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It is that time again! Time for me to see the yearly exhibition that the theme of the Met Gala is based on. And this year the theme is Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. As to be expected by […]
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It’s so rare lately that I jump on the train and I am delighted. I don’t want to make this post a bitch and moan about my subway ride, which I could very easily especially with recent construction and delays. […]
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I had an uplifting experience recently and I need to share it. I have to tell you about my experience at the Public Theater in Joe’s Pub! I had a beyond excellent time and I need to tell you why! […]
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If you ask me on any normal day where is the last place I want to be in New York City, it would most definitely be Times Square. It isn’t because it isn’t pretty, bright, and totally overstimulating. It is […]
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Living in New York City, even though it would seem ironic, you can get into a rut and life can become as dry as overcooked turkey. So to keep that from happening, I loosely plan to shake it up every […]
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After this last presidential election a year ago, there have been a lot of emotions coming to the surface both positive and negative in this country. This week, in particular, has turned out to be either a great bit of joy […]
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At the beginning of Summer of this year, I went to Coney Island to see the Mermaid Parade. And while I was there, I took pictures of the Coney Art Walls with Lynn and Justin from Mad Hatters NYC and […]
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Being an average New Yorker, and by that I mean one without a silver spoon in her mouth, I take the subway. I’ve written about taking the subway a couple of times now. I’ve written about traveling on the subway, […]
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Last Wednesday, I was invited to attend a solo art exhibition of watercolor paintings, titled “Watercolors and Greasepaint: Illustrations Inspired by the Theatre” by Tug Rice. Let’s just linger over the fact that I am so special to be invited […]
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Even though I live in New York City, there are places that I don’t get to visit often because the city is just that huge. Central Park is, unfortunately, one of those places. And the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park […]
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First off let me say that I have no good reason that this post is so late besides the fact that I had so many things to do during January, February, March and then I got sick in April and […]
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Hey, lovely people! If you’ve just happened upon this blog now let me preface this post by saying what longtime readers already know. I am a foodie, I love New York and I love art in its many forms. So […]
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On the first Monday of May every year, the biggest and most opulent Senior prom in the world comes to New York. It’s called the Met Gala. At the price of a $30,000 ticket and the world’s eyes on you, […]
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Last Saturday, I enjoyed a perfect weather and although I felt like death warmed over I went outside to enjoy it. In the last post I took pictures at the World Trade Center here and after that walked to Brookfield […]
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On Saturday night I was doing one of the things I love to in New York, taking a walk to nowhere in particular just to see what’s new in the city. Mind you I did have to do some grocery […]
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The Bushwick Collective is a collection of street art murals on Troutman Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It is constantly being updated with new work. The most popular artists are there and it was an education for me to check out […]
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I was walking through Union Square Park on my way to meet friends for dinner and saw this artist working hard on the ground putting together this vibrant piece. Isn’t it beautiful ?! It’s all colored sand and done one […]
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This art installation by Teresita Fernandez had debuted for the Summer of 2015 in Madison Square Park. This park has ever-changing art all year around and I love it! This art project, Fata Morgana, is biggest yet, it consists of […]
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Within the last month, all the talk was and is still about the Met Gala and Vogue Magazine’s fashion party of the year, that introduced the new amazing exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, titled China: Through the Looking […]
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If you’ve followed my blog for a while then you know that I love the Brooklyn Museum Target First Saturdays and this event was no different, in fact, it was a big two for one in my case. The Kehinde Wiley: […]
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I attended the last Saturday of the Macy’s Annual Flower Show 2015. It was held from March 22-April 4th. Macy’s has held the flower show in its stores for over 65 years, this year it was held at the flagship […]
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One thing that is always consistent about the city I live in, is that things never stay the same for long. So with that in mind, as I was walking from the post office, running errands, I came across the […]
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I have wanted to go to the exhibit called, Killer Heels at the Brooklyn Museum since it opened and something always came up so my plans would fall through. So when the Brooklyn Museum had its Target First Saturday’s program, […]
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When you are a native New Yorker as opposed to a tourist, there are a lot of things you never try to experience because it seems so trite and “touristy”. The stuff you don’t usually indulge in unless family comes […]
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It was a couple of days before Thanksgiving, when my niece Ariella of Champagne and A Dream, invited me to Chromeo DJ set at the legendary Webster Hall. My niece is a huge Chromeo fan and she found out about […]
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In New York, where there is always something going on, I was fortunate enough to have something going on. My good friend and fellow blogger, Veziah of Jamasia Eats, invited me to go to the Rubin Museum of Art for […]