by Mike Hammer | Mar 13, 2016 | Book Club, Culture
Self-published literary novels are supposed to be ignored by, well, pretty much everyone. Seth Kaufman’s The King of Pain — dubbed “One of 2012’s most enjoyable novels” by the NY Times — broke the mold, even cracking the Amazon Top 100. The satirical novel was...
by Mike Hammer | Feb 17, 2016 | Culture, Dining, Downtown Eats Guides
If you’re looking for a delicious taste of Paris, you can avoid the airport strip search with a short jaunt to the Dominique Bistro in the heart of Greenwich Village. Nestled in one of the most charming and historic corners of the city at the corner of Gay and...
by Mike Hammer | Jan 8, 2016 | Entertainment
If Danielle Alonso is what we’ll find in a post-apocalyptic landscape, we have no problem putting down stakes there. The Puerto-Rican, Peruvian beauty and star of ABC’s end-of-the-world drama Revolution, was born and raised right here in New York City and is making...
by Mike Hammer | Jan 7, 2016 | News
There is no question that Iman has changed the face of beauty in the world. When she arrived in New York in the creative and crazy days of the “Me Decade” in 1975, she was a highly educated daughter of Somalian aristocracy who not only immediately assimilated into the...
by Mike Hammer | Nov 16, 2015 | Culture, Events
The celebrated and storied East Hampton home of the renowned New York developer and philanthropist Elie Hirschfeld will play host to the Preview Party of the East Hampton Historical Society’s 2015 House & Garden Tour. The magnificent 12,000 square-foot mansion on...
