by Rachel Veroff | Nov 5, 2015 | Business, Culture, Dining, Featured, Finance
“The history of the New York oyster is the history of New York itself—its wealth, its strength, its excitement, its greed, its thoughtfulness, its destructiveness, its blindness, and—as any New Yorker will tell you—its filth.” — Mark Kurlansky, The Big Oyster: History...
by Rachel Veroff | Oct 27, 2015 | Culture, Featured
There is something almost surreal about watching a Buddhist monk in Tibetan robes address a conference room full of Manhattan elite about the principles of enlightenment and happiness. But it’s all in a day’s work for Matthieu Ricard,...
by Rachel Veroff | Oct 20, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment
At a time when the future of the arts in New York City is less certain than ever, the city’s best and brightest talents in ballet/ modern dance are still hard at work creating masterful performances for our enjoyment. That’s why, on Monday night, the New...
by Rachel Veroff | Oct 19, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured
When CBS announced last July that Stephen Colbert would be taking over the Late Show, many viewers of American late-night television felt a pang of conflicted emotions. David Letterman hosted the Late Show for 22 years, and David Letterman is irreplaceable. A lot of...
by Rachel Veroff | Oct 13, 2015 | Education, Featured, News
On Friday, September 18 at the New York Harbor Regatta on Governors Island, a small crew of high school students from the New York Harbor School competed in the sailing race. Bracing themselves against the harbor’s wind with laughter, boisterous team spirit,...
