Christian Louboutin opens its first men’s shoe boutique in Meatpacking District. Click-clack. It’s exactly what we need right now, no, in this jobless economy: Christian Louboutin, the ingenious French designer of the four-figure-priced iconic red-bottomed stilettos, made famous by the … Read More
Hey Skinny Minnies, Fashion Week’s over, let the feasting begin. Bunch of new ones hitting Manhattan’s empty lease spaces in the coming weeks. Here’s the ones we’ll check out. Westville (WoHo): The little green market diner that could is opening … Read More
‘The Master’ vs. ‘Citizen Kane’ While much hub-bub has been made likening Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character in “The Master” to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, we think that director Paul Thomas Anderson was taking his inspiration from “Citizen Kane” and … Read More
…but I AM now a dude in black-frame specs. The day finally arrived. I couldn’t see straight anymore. Not a good thing for editing or going up my brownstone steps at 3 a.m. And at the risk of being narcissistic, … Read More
Room 100’s book-of-the-month club pick. Phaidon’s spectacular new photo-coffee table book ‘The Art Book’ features 600 works of art, photographed distinctly. The obvious will stop being so when you roll through history here. It’s the autumn tome to slap down … Read More
Alt-bluegrass band’s fifth CD is the one to find. It’s called ‘Find the One.’ The cleverly-named Coal Porters, formed by the Kentucky native famous for his old band, the Long Ryders, live up to their alt-bluegrass moniker. And their just-out … Read More
Annie Leibovitz, Fair-ly well covered. Opening on September 22nd and running through December 30th is a show at the Wexner Center for the Arts of 200 images by celebrity shutterbug Annie Leibovitz, who is best known for her Vanity Fair … Read More
