A St. Patrick’s Day Itinerary in New York City

March 17, 2013

NEW YORK, USA – In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday honoring the patron saint of the island. Across the pond in America, St. Patrick’s is more commonly a spirited celebration of Ireland itself−especially its tasty beer. You can happily experience both the pious and raucous takes on… (more)

The Best Places In NY’s Most Fashionable Neighborhood

February 4, 2013

NEW YORK CITY, USA — As winter continues in New York City, it’s time for fashionable New Yorkers to step out in their cold-weather finery. Decked out in on-trend knitted wool hats, faux fur coats and above-the-knee boots, the most sartorially astute get an opportunity to strut layer upon layer… (more)

Where Your Right Brain Meets Your Left: Manhattan’s Midtown West

February 3, 2013

NEW YORK, USA – They say the most successful business minds are adept at equally utilizing their creative right brains and logical left brains to solve complex problems. But when you’re climbing the corporate ladder, it can be tough to keep your right brain “in shape,” when your day job… (more)

On Broadway: A Theatrical Weekend in New York City

January 26, 2013

NEW YORK CITY, USA – Broadway is hot again. Not that New York’s mecca of musical theater has ever really been out of fashion, but with TV musical dramas like Glee and Smash putting show tunes front and center, it’s become cool once more to break into Broadway song for no particular reason.… (more)

A Weekend Passport to Old World New York

December 26, 2012

NEW YORK CITY, USA – New York is the kind of city where nostalgia lies around every bustling corner. Even as the modern-day Big Apple excels in the ultra avant-garde everywhere from the fashion runway to molecular gastronomy to street art, the slightest provocation (the tinkle of a jazz piano,… (more)

The Best Rooftop Bars in NYC

October 24, 2012

NEW YORK CITY, USA — If you’ve been sitting in re-circulated office air in New York City all day, the last thing you want to do to unwind is be cooped up at a closed-door cocktail hour. So why not catch the last blast of temperate weather and head to one… (more)

Paris and New York, Sans Locals

August 15, 2012

Now that we’re deep into to August, summer (at least in North America) is drawing to a close. It doesn’t seem possible that soon the cool winds of fall will arrive to usher in autumn. Before it’s time to break out your collection of cardigans, though, there’re still a few… (more)

Style and Secrets at Please Don’t Tell

August 31, 2011

NEW YORK, USA – Choosing the right outfit for a night on the town is like a science to me.  Much like the perfect cocktail, I like to shake up equal parts flavor, originality, and flair.  So when a friend told me he was taking me to a speakeasy I… (more)

Speak Softly and Sip Deeply at This Sultry Speakeasy

November 18, 2010

NEW YORK, USA – After alcohol was banned in New York in the twenties, speakeasies seemed to sprout up on every street corner and back alley (much to the delight of the working class and business elite, who made sinking into darkness and getting a taste of prohibition an easy… (more)

Scratching the nightlife itch in Greenwich Village

October 31, 2010

NEW YORK, USA – When my friend Dariana and I arrived in New York City for the weekend from Los Angeles, we had high hopes for the nightlife. Both fervent salsa dancers, we were excited to dance in the birthplace of salsa itself (Havana deserves some credit, too, of course,… (more)