A brief sidestep from our usual topics, but I just love Nom Wah Tea Parlor. It’s an easy go-to when I want dim sum without all the great big banquet hall fanfare and yesterday’s feature in Read the rest

We see you, Baohaus.

No surprise that we would admire the look you’ve had going on – you kind of look like us. And I don’t mean that in any Louis/Dane type of way, because God… Read the rest

Miansai fish hook bracelets have a rugged, playful look to them that makes me want to hit the beach. Here in NY, you can get them at Saturdays Surf on Crosby, where I recommend stopping in for an… Read the rest

Dirt Candy, the East Village vegetarian restaurant with an animalistic energy and indie, punk rock ethic, will be putting out a comic book cookbook, to be published by Clarkson Potter in summer 2012.

A few sample panels shown… Read the rest

Seen on A Cup of Joe via Smallest Things, these graphics by Vahram Muratyam really cut to the core of some key differences between New York and Paris. Being partial to a black, chunky frame… Read the rest

A recent Q&A with Andy Spade on the WSJ site turned me on to this store – actually, more than a store; a grand concept, but on a small and human scale. Spade had this to say about… Read the rest

A couple weekends ago, a few friends planned a trip to Fort Tilden, a public beach that’s a little off the beaten path for New York. Let’s just say that the set of directions provided by the one friend… Read the rest

Following Caleb’s entry of New York to Paris – A Day in the Life where we get to see a glimpse of a day in the life of a mini-sized New York City, how about a fast-forwarded… Read the rest

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always wanted to go to red China, the forbidden motherland of communism. Then in the summer of 1992, my dream came true and I traveled to Maoist China, where I experienced… Read the rest