Sometimes you just need a little treat. One of those times I happened upon a cute coffee shop in Williamsburg.
Write FRENCH PASTRY in the window and it’s hard for me to pass by! Caprices is best known for their cream puffs. Under the glass counter top you’ll find a delightful array of adorable, circular desserts.
Brioche buns, eclairs, cream puffs, and (gluten free) meringues all in a row… Read More
Every Easter Sunday, true believers and tourists alike gather in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and along 5th Avenue to worship the gods of creativity and fashion.
I adore this Easter tradition. 5th Avenue is closed off to traffic from 47th to 57th Street and that’s the only organization there is. This isn’t what you think of when you think of a “parade”. This event is simply New Yorkers showing up in their “Sunday Best” (a phrase open to a interpretation!) and enjoying each other’s company!
Originally posted April 2014. This remains one of my favorite NYC public art pieces of all time. Every year around Easter, I hope something like it will happen again!
When was the last time you went on an Easter egg hunt?
There were 260 eggs in total, hidden through out all of New York City. On display in parks and squares, hidden in boutique shop windows. I went on a hunt through midtown to find some. Read More
If that new Karate Kid spin off Cobra Kai took place in New York City, we now where it would have been filmed.
Every Friday I feature some fleeting moments from my week that made me stop and think, “I’m so lucky to live in NYC!” And maybe some others that made me think, “Bahaha this city is ridiculous and I love it.” Here we go for (omigod-how-is-it-already) the last week of March…
Walking by Vinnie’s Pizza in Williamsburg. I’ve never actually had a slice from Vinnie’s, I’m sure it’s great. I know this pizza place because it has this totally tubular TMNT bench outside! In a way, the Ninja Turtles are the OG brand ambassadors of New York pizza. Like, whatever with the ninjutsu skills, these dudes beat the NYC real estate game by hanging out in the sewer system! So bad ass! This foursome is New York AF. I couldn’t help but wonder…maybe we should stop asking if we’re Carries or Mirandas… and start asking if we’re Michelangelos or Donatellos instead…
Passing film trailers on Bedford Avenue and wondering what the production is. Then seeing these names on the door and having my question answered. Read More
There’s a place for us, a magical piano bar in New York’s Greenwich Village. Entering the red door of Marie’s Crisis begs comparison to tornadoing into Oz or falling down the rabbit hole. It is a New York institution that is both Wonderland and somewhere over the rainbow.
Seven nights a week, a guy or a doll sits behind the piano center stage in the small main room of Marie’s Crisis. From 6pm to close show tunes fill the space between twinkle lights. It’s a historic gay bar so you better believe you’ll see twink tenors and bear baritones (and visa-versa!) crowded around the piano. They’ll know every word of Defying Gravity as well as every syncopation of any Sondheim. Read More
Once upon a time, New York’s Chelsea neighborhood was know for factories, homosexuals, and struggling artists. Fast forward decades of gentrification later, and you have the Chelsea of today, known for the High Line, Google, and art galleries. It’s one of the city’s most expensive parts of town. Sure, it’s where art is sold in NYC, but you have to wonder…
Walking down 25th Street one Thursday evening, I stumbled across this sign:
In front of a nondescript building, I easily could have passed this by (especially having listened to too many episodes of My Favorite Murder). However it was Thursday night and the neighborhood was bustling with people. I felt emboldened to pop in and see what this “open studio” was all about.
