents) • A literary costume party • Punk history at B&N Tribeca • And more
The Nosy Neighbor
There's a flyer taped inside a door window at 275 Church Street that says something called the MELA Foundation's "Dream House" is inside. What's that?
Newsletter: Nov. 29
Ice-skating next to falling glass? • Monday's school-zoning meeting • Fiterman Hall demolished • Romanian Film Festival • Escape from Precinct One • More
Newsletter: Nov. 27
Photos of revamped Cortlandt subway station • Hello, Little Pie Company! • Whirling dervishes • What the Dickens is a burlesque Christmas Carol?
Newsletter: Nov. 25
One Cortlandt R/W platform reopens today • BPC ice-skating rink debuting Friday? • New bakery on Chambers • Squadron on FDR mess • And much more
Earn Your Turkey
While much of the city will be closed on Thursday, it's not a total wasteland. Here are seven suggestions that won't take you too far from home.
Newsletter: Nov. 24
Gary Graham's Black Friday sale • Lending a hand to MJH • CB1 • Housing Works' annual 24-hour reading • 92YTribeca • Wine-wallowing weekend / 2 comments
11/23: Green Acres
Tribeca Meet & Greet tonight • New green-business incubator on Broadway • Pantaluna closes its shop • A pink-lover's loft • Tribeca® nail polish • More
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History of Tribeca Buildings
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