Why, oh why, do we need to go out this weekend when we have this TV delight on at home? This is entertainment if ever there was. If the bars and the restaurants are empty on Saturday night - love it or loathe it - this is why. The X-Factor. more >>
I enjoy staying in New York City on three-day weekends because everything seems to empty out and the spots that usually require the Armani couture attire with super model company tend to relax their velvet rope standards. more >>
When I first read Alain de Botton (The Art of Travel), I was almost jealous. It never occurred to me to write about why so many elements of travel hold such allure, such promise, and cause such deceptively seductive grass-is-greener syndrome. more >>
There is a ripple of excitement every time a new play by David Hare is out. It's the yearning for the wise man of the left to yet again show up the devils of this world for what they really are. more >>
An eastside Wahaca is music to our ears, right along with Mama Mia for free and Missoni for the eyes. (We're not sure about graffiti classes, though or, admittedly posh pawnshops.) more >>
Want to spend two hours feeling breathless? Then spend two hours watching Penelope Cruz in Los Abrazos Rotos, or as it is called in English, Broken Embraces. more >>
Traditional cool: ice cream. Redefining cool: The Icecreamists. And now cool: someone making spirituality, uh, cool. A moveable feast. And free (hot) coffee. more >>
