mini guide: red hook...

red hook is a bit of a trek, especially without a car although the ikea bus and ferry service make things a little better, but there are definitely a few destinations worth visiting.   if you’re already here you might as well spend a few hours.  the highlights, at least for me,  are the views...

eye shoppe on 7th: stylish frames and su...

now that i wear glasses nearly all the time, after my eye doctor scared me several years ago from wearing contacts too much (i was getting lots of red vessels popping up here and there) i have now become pretty dedicated to having frames on my face (and i always was too scared for lasik).  as a result...

matsugen: good value at an unlikely spot...

high end japanese is something i am a huge fan of, though i don’t often get to indulge that particular craving given the incredible costs associated with such a splurge.   so while maybe some day i will go to masa, i am not expecting it to be until the kids are finished with college (that will...

the red hook ball field vendors: an endl...

the red hook ball field vendors are no secret, but the street food options here are so good and so nearby that i am very sad that i don’t feast there more often. one reason for that is my very fussy older k. has no interest in any of the amazing food there, and hubby j. is also not so keen (how...

midsummer night swing: a new york dancin...

running for more than 20 years, midsummer night swing is just a really super fun new york outing.  when j and i used to have a little bit more leisure time, we would often head over to lincoln center for an evening of polka or our favorite, swing.   and even though we couldn’t exactly make...

mini guide: lincoln center...

lincoln center is one of those places that i seem to always find myself at at least once a season. in the fall, we have tickets to the meet the music series by the chamber muic society at beautifully newly renovated alice tully hall, in the winter we’re off to the see the big apple circus,...

save khaki: perfectly edited men’s...

as i have mentioned before, although j does like to have nice clothing and to look smart, he is is not really the best clothing shopper.  he has a super hard time deciding what he likes, and then that makes deciding what to buy even harder if not possible.   as a result many months and really...

ennju: fast and filling and japanese...

if only there were japanese food on the the new jersey turnpike it would have made our six hour trek back from baltimore this weekend just a wee bit more bearable.   i am definitely a lover of all things fast food and japanese, and so when i used to work near madison square park, i often used to head...

fette sau: bbq, beer, brooklyn...

brooklyn is pretty sparse in the barbecue department.   other than smoke joint in fort greene, which doesn’t get great reviews, and the beloved but closed pies ‘n thighs (and which does not seem any closer to reopening), the only real contender for excellent bbq is  fette sau.  ...

shakespeare in the park: 12th night, ann...

most of my new york summers, especially when i was younger and childless, were marked by a big long wait on the great lawn for whatever production the public theater was putting on at the delacorte theater.  watching a production here is one of the more magical experiences in the city.  the setting,...

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