The Chinatown bus is famous as a cheap way to shuttle between New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. But in the past two years, some bus companies have been quietly extending their service. Now a Chinatown bus serves dozens of unlikely cities like Orlando or Little Rock for a fraction of the cost of a Read More
Sex and the City 2 is set mostly in Abu Dhabi, where Carrie and Co. fly for an all-expenses-paid romp and much in the way of Scooby-Doo-like hijinks ensue. It’s all in good fun, if not the most culturally sensitive artifact Hollywood ever turned out. The thing is, I lived for the past two years Read More
At the premiere of the Hasidic-themed movie Holy Rollers, a Sundance pick that premiered in New York on Monday, May 10, at the Sunshine Theater, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen sped past reporters and into the dark theater as if they were late for mincha.
The twins were there to support Ashley’s boyfriend, Justin Bartha, an Read More
Henry Darger is the reclusive janitor whose fantastical, 15,000-plus-page manuscript, complete with now iconic “Vivian Girls” watercolors, earned him a posthumous fame he never sought in life. Darger, who died in 1973, was a bit of a hoarder, and his personal collection of pop culture collages is currently on display at the American Folk Art Read More
Drinks at the inaugural Manhattan Cocktail Classic gala at the New York Public Library on Friday, May 14, were served in real glasses-a classy touch that, combined with the library’s abundance of wood tables, had the Transom hysterical over the lack of coasters.
The only famous person we could find there was chef Mario Batali, Read More
“I don’t know if you saw the picture in the back of the two guys jumping up in the air,” fencer Jason Rogers asked the Transom, turning his head toward the back of the Barneys Penthouse. “These are peak, peak athletes. You don’t realize that when you watch the sport.”
Mr. Rogers and his Read More
In the fall, the beloved Jane Ballroom in the West Village closed temporarily to obtain proper permits that the space lacked when it first opened last summer; two weeks ago, a more polite, well-behaved Jane finally reopened.
“It looks exactly the same, but it’s super-roomy now. Just imagine one-tenth of the amount Read More
“Animal lover” is not the first phrase that comes to mind when describing Barry Gosin, gruff, no-nonsense principal and CEO of one of the city’s largest real estate brokerages, Newmark Knight Frank. But come June, Mr. Gosin will be the owner of three darling llamas named Lilly, Toulouse and Buck, the latter such Read More
Having a private moment behind the velvet red curtains that close off the dining room at the Metropolitan Club, Silda Wall Spitzer was going over a speech, trying out the podium and smoothing the unruly strands (of which there are very few) of her hair back into place. She was there on the Read More
Last Thursday night, at the opening of Housing Works’ sixth annual Design on a Dime event-a kooky funhouse featuring 49 showrooms each by a different (clashing) designer-everything was for sale. We do mean everything. In Jaclyn Smith’s room, photographs of the Charlie’s Angels actress with her family from the 70′s could be purchased for $10.00. Read More
