By Alix Cohen
On the Upper West Side of Manhattan, across the widest part of Broadway, inside an old brick factory building, it’s as if time stopped. Here your little girl and her friends (and you!) can delight in an experience that will widen eyes, enchant, and broaden horizons.
The Madame Alexander [...]
A Tour and Party for Living Dolls
By Eleanor Foa Dienstag
Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage is the first exhibition to provide an in-depth look at a little-known art form—combining photographs and watercolors—that flourished in the 1860s and 70s. And what a delight this small but exquisite show is.
Originally organized by the Art Institute of [...]
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By Kim Bourne
When my youngest daughter was four years old, she sucked her thumb so profusely that her skin began to crack and it became infected. Friends and family tried every trick in the book to get her to stop sucking her thumb, to no avail so we ended up [...]
By Jennifer Smolen-Fetta
For most of her life, Margaux Laskey longed to be the perfect Size 8. That obsession led to a lifetime battle with eating disorders. (Read about Margaux, this week’s Woman Around Town, on our front page). This January, she brought her personal story onto an Off Broadway stage [...]
By Jackie Papandrew
I’ll admit to being a bit batty when it comes to bugs. Actually, if you ask my husband, he’ll tell you I’m more than a bit batty. I go insane over insects and not in a good way. When any kind of creepy crawly comes within a reasonable [...]
We love vintage. But we also love newly-created fashions. What we love best it to combine the two. Red, a fabulous boutique on East 7th Street, understands our needs. The store is a brilliant mix of contemporary fashion and vintage finds. And with many items in Valentine red, [...]
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By Michelle Strong
Typically when we think of Valentine’s Day, the images of flowers, chocolate and jewelry come to mind. Sure those are very nice things and many of us love to receive them. But right now, times are hard. People have to focus on budgeting money and cutting back on [...]
By K.C. Woods
It is taking every ounce of willpower I have not to visit Google and type in one very popular, seasonal four-letter word. (No, not L-O-V-E but rather L-O-S-T.) I am refraining. Tuesday night’s LOST episode surely sparked a frenzy on internet message boards around the [...]
By Vanessa Prat
The hot dog is the ubiquitous street food. No matter where you wander in the city, down to the Battery or up to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, you can always count on being able to nosh on a frankfurter. If you think nothing can be done to [...]
By George Guerin
The passage of time adds validity to most things. About 200 years ago a Belgian named Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet produced the formula we have come to call the Body Mass Index (BMI). Professionals in the fitness and medical industry trust this formula because it is a fast [...]
