Manhattan Living
SPiN NYC Table Tennis and Social Club
If you're looking for a little indoor (read: air conditioned) recreation this summer, the plush and lively SPiN NYC table-tennis social club is an excellent option for an afternoon–or, better yet, night–of fun for ping pong players of all levels of ability and seriousness. Located in the Flatiron District and featuring 16 championship-caliber tables, a […]
Street Pianos NYC: Luke Jerram’s Play Me, I’m Yours
No surprise, after only one afternoon and six sightings, we already love Luke Jerram's Street Pianos NYC, a five-borough, interactive public art project, also known as Play Me I'm Yours. The concept here is simple and totally great: put 60 pianos, some elaborately painted, others not, in public places all around New York City, and […]
Five Napkin Burger on the Upper West Side
Five Napkin Burger's been packing in the usual Upper West Side suspects–families with little kids, packs of teenagers, fifth-date couples, old-timers, late-night solo snackers–since it opened in February on a prime corner of 84th and Broadway. And no surprise, really, that it's a popular choice. Not only does this friendly, casual "neighborhood restaurant" (read: upscale […]
Bee Desserts and Cafe NYC
There are two excellent reasons for stopping by Bee Desserts and Cafe, newish in the West Village, anytime between right now and, say, late October. First, this laid-back, Brazilian-infused bakery and casual-food cafe has a lovely garden out back, with rough-hewn benches, tippy chairs, odd little sculptures, and good-looking patrons who seem like they've been […]
Summer Fun Alert! Coney Island Mermaid Parade: Saturday, June 19
Over the years the Coney Island Mermaid Parade has become one of our favorite New York City street parties. Launched in 1983 by the not-for-profit arts organization Coney Island USA–partly as an homage to the long-defunct Coney Island Mardi Gras, which was a HUGE deal in the first half of the 20th century; partly […]
Cooper Hewitt Museum’s National Design Triennial 2010
Since its inception in 2000, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum’s National Design Triennial has attempted to do what, these days, is probably impossible: to find and assemble “the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture” from the previous three years. Impossible because the task is too huge, especially since the National Design Triennial rightly encompasses […]
Midoma Salon Moves to Emerald Green Territory
File under: One neighborhood’s loss is another one’s gain. When the much-loved hair salon/high-end boutique/art gallery Midoma Salon needed to up its Upper East Side roots this winter, its relocation to the Fashion District–more specifically, to Eighth Avenue between 38th and 37th Streets–may have surprised those who haven’t been paying attention to that neighborhood’s recent […]
Key to the City: A New Creative Time Project by Paul Ramirez Jonas
Those New York City public-art wizards at Creative Time have done it again. Ever since the early 1970s, this excellent art collective has been commissioning, curating and creating innovative, interactive projects that use our beautiful city not only as an ideal backdrop, but also as an integral part of the pieces. Creative Time's newest and […]
Momoya Sushi NYC on Amsterdam Avenue
Every neighborhood needs a go-to sushi spot, somewhere you can rely upon time after time to deliver generous servings of pristine fish at a reasonable price in a comfortable environment. When we lived on the Upper West Side, that spot became Momoya Sushi NYC, on Amsterdam Avenue near 80th Street, which opened in the fall […]
Luna Park in Coney Island
It took a couple of weeks of round the-clock scrambling by construction crews, but as promised by everyone from the Mayor of down, the famously-named Luna Park in Coney Island did in fact open its gates to the public the past Memorial Day weekend. True, several of the "big" rides hadn't yet been officially cleared–and […]
If you're looking for a little indoor (read: air conditioned) recreation this summer, the plush and lively SPiN NYC table-tennis social club is an excellent option for an afternoon–or, better yet, night–of fun for ping pong players of all levels of ability and seriousness. Located in the Flatiron District and featuring 16 championship-caliber tables, a […]
Street Pianos NYC: Luke Jerram’s Play Me, I’m Yours
No surprise, after only one afternoon and six sightings, we already love Luke Jerram's Street Pianos NYC, a five-borough, interactive public art project, also known as Play Me I'm Yours. The concept here is simple and totally great: put 60 pianos, some elaborately painted, others not, in public places all around New York City, and […]
Five Napkin Burger on the Upper West Side
Five Napkin Burger's been packing in the usual Upper West Side suspects–families with little kids, packs of teenagers, fifth-date couples, old-timers, late-night solo snackers–since it opened in February on a prime corner of 84th and Broadway. And no surprise, really, that it's a popular choice. Not only does this friendly, casual "neighborhood restaurant" (read: upscale […]
Bee Desserts and Cafe NYC
There are two excellent reasons for stopping by Bee Desserts and Cafe, newish in the West Village, anytime between right now and, say, late October. First, this laid-back, Brazilian-infused bakery and casual-food cafe has a lovely garden out back, with rough-hewn benches, tippy chairs, odd little sculptures, and good-looking patrons who seem like they've been […]
Summer Fun Alert! Coney Island Mermaid Parade: Saturday, June 19
Over the years the Coney Island Mermaid Parade has become one of our favorite New York City street parties. Launched in 1983 by the not-for-profit arts organization Coney Island USA–partly as an homage to the long-defunct Coney Island Mardi Gras, which was a HUGE deal in the first half of the 20th century; partly […]
Cooper Hewitt Museum’s National Design Triennial 2010
Since its inception in 2000, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum’s National Design Triennial has attempted to do what, these days, is probably impossible: to find and assemble “the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture” from the previous three years. Impossible because the task is too huge, especially since the National Design Triennial rightly encompasses […]
Midoma Salon Moves to Emerald Green Territory
File under: One neighborhood’s loss is another one’s gain. When the much-loved hair salon/high-end boutique/art gallery Midoma Salon needed to up its Upper East Side roots this winter, its relocation to the Fashion District–more specifically, to Eighth Avenue between 38th and 37th Streets–may have surprised those who haven’t been paying attention to that neighborhood’s recent […]
Key to the City: A New Creative Time Project by Paul Ramirez Jonas
Those New York City public-art wizards at Creative Time have done it again. Ever since the early 1970s, this excellent art collective has been commissioning, curating and creating innovative, interactive projects that use our beautiful city not only as an ideal backdrop, but also as an integral part of the pieces. Creative Time's newest and […]
Momoya Sushi NYC on Amsterdam Avenue
Every neighborhood needs a go-to sushi spot, somewhere you can rely upon time after time to deliver generous servings of pristine fish at a reasonable price in a comfortable environment. When we lived on the Upper West Side, that spot became Momoya Sushi NYC, on Amsterdam Avenue near 80th Street, which opened in the fall […]
Luna Park in Coney Island
It took a couple of weeks of round the-clock scrambling by construction crews, but as promised by everyone from the Mayor of down, the famously-named Luna Park in Coney Island did in fact open its gates to the public the past Memorial Day weekend. True, several of the "big" rides hadn't yet been officially cleared–and […]
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