‘Dinez avec nous, nous vous montrerons plus’ Dine with us, and we will show you more…. Le Privé is the newest French fine dining experience to finally grace Manhattan. Bestowing onto the NYC community unmatched elegance and exquisite hospitality, the Theater district and Hell’s Kitchen will never be the same. It […]
Obesity now exceeds hunger in terms of population spectrum, but that’s because the world eats unhealthy foods. City Harvest Gala is beautifully composed of 60+ top chefs and culinary experts serving on their Food Council. Underneath a Board of Directors, its business, technology and management skills help supply healthy food options to low-income NYC neighborhoods. Generation […]
To honor Friday the 13th – I’d like to pay homage to a spectacular Tim Burtonesque gallery: Last Rites Gallery. Featuring one of my favorite creators, William Basso, while extending Eric Lacombe’s “Anomalies” presentation, I am supremely smitten by Last Rites’ accordance to the Gothic Romance. Best epitomized by Nathanial Hawthorne’s Bosom Serpent and Scarlet Letter, […]
“ I realize that coming from an Arabic culture – I can make use of my language and culture. To create something worldly – cosmopolitan. Living and performing in New York City – I am compelled to bridge Arabic and American cultures” An elegant embodiment of World Music herself— Nadwa Rifai is a Lebanese-born singer, actress […]
Honoring the swing-off of the United States U.S. Open, Citi Taste of Tennis’ culinary homage was a one of a kind event. An emblem of taste, décor and virtual reality sponsored by Citibank, Midtown’s W Hotel hosted a most noteworthy culinary craft- Thursday night. From ‘Okinawa sweet potato ravioli’ to Megu and corn-olive ‘Esquitas’ […]
The words on ingredient labels can be misleading. The word fragrance, a misleading term, is too often overlooked, as it might really indicate a combination of 100 or more different chemicals. Many of them may be toxic or harmful like phthalates, petroleum based ingredients, or flowers sprayed with chemicals or fertilizer. Organic perfumes are fragrance-free and […]
I learned a few things by attending the Collaborative Art Fair at 80 Wooster in SoHo last Thursday. First: I’m seemingly drawn to organic creations made of resin, and second: Resin evokes organic imagery for a reason. Drawn immediately to Maria M. Mohiuddun fractal-like evocations— flowers, concentric petals and shapes—made from what appeared to be waxed […]
While unlocking the magic of speed, efficiency & texture, the New Audi Sport brand makes its debut in the US. Having had the another most successful year of Audi sport racing customers in 2016, Audi Sport offers a new range of cars with sleeker dynamics and innovation. The widely acclaimed Audi L8 LMS GT4 […]
“The Other Women” art exhibit at the Norwood Club Thursday April 6th was fascinating and eclectic. It appeared for just one night and faded out like a star. Eerie photographs displaying woman’s perspectival relationship to her environment, alongside mixed mediums displaying her skewed sense of self eloquently coalesced to construct a complex narrative: A feminine […]
When do high ceilings framed by skin-bare, unpainted walls and long expanses of hardwood floor start to glitter with lights, and invite? When do pleasant archways successively crowning the shafts of narrow hallways, window-sills, frames and glass bring actual dimension to a space? When people weave in between one another, converse and shed ideas. Like […]