NYC

Hooray!  You got the holiday dinner invite.  You don’t have to cook but now you’re running to make that train.  Here’s my NYC transit hub cheat sheet so you don’t arrive empty handed.  Tick tock! Grand Central Terminal: 5 minutes:  Great Northern Deli – Part of the mini-Nordic food court in Vanderbilt Hall.  My Aunt…

In my wonderful and illustrious career as an arts/fashion/entertainment journalist I’ve seen and done it all.  Pushed my way to interview Karl in Paris?  Check.  Chatted with Madonna about margaritas? Check.  Flirted with Michael Buble on and off camera?  Yeah baybee! So when I recently visited the beautifully crafted and curated exhibit of fashion designer…

I have a great idea for Alec and Hilaria’s next family fun day.  Brooklyn!  Put on your most comfy kicks and start at the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge.  Now walk!  Over the East River and through the crowds.  Don’t knock it, it’s my favorite bridge in the universe.  Move to the side for…

Need a great read for your tween?  Search no more.  Veera to the rescue!  I’m lucky to have met Veera through the very creative Westchester community where we live.  She’s a super talented, award-winning children’s book author.  Her latest “The Night Diary,” tells the story of 12 year old Nisha and her family’s difficult and…

Spoiler Alert.  My confessional is much tamer than Fleabag’s to Hot Priest in Season 2. I like Saabs, Marimekko and Lingonberries.  There I said it.  Whether you do or not, I know you will like Scandinavia House on Park between 37th and 38th.  You’ve probably walked by it a million times and never knew it…

My parents turned me on to a cute Canadian sitcom called “Kim’s Convenience” about a Korean-Canadian fam who run a corner deli in a Toronto hood.  The cast is good and there’s a Pam/Jim situation thrown in there too.  I’m a fan because hearing jokes centered around a Korean family albeit a fake one makes…

You may know my friend, the actress/playwright Maddie Corman from her teen days (Some Kind of Wonderful), her TV/film appearances (Law & Order, Swingers) and her stage performances (Next Fall, The Babylon Line).  But her best starring role IMHO is as real-life, cool mom of 3.  Full-steam working mom no less.  She’s currently making audiences…

As a native New Yorker, this latest, state-of-the-art hood they’re calling the New West Side seems a little as Cardi B would say fugazy.  But you know what?  After spending an afternoon at Hudson Yards with my daughter I have to admit I liked it.  I really did.  Maybe it was because the sun was…