Archives December 2015 | New York Lifestyles Magazine

The CIA’s Best Kept Secret: Saturday Kitchens

By Jeff and Stephanie Sylvaou love food – not just food, but culinary creations that excite the gastronomic senses. Your enthusiasm for food is evident, not just in the restaurants you frequent, but in your own kitchen and the meals you prepare. Rather than join the Clandestine Service, a great way to build and enhance your culinary enthusiasm is to spend a Saturday at America’s most esteemed culinary school, The Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, NY with a CIA chef and a class of fellow food lovers in a hands-on...

Game of Forks: Hamptons 2016

By Lillian LangevinThe Hamptons season beckons and as spring turns steadily warmer New Yorkers, like salmon, are ready to make the trip out to the Eastern end of Long Island’s South Fork to one of the exclusive and tony villages such as Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Westhampton Beach, Sag Harbor or Montauk to enjoy urban life and socializing in a so chic less urban setting...

Gotham Eats: Summer Dining Guide

By Regina AdamsThis summer, make the most of the long balmy nights in the city that never sleeps and discover the best evening dining options in New York. From SoHo to the Upper East Side, these restaurants ensure an inviting atmosphere and delicious food to share with friends and family. Enjoy a delectable meal until as late as 2:00am at these New York hotspots, which also feature extensive cocktail menus and a wide selection of wines and beer. ...

Raymi – Peruvian Kitchen & Pisco Bar

By Daniel J. BollingerRaymi Peruvian Kitchen & Pisco Bar is a modern Peruvian restaurant that captures the multicultural spirit of Peru in Chelsea. This Chelsea offering blends the Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and native influences that embody the country’s vibrant cuisine. The space is great with high ceilings and a bar, high tabletops accommodating large parties and standard seating for smaller groups...

20 Questions to Increase Your Tony Awards IQ

By Pat CollinsTest Your Tony Awards Knowledge...

Increase Your Tony Awards IQ: The Answers

By Pat CollinsAnswers To Trivia Questions...

June On the Big Screen

By Pat CollinsNow Playing In A Theater Near You, The Movies You Don't Want To Miss...

Pat Collins’ Picks Of New Home Video Releases

By Pat CollinsUpcoming DVD & Blu-Ray Releases that you don't want to miss...

Broadway Review with Pat Collins

By Pat CollinsOn or Off Broadway, reviews of the best plays and musical theater...

Lifestyles Book Review: Passed & Present

By Allison GilbertPassed and Present is not a new book about sadness and grieving. It is about happiness and remembering. The book is a one-of-a-kind guide for discovering creative and meaningful ways to keep the memory of loved ones alive. My goal from the start has been to share exciting opportunities for honoring and celebrating those we miss most, no matter how long they have been gone...

Finding Fido’s Fountain of Youth

By Dr. Heather LoenserWho wouldn’t agree that your quality of life is more important than the number of candles on top of your birthday cake? Living to a ripe old age is only a blessing if you’re healthy enough to enjoy it...

The Big Number: Gas Prices

By Laurie GelmanAs sure as the sun will rise, so will gas prices this summer. Cynics would say it’s no coincidence that the cost to fill er’ up goes up just as New Yorkers (like most Americans) are hitting the road for vacation, but the truth is many things make the price of gas fluctuate...

My New York Story

By Caryl M. SternI love the diversity of New York City — where else can you live on a block with people from Afghanistan next door, China across the street, Canada two doors down, Latin America to my left amid born and bred New Yorkers mixed in? Where else can I share neighborhood celebrations that range from breaking the Yom Kippur fast to breaking the daily Ramadan fast; from the party for a daughter’s...

15 Minutes with Maya Henry

By Ivette Mannerslthough only a freshman in high school, this young San Antonio socialite has also demonstrated wisdom and drive well beyond her years in her athletic success as well as her interest in politics. She has already positioned herself as a competitor on the Texas Tennis Championship circuit. She is also actively engaged in politics and recently had the opportunity to meet presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during one of Clinton’s campaign fundraising events...

Entrepreneurs Corner

By Victoria IngallsShana Schlossberg, Founder & CEO of social concierge platform EZBZ opens up as to the challenges of being an entrepreneur leading a technology driven services company and working across international boundaries, markets and cultures. At www.myEZBZ.com, users post whenever they need a product or service, and responses are generated in the form of competitive bids from local businesses...

Time for Tee

By Jeffrey BradfordOne of the feelings many golfers have entering a new season is that of “do I have the right clubs?” It may be prompted by watching the recent victor or vanquished of the US Masters tournament, it could be a reflection on feeling of skill or – more likely – too many glossy adverts in the mainstream golfing press...