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Lost Weekend on the LES
Ending our week of highlighting the best Lower East Side joints we had to mention one of the coolest coffee shops you’ll find in the City. Lost Weekend NYC is a a super laid back coffee shop serving...
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Get Stumped
In New York people are known to walk 20 blocks out of their way to get the perfect coffee. Stumptown in the Ace Hotel is considered by many wizened New York coffee hounds to be the absolute best...
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A Room With A View
BG Restaurant is one of the most elegant spots to meet for lunch or an early cocktail in the City. It’s discreetly ensconced on the 7th Floor of the Bergdorf Goodman Department Store so remains...
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Street Style – I See Red
Color is everywhere on the streets of the City but red seems to be the one color blaring loud and proud on so many. The stand out trend is the pants, there are just so many red pants on so many...
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That Loving Feeling
THE LOVING STORY is a moving exhibition that tells the story of a married couple, Richard Loving a white man and his African American wife Mildred. In 1967 many US States prohibited interracial...
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It Does Matta
Matta is a tiny Soho boutique that sells Indian inspired items for the stylish Manhattan bohemian. Wonderfully colored scarves, handmade leather sandals, funky handbags, sparkling stackable bracelets,...
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Let Them Eat Cake… And Juice
Even by New York standards Miss Lily’s Bake Shop & Melvin’s Juice Bar is a wildly cool hangout spot. Nestled on a nondescript quiet corner of Houston Street, this place is anything but...
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A Glamorous Nomadic Lifestyle
The NoMad hotel opened quietly this month as all the best places in New York do these days. NoMad is the name of the hotel but also the freshly coined name of this newish neighborhood, North of...
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Street Style – We Love The 80s
Maybe it’s the fact that the economy in New York hasn’t been this bad since the 1980’s, but walking down the streets of the City this week and checking out the fantastic outfits, we felt like we’d...
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The Coolest Meal In Town
Eating at Bar Piti this week we were trying to figure out how to explain why it’s the coolest hang out in New York City. The food is perfect and simple and the yummiest Italian around but that’s not...
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A Night Out With Jimmy
We always appreciate a bar in Manhattan with a view because no matter how long you’ve lived here or where you’ve been, a good view of the City still manages to take your breath away. Jimmy, the bar on...
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A Talk With TUCKER by Gaby Basora
Tucker by Gaby Basora is one of those New York fashion brands that all the cool girls love. Perhaps it’s because her designs make you look sexy and stylish without looking like you’ve tried too hard,...
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A Night Out on the Student Art Scene
On Friday evening we spent the night with friends touring the Hunter College Master of Fine Arts open studios. We love to collect art but our budgets don’t always run to the price range of an average...
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MY NEW YORK by Joomi Lim and Xavier Ricolfi
Joomi Lim Jewelry Designer’s Joomi Lim and Xavier Ricolfi share some of their favorite things to do in New York. Going kayaking on the Hudson River. Walking our dogs along the river at the Hudson River...
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Furniture For A Generation
It’s an age old story, two friends meet at college and have an idea, but in this instance the idea was the simple love of Mid-Century modern furniture. Chris Miele and Val Guariglia moved to New York...
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A Unique Boutique and a Sneak Look At Next Season’s Trends
Whenever we’re in the West Village we have to poke our nose inside the tiny and perfectly stocked boutique Otte. Considering it’s a bijou space, they seem to carry every up to the minute piece of...
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How To Really Hang Out in Chelsea
There’s only a few weeks left to literally hang out in the extraordinary tactile sculptures of Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto. His large scale installations at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Chelsea are...
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A Walk In The Clouds At The Met
The roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of our favorite places in all of Manhattan. Elevated high above Central Park, in what feels like the middle of a modern day forest, you can see for...
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Courtney Love’s Art Show… And She’s Not Even Pretty
When we think about Courtney Love we think of her many incarnations. Singer, rock star wife, actress but artist isn’t something we have ever associated with her. We were surprised to learn that...
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Je t’aime Buvette
Buvette is a perfect little bit of France hidden away in the West Village. But not just any part of France, it’s every little thing that is great about a French bistro. The food has that taste that...
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Royal Jelly Harlem
One of our favorite looks this season are beautiful summer dresses in colorful and vibrant African prints. We’ve just found a new label, Royal Jelly Harlem, that makes exactly what we’ve been...
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A Gypset Lifestyle
Julia Chaplin is one of those eternally chic New Yorker’s whose effortless style and great sense of adventure has always inspired us. Julia’s life as a journalist covering culture and travel for...
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Cafe Cluny
Whenever we want to impress someone from out of town, we take them to breakfast or lunch at Cafe Cluny. It’s one of those gorgeous little New York secrets that people are always impressed by. Hidden...
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Viva Americano
Last year Hotel Americano opened right in the middle of the Chelsea art gallery district. It’s the first such hotel in that neighborhood and as befits the area, the hotel is highly designed to perfect...
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Our Favorite One Stop Shop
When we want to do a one stop shop for a cute new look our first port of call is usually Steven Alan’s flagship store in Tribeca. Tucked away on a quiet industrial street, the store has been showcasing...
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Manhattan’s Island Get Away
In 2003 Govenors Island, just a mile or so from the bottom tip of Manhattan, opened to the public for the very first time. For 200 years before that, the island served as a military base. Much...
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Cookshop… A Forever Favorite
Despite the vast amount of restaurants in New York, New Yorker’s tend to select their favorites and stick firmly to them. One eternal favorite is Cookshop in Chelsea. It’s one of those special...
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Surf’s Up Babe
A few summers ago we picked up a Pret-A-Surf rashguard and it totally changed our summer look. The compliments we received for the perfectly cut black and white striped top, with its sexy thick red...
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A Bag Born In the Blogosphere
Sometimes the best ideas are born out of need. Clare Vivier was working at a French television network and couldn’t find a great bag to hold her computer and everything she needed for her busy life of...
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Eataly…That’s Amore
Eataly is one of those New York fixtures that we still just can’t believe. An enormous Italian supermarket with restaurants in each section of the market, this place is food heaven. The market is...
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Street Life… Short Stories
Manhattan was so insanely hot yesterday, we took to the streets to see just what fashion people could possibly wear when the mercury hit 100 degrees. The answer downtown was simple, shorts with a bit...
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Sunset Beach
Shelter Island is much closer to Manhattan that we realize. Yesterday on a whim, we decided to head down there for lunch. It took only an hour and a half from the City to the ferry at Greenport, then...
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