It’s good to be back in NoMad, the trending upscale – but not insufferably so – neighborhood south of Midtown and north of Madison Square Park, a six-acre park that has been important to the city’s history since the late 1600s and gives these blocks of Manhattan their name. The “NoMad” neighborhood is home to … A Nomad in Manhattan’s NoMad Neighborhood READ MORE »

Note: This blog item combines many of my New York “food finds” over the years from previous blog items and updates information in previous references, including (sadly) several closings. Please check the restaurant before going, as the pandemic has further altered this landscape… Midtown Fig & Olive, 10 E. 52nd St., between 5th and Madison … Top Picks for Dining in Manhattan READ MORE »

In our family, Christmas was tradition-bound in the “over the river and through the woods” way. So the prospect of flying cross-country to spend the holidays in a hotel in Midtown Manhattan risked serious emotional disruption. Instead of the spectre of “Home Alone 2 (Lost in New York”), it was one of the most joyous … Christmas in Manhattan – Four Lessons and Many Carols READ MORE »

While it’s easy to return to a favorite Manhattan neighborhood over and over, what a treat to find a new day-tripping home-away-from-home in the city’s Meatpacking District on the West Side downtown. This discovery comes from an Upper West Side perennial, now hooked on the food, fashion, history and reverence for bucolic open spaces in the … Manhattan’s Trendy Meatpacking District – Haute Style and High Line READ MORE »