From the East End of Long Island, Claire grew up coming to NYC & now gets to write about the best city every day! Her favorite borough is Queens (living in Astoria for 5 years), & on weekends she can be found at a local brewery, new restaurant, or reading the latest mystery novel.
2020 is starting off on a high note already with the fact that it’s a Leap Year…which means we all have an entire extra day for the first time in FOUR years! Usually most of us are complaining that there is...
Chocolate mousse may not be as iconic of a dessert choice as cake or ice cream or pie, but that doesn’t mean the creamy delight should be overlooked. Light and airy whipped chocolate is just as delicious as all th...
The Pennsy Food Hall—a multi-vendor dining hall that added some amazing options to the less than ideal Penn Station/34th St. food scene—will be closing on March 31. Though the food hall itself hasn’t made a statem...
Chef Amanda Cohen has been wowing New Yorkers for years with the amazing way she uses vegetables at her renowned restaurant Dirt Candy on the Lower East Side. And now she’s bringing those magical powers to a new f...
The New-York Historical Society just opened a new permanent gallery called “Meet the Presidents,” and you can pretend to be one in their exact replica of the Oval Office! The exhibit opened today, February 1...
Food and fashion are combining at this new, exclusive chocolate factory in FiDi! Cipriani, the renowned hospitality and restaurant brand, just opened a gorgeous new chocolate shop where each piece of candy is a sculpted...
If you’ve ever wanted to explore the twisting, turning levels of the beautiful Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, but the $25 entrance price deterred you, now is the time to visit! While the Upper East Side museum is p...
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge is one of those iconic made-in-New-York moments, but if you’ve ever actually done it, it can be a lot less magical than you might expect. Between tourists trying to get the perfe...
From time to time the MTA has to put subway cars into “retirement” when they get too old for service or more modern designs replace them. And now it’s time for the historic 1969 R-42 cars to take their...
IKEA has taken over the country with its sleek yet affordable house design products, and it’s currently taking over NYC too with its super-popular Red Hook, Brooklyn location and another giant outpost coming to Qu...