“Express Your Inner Tiger at MOCA!” read the subject line of a recent email, which I have to admit raised my eyebrows…. Once I banished unpleasant thoughts about a certain professional golfer, I discovered interesting things in the email (which, I should mention, came from the Museum of Chinese in America and had to do with 2010 […]
Terror trial: Preview of the clampdown • WTC waterfall • Trattoria Cinque: Dining Out for Haiti • Bazzini store closing date • Apartment sales • Another fan of Locanda Verde
After working as a stock trader on Wall Street for 10 years, Jennifer Esposito became a stay-at-home mom. “Now my youngest is at preschool,” she said. “I like to do something.” That something is interior design, decorating clients’ homes as well as developing products such as Jenny’s Blocks. / 1 comment
Hudson and four nearby side streets get water-main work • Terror trials • Justin Timberlake • Playing Mantis • Discounts at Megu • A chance to drive a Zamboni • Landmarc for V-Day • And more
Leo's opens on West Broadway • Firefly closing (40% off sale) • The TCQ&A with a Tribeca entrepreneur • Food allergies and sensitivities • And more
Legion and The Tooth Fairy seem to indicate that bad-movie season is upon us once again. Better to catch up on the best of 2009: Up in the Air, Avatar, A Single Man, Crazy Heart, Broken Embraces, The Last Station, Invictus, Fish Tank....
Sad news from north of the Seaport: Firefly, the kid's clothing and toy store that has been a neighborhood favorite for three years, will be closing the Front Street location sometime in early February. (The Park Slope boutique will remain open.)
The Harrison goes into special-menu overdrive, busting out prix-fixe menus for Restaurant Week and Valentine's Day, and serving a beer-inspired slate—including pork-belly sliders and onion rings—for the Super Bowl.
Terror trials on Governors Island? • Shopping for Haiti • Soho hotel updates • Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club • More burlesque • An all-women "Julius Caesar" • And more
There’s an interesting new show at Sasha Wolf Gallery: Russian photographer Yola Monakhov—who currently lives in New York, teaching at Columbia University and Mercer College (and contributing to The New Yorker)—used Dante’s Divine Comedy as a framework for shooting in Italy. She engaged with her subjects about the poem, “noting their interpretations of moments in […]
Sad news from Capsouto Frères • Helping Haiti by dining at Tribeca Grill • Tribeca Meet and Greet tomorrow • A new neighborhood landmark • And much more
There's some intriguing stuff on the schedule—including an appearance by Paul Rudd and screenings of Gosford Park and The Real Cancún. / 1 comment
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there