by Samantha Doria | Sep 2, 2021 | Art, Culture, Dining, Featured, NYC, Restaurants
Hilarious, Delicious, and A-dough-rable Cookies In this episode of Downtown Highlights, we visited Funny Face Bakery, where they make a variety of very detailed, hand-piped cookies. About Funny Face Bakery Funny Face Bakery was founded in 2016,...
by Dan Metz | Feb 6, 2020 | Art, Culture, NYC
Painter, artist, and author Kelly Fischer has been a woman between worlds since she was 22 years old. More specifically, the day that the 22-year-old college student from Memphis met a young Swiss man on the second day of her study abroad. They got married, and she...
by Deb Martin | Jan 18, 2020 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Featured, Music, NYC, Theater
Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie is writer/performer Raquel Cion’s homage to the music icon’s artistry and his humanity, and to her own lifelong Bowie “soul love.” In her 90-minute cabaret performance at Pangea (178...
by Aida M. Toro | Dec 23, 2019 | Dining, Restaurants
After feasting and partying with friends on Christmas Eve, many want to go out for a nice meal on Christmas Day, whether it be prior to opening presents or after. Downtown Manhattan contains some of the best restaurants that’ll give your palette the merriest Christmas...
by Aida M. Toro | Dec 16, 2019 | Dining, Featured, Indulgence
Here in Manhattan, every holiday season is a grand miracle for everyone. Some of those miracles are made via dessert, especially cupcakes, since cupcakes are known as muffins that believed in miracles. Many ask where they can find a solid cupcake in the Big Apple...
