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Tour de Horse: Little Lovelies Walk for Ralph at Sagaponack Stables
Christie and Sailor Lee Brinkley. (Photo: Patrick McMullan) It was a breezy and clear summer day — what better way to spend the afternoon than in Sagaponack, N.Y., at Wölffer Estates Stables, where...
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Vanity Project
The neighborhood around the original Penn Station hasn't advanced much since it was known as the Tenderloin. Descending into Penn Station, it’s not hard to see why New York City’s civic fathers are so...
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The Actor’s Screenwriter: Danny Strong and the Rise of Next-Wave Nonfiction
Danny Strong (Getty Images) We were at the Four Seasons during The Observer’s 25th anniversary party, when a colleague pointed to a short, slightly nebbishy-looking man standing among notables like...
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Brit Gastro-Lads Chunnel to Paris, Channel Brooklyn for Inspiration
C'est cheese On a hot day in Paris last week, a friend and I settled into a four-course lunch at the Restaurant Astier, one of the city's last bastions of the full old-school French menu. A cozy...
View ArticleIt’s Time For You to Get Vine (And New York’s Biggest Vine Star Will Explain...
On a warm summer day in late July, hundreds of people gathered in Central Park, some sporting Halloween costumes and all cheering like crazy for a group of their idols who had taken the stage. But the...
View ArticleShake Shack to Open in Dumbo Next Year
Popular burger chain Shake Shack will open a new Brooklyn location at Two Trees’ One Old Fulton Street in Dumbo in mid-2014, the management company announced today. The 3,200-square-foot location will...
View ArticleSpitzer Widens Lead in Poll as Stringer Goes on Air
On the day Scott Stringer debuted his first television ad of the comptroller’s race, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer opened up a 19-point lead over the Manhattan borough president, according to the latest...
View Article‘Lend a Helping Hand:’ Now You Can Raise Money for Charity by Watching Webcam...
If you’re looking to indulge your charitable side but don’t want to leave the comfort of your own home, a new startup called Benevidz can help you with that. There’s only one catch: you have to be okay...
View ArticleBattle for the Black Votes: Democratic Mayoral Hopefuls Press Their Case
Brownsville—overwhelmingly poor, black and churchgoing—would seem like an incongruous place for Anthony Weiner to mount his comeback attempt, but the Brooklyn neighborhood was an outpost of goodwill...
View ArticleSkateboarder John Liu Wants to Legalize Weed in New York, But Not Smoke it
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner may have Big Thought Thursdays, but city Comptroller John Liu just had a big pot Wednesday. Mr. Liu, whose campaign took a major hit when he was denied matching funds...
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The Day The New York Times Went Dark
What the Times website looked like when it was down. As you may have noticed, the Times website went down late this morning. It's back up now, but the reasons for the malfunction remain unclear. Fox...
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Pilar Guzmán Named EIC of Condé Nast Traveler
Martha Stewart and Pilar Guzman (Photo: Patrick Mcmullan) Pilar Guzmán will become the new editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Traveler, Condé announced today. The move is a homecoming of sorts for Ms....
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Micro-Apartments Not Actually All That Affordable
Just 'cause it's modular doesn't mean it's cheap. "We must develop a new, scalable housing model that is safe, affordable and innovative to meet their needs," Michael Bloomberg said back in 2012 when...
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Where’s Waldo? Famed West Coast Designer Scoops Up Mark Ronson’s Village Pad
Lovely bones. In the midst of the current real estate craze, it sometime seems that buyers are closing deals on apartments that they've scarcely had a chance to tour, let alone examine carefully. But...
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Waitress’s Suit Claims New York Athletic Club Supervisor Traded Shifts for Sex
The main dining room at the New York Athletic Club. (NYAC website) Hoping to get the weekend off? Be thankful you don’t work at the New York Athletic Club. Keisi Ballenilla, a former NYAC waitress, has...
View ArticleOutraged San Franciscans Trying to Ship Douchey Startup Founder Back to New York
Startup founder Peter Shih ignited a West Coast firestorm yesterday after publishing a rant to Medium (now deleted) entitled “10 Things I Hate About You: San Francisco Edition.” It was a clumsy, failed...
View ArticleGraphic Designers Finally Solve Homelessness Using Twee Fonts
If there’s one thing the homeless could use, it’s some snazzy typography. Food, water, shelter and healthcare would be nice, too–but a couple of graphic designers believe bright colors and cool fonts...
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So, What’s ‘The New Cronut’?
It's a cronut! (photo: Dominque Ansel Bakery) It's been a long summer on the hybrid pastry front. The cronut, that croissant and doughnut fusion that sparked ungodly lines and an obscene amount of...
View ArticleThe Stringer Family Hits the Comptroller Campaign Trail
It was time for Scott Stringer’s wife and baby to shine. Elyse Buxbaum–a.k.a. Mrs. Stringer–officially hit the trail for the first time this morning on behalf of her husband’s city comptroller...
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Patch Layoffs Hit Today
Patch, AOL's hyperlocal site, laid off around 350 employees today. The eliminated positions, which represent about 40 percent of the workforce, could increase to 500 if AOL doesn't succeed in finding...
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