Puff Piece
Manhattan’s public spaces about to go smoke-free. What to do? Smoking cigs can be lethal, and it stinks up your nice clothes. But in a nod to “Mad Men,” and other pop cultural platforms that still romanticize the butt, we … Read More
Pond-Hopping
NYC’s The Box and Balthazar to Open in London Coming soonish to that city where that wedding thing happened: Brit ex-pat Keith McNally–who has done quite swimmingly for himself in Manhattan (Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, Pullino’s and on) is returning … Read More
The Other King of Cool
The late Alexander (the Great) McQueen, always late, is given the proper sendoff with the Met’s phantasmagoric showcase of his finest fashions, from high art to full-on crazy-time. Love it! Organized by the Met’s Costume Institute, the posthumous retrospective, “Alexander … Read More
The Doom of Oversold June, Where to Go?
Fly to Miami, get in a ragtop rental, and head south 150 miles to the Florida Keys When the Spring Breakers head home, checking their eye-bags and hangovers in carry-on, the Florida Keys clear out, the hotel rooms open, the … Read More
Above 6 Rooftop Bar Opens at NYC’s Six Columbus Hotel
Rain? No problem! The retractable rooftop keeps you ordering martinis, dry. On the 14th floor of Thompson Hotel’s Six Columbus–the insider’s place to stay among the coterie of hotel laurel-resters is the newly opened A6 (or Above Six) terrace lounge. … Read More
