By Claudie Benjamin Creatively conceived restaurants are often based on the owner’s insight into what new experiences appeal to potential customers. Mark Fox owns multiple NYC restaurants. He feels that distinct synergies must exist between the food and...
By Claudie Benjamin Jason Oliva has been creating paintings professionally for twenty-three years. He has spent the last six years working from Broadway on the Upper West Side. Many artists take inspiration from a memory, a conversation, a passage from a book, the...
By Claudie Benjamin The Upper West Side isn’t about wearing 5“ red heels, according to Shi Shi boutique owner Yael Levertov. She’s worked in SoHo and other neighborhoods where that look is more likely. But, enthusiastically ensconced at her...
By Claudie Benjamin Kim Duncan and Bretton May, owners of Goldenlight Visions at 2543 Broadway, met on the ski slopes of Utah. He was shooting photographs. She was on a ski trip. Like in a New York Times Modern Love story, they kept in touch long...
By Claudie Benjamin One guy may be self-conscious about very dark eyebrows that stretch across the bridge of his nose. Another, an older gent, for example, may consider big bushy white or silver eyebrows his most alluring feature. Women’s eyebrows have...
By Claudie Benjamin Fifth generation butcher Richie Schatz, also known as Schatzie, Schatzie Jr., or Richie, took on the challenge of finding a specialist to repair the larger than life statue fiberglass of a bull that stands in front of Schatzie Meat Market at 2665 A...
