Earlier this year, I was approached by George Bliss, owner of Hudson Urban Bicycles, about an ongoing project he was working on with photographer Billy Powers. The idea was to photograph New York cyclists who bring a certain grace to…
I was privy to this tip last year, and I'm glad I can finally let the cat out of the bag... Brooklyn Cruiser has partnered with the Museum of Modern Art on a very special bicycle. Designed by Brooklyn Cruiser…
The two-hour Season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey was all about the threat of change in the dawn of a 1920s world outside of the snow globe that is Downton. The unstoppable changes in the way people lived forced people…
While President Obama’s campaign outspent Mitt Romney’s, American voters ultimately favored the middle class guy over the rich guy. In Connecticut, Linda E. McMahon spent her own $40 million for a Senate seat and lost. Different circumstances and dollar amounts, but a notable point remains: money won’t help you if you’re not interesting to begin with.
Earlier this summer, I was contacted by a media partner whose services include providing good cars for people who need them for a short term, like journalists or celebrities visiting a city. The idea was to give me a car…
Some months ago, two friends in the beauty and health industries, Stephen Dimmick and Angela Paul, enlightened me to the wonders of hot water with lemon. Their suggestion was to have a cup of hot water with the juice of…
For decades, the old time diner was a staple in New York City. Vinyl booths, linoleum, aluminum, stainless steel, framed and autographed 8x10 pictures of performers, black letter boards listing daily specials, matzo ball soup, omelets, BLTs, burgers deluxe, endless…
Surely not free, but certainly not the cost of a full-on Airstream, this ridiculously irresistible trailer is called the Teardrop. I'm smitten. It's no wonder this type of camper is growing in popularity and more people are looking on sites…
If, like me, you wash and iron your own shirts and if, like me, most of those shirts are white, you probably get ring around the collar and the inside of the cuffs. The temptation is to use bleach or…
A rather uncharacteristically “showbizzy” day today, which included a completely unexpected audition for a commercial, along with a proposition to be in the fashion show (with my Brooklyn Cruiser) at the 2012 New Amsterdam Bicycle Show on Saturday April 28th here in NYC. Not bad for one day.