The beautiful Dragon Dance, amid a Chinese New Year’s dinner at Phillippe Chow had me wondering all about the culture –once again. Serving classic Beijing style cuisine amid the luxury, tavern-like ambiance, glamorous crispy duck, carved out into perfection by the founder himself—Phillip Chow—walnut seasoned prawn, chicken satay, dancing dragons, and a golden specialty ‘yunbao’ cocktail […]
Swarovski celebrated the opening of its Time’s Square store last week at Hudson Mercantile. An architecturally exquisite production space set in Hudson Yards, ascending the old-fashioned industrial elevator was only the third exciting treat. The bedazzled makeshift hot dog stand, welcoming bags and late winter coats was the second, while having […]
“The canvas is a system to give a meaning to the atmosphere…” Sole figures amid mysteriously laden landscape characterize Federico Infante’s current exhibit at Hugo Galerie in SoHo, Manhattan. Subdued, mysterious and introspective, Federico initially approaches each painting with a week or week or two pre-reflection period. Then he enacts the expressive process of […]
