Activists plan to rally at noon on Saturday outside controversial hotelier Hank Freid‘s Broadway Studios on the Upper West Side to "denounce the continued operation of illegal hotels" by "scamlords" citywide.
"We are targeting Hank Freid as an egregious illegal hotelier … with a particularly insidious past," organizer Yarrow Willman-Cole told Read More
It’s strange how a distinctive smell can evoke strong memories of times long past. When our waiter handed us the menus at Zitoune, a new Moroccan restaurant in the center of the meatpacking district, I was immediately transported to the alleyways of the medina in Marrakesh. It was the same sharp odor that assails you Read More
What Happened to Kate Winslet
We all know what happened to Leonardo DiCaprio. There’s a camera crew in position every time he goes to the bathroom. But what about his Titanic co-star? Not to worry. Kate Winslet is back, doing serious work in a strange, intoxicating film called Hideous Kinky , as far from Read More
I met Abdul after our unofficial guide was led away in handcuffs at the
Merenid ruins, on the north side of Fez, on Dec. 31. We got the message and
drove back to the hotel. We figured the hotel had sicced the police on us
that morning when we declined an official guide. I went Read More
