2-Hour Statement Necklace

The hottest trend this year in jewelry has undoubtedly been the “statement necklace” or bib necklace. Every upscale jewelry and fashion house has produced some form of this with escalated price points. I originally had a few made in India based on some of my favorite embroidery designs, but realized you can easily make your [...]

Holiday DIY: No-Brainer Gourmet Gifts

There are plenty of pretty cookie and confectionery recipes online for making foodie gifts. If you are Martha Stewart and have all the time in the world, my favorite is chocolate. However, if your peeps have discerning palates, and your kitchen consists of half a wall and a toaster oven, fret not, for there are a [...]

Holiday DIY: Greeting Cards

At the end of the year, I often panic and realize how many good friends and family I have neglected to be in touch with.  I then neurotically think about my annual holiday card as a last chance of redemption. I have made my holiday cards every year since high school.  I know this just [...]

Red Carpet Ready – On a Civilian Dime

I am not often a fan of self-diagnosis…it doesn’t do you much good anyway; (no pharmacy will take your prescriptions).  However, I feel I am fully qualified when it comes to prescribing retail therapy for myself and others. In New York, the business of glamor doesn’t stop, so why should we? ( Ok, the economy [...]

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival – Talent Only, No Costumed Geeks Allowed

This weekend, the 69th street Armory on the East Side of Manhattan was host to the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival.  The soaring old space was home to tables upon tables of the hottest up-and-comic illustrators, artists and independent publishers.  Along side of all the fresh meat, were legends, and established artists on [...]

Burlesque and Booze at Dr. Sketchy’s

Q: So what does a former art-school party girl do during the daytime on weekends? A: Drink and draw dirty pictures at famed burlesque club Slipper Room on the Lower East Side at for Dr. Sketchy’s. Illustrator Molly Crabapple and writer John Leavitt hosted a debauched anti-art school drawing session with costumed characters, fully stocked [...]

Del Posto Always Rings Twice

Where do two hungry ladies with a taste for wine and fine Italian game dine on a slim wallet?  Can an elegant four-course meal at a celebrity chef helmed restaurant be had for $35?  If you know what to ask for you can. The unadvertised special can be found at the Enoteca inside of Del [...]

Second Lives: Garbage to Gorgeous

Have you checked out the new location of the Museum of Art and Design yet?  That’s the one that took over the long-abandoned “Lollipop” building at Columbus Circle. Right now, they have the most gorgeous exhibit, Second Lives (through April 19).   It features several floors of projects from artists and designers who have re-purposed [...]

This way to the cafeteria!

Who knew you could could use a quote from a particularly violent speech from the movie “So I Married An Axe Murderer” as a restaurant review title? For those of you who missed Restaurant Week or don’t want to fight other people for to get a resevation, take note.  The China Grill group of restaurants [...]