Archive for March, 2010
No city for country fans
Country music aficionados bond in a city that ain’t no Nashville
By Edmund DeMarche
Cooper Boone thinks you need to come out of the closet.
Yeah, you.
You, the 30-year-old city slicker who traipses into Lincoln Center and says things like, “Isn’t the new Alice Tully Hall just marvelous?” then watches a performance of Symphony No. Whatever in B-minor until you and your little lady waltz across the street [...]
Home is where the art is
Faced with a space crunch, New York artists expand the definition of galleries
By Laura Cameron
Blanka Amezkua didn’t change anything about her home when she began displaying artwork in her bedroom. The shabby linoleum, the bare light fixtures and the robin’s egg blue walls are all still there, but now every month an artist comes into Amezkua’s apartment in Mott Haven neighborhood and installs a work of art.
There’s [...]
Milan’s Aperitivo Hour
Dipping and nibbling, Italian style
By Jenna Weiner
MILAN, Italy — In a kingdom where fashion is king and wispy models its princesses, the all-you-can-eat buffet is the last kind of dining experience you’d expect to find. Yet the two coexist in blissful harmony, for Milan is the home of the aperitivo—a tradition that raises the buffet [...]
The housing market is tanking. Time to renovate
By Manuel Cortazal
Jenny Wong McLoughlin routinely makes the rounds of open houses around New York City, always with an eye open for a real estate deal too good to ignore. But with no hot prospects in sight, she and her husband, Chris, are rolling up their sleeves and pouring their energy into their own version [...]
Designer-Purse Rentals Let Women Bag a Deal
By Catherine Jhee
Whether you call them totes, purses, clutches or satchels, it’s no secret that women love their handbags. They’re more than just functional accessories; the right bag can convey unspoken messages, like how stylish or successful a woman is.
And just as “It” bags are growing ever more popular, thanks to the celebrities who are [...]
Bollywood at the gym: ‘Slumdog’ dance is now a fitness craze
By Amy B Wang
“Balle! Balle!” Sarina Jain shouted during a packed session at a Crunch Fitness gym in Manhattan on a recent Tuesday night, calling out the rough equivalent of “Whoo!” in the Punjabi language. Nearly forty women and one man thrusted and stomped and jabbed the air in the exercise studio in sync to [...]
The Big Business in Baby Beauty
How the beauty industry sells to kids
The prospect of a kids-only salon, offering manicures, pedicures and other mature beauty services to four-year-old girls, raises the ghost of JonBénet Ramsey. The proprietors claim they offer fun, and harmless spaces where girls can experience the adult world of the beauty parlor. But critics say they prematurely [...]
Yo! Oy! It’s global hip-hop, Orthodox Jewish style
By Christian Taske
Walking through Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities outside Israel, Yitzchak Jordan immediately stands out. Aside from the traditional beard and long side curls tucked behind his ears, there’s nothing distinctively Jewish or Orthodox about Jordan’s appearance.
Where the Hasidic passersby wear tall hats and long jackets, Jordan, a [...]
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