“ 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 […]
Injecting a seemingly superficial NYFW with scholarly class, the historically pivotal New York Public Library apparently hosts supreme spectacles of music, ambiance and fashion trends. The Phillip Plein designer’s after party, Monday February 13th, enjoyed a ton of celebrities, bumper cars, two auditoriums brimmed with beats, sequins, feathery eye-lids, Paris Hilton, and too much more. […]
Conveniently parked atop Canoe Studios in Manhattan’s Western Chelsea, was the totem Rolls Royce: The hot voluptuous car– around which everyone pranced in revelry–with Hennessy. A terrace abundant with prominent lights transformed concerns into dream. Revelry, with Hennessy… angelic caterers and bystanders, mostly dressed in black…(like the car)… pronounced agendas, relevant to steer. Peer-ing forward, […]
A new, one-of-a-kind collective arts gallery in Chelsea brings together performance art, music, fashion and visual art to excite all elements of your sensational curiosity. This sweetest specimen of sequins, graffiti and grit, 3-Squared is taking the NYC art world on edge, one ‘Apocalyptic’ event at a Fashionista’s-Den time. M= Marina Dojchinov/ A=Akaash Mehta […]