Archives June 2017 | New York Lifestyles Magazine

Paul Shaffer Life After Letterman

By Pat CollinsFor more than three decades Paul Shaffer was America’s favorite late night music man leading his band on both NBC’s Late Night With David Letterman and CBS’ The Late Show with David Letterman. His solo album Coast To Coast brought him his first Grammy nomination...

Through The Lens

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Wave Hello!

By Joan HornigOh, the beach days of summer! How we love them! Nothing is more enjoyable than a day at a New York area beach. New York has some of the best beaches in the country. Coming from the Midwest, I had no idea how restorative a day at the beach could be despite throngs of people, children inadvertently throwing sand my way, and...

Those Wildwood Days… Still Shine Bright

By Daniel J. Bollinger
The summer is here again and many families have already begun planning their vacations. The Wildwoods on the Jersey Shore is a popular destination located just 2 ½ hours from New York City. Morey’s Piers is a focal point that has it all – beachfront amusement park featuring 100 plus rides and attractions including two waterparks spread over 3 piers...

Something For Everyone

By Patricia Canole
School’s out, and—at least for some—workloads are lighter, making summer a prime season for travel. However you get there, it’s an opportunity to bond and depending on your destination learn something new. Tasting exotic foods, learning foreign languages and visiting homes in other countries can be...

Summer In Saratoga Springs

By Patricia Canole
For history lovers, it is an important site of the Revolution and to some of the most elaborate Victorian architecture in the land. To those seeking a bit of relaxation, it is a resort town, famed for its healing waters. For the musical set, it is a symphony of first-rate classical, jazz, rock and folk. And to the equine followers, for six weeks every Summer...

Let Freedom Ring

By Michael Alpiner
The smoky scent of gunpowder and the triumphant chirp of the fife and drum are still present upon the cobblestone streets and within the stoic Georgian Colonial homes that epitomize a journey to Historic Philadelphia. A short two-hour drive (a week on horseback or carriage ride in 1776) will take you the 97 miles from New York...

The Warwick Hotel: Rosebud Redux

By Gretchen Kelly
With the two-year closure of the Waldorf Astoria and the essential demise of The Plaza from its original state. The Warwick remains one of the only vintage-feel, classic hotels in New York City...

Northern Lights

By Patricia Canole
Action-packed days of hiking. Endless hours of shopping. Easy nights under the stars. Hotels and resorts you’ll want to call home. Outdoor cafes, French baguettes, and a whole lot of Mother Nature. Decide on a getaway in Quebec City, and you get the best of all worlds. Tucked up in the great white north, here’s a shining star that is enough to...

Notes From DB

By Daniel J. BollingerThe first week of May produced the lowest amount of luxury contracts since 2011. The second week of May produced 37 signed contracts in the luxury market which tied for the best week of 2017. But luxury residences spent an average of 413 days on the market. Depending on who you speak to about the luxury market you will...

461 Dean Street

By Daniel J. Bollinger | Photos by Max TouheyIt’s not hard to locate 461 Dean Street. The red, gray and black apartment building is attached to Barclays Center in Brooklyn and features some unique design details and history associated with it. The most interesting fact is, of course, it’s the tallest modular building in the world...

365 Bond

By Daniel J. BollingerThis 430-unit rental building comprised of studios to two bedrooms(and duplexes) offers a great lifestyle living experience in the newly discovered Gowanus area of Brooklyn. 365 Bond is located near trendy restaurants,bars, and boutiques of Smith and Court Street in Carroll Gardens...

The Ashland

By Daniel J. Bollinger | Photos Courtesy The AshlandBlocks from Brooklyn Academy of Music and Fort Greene Park stands The Ashland (250 Ashland Place), a 52-story luxury rental building composed of 586 units ranging from studios to 3 bedrooms. The Fort Greene location is ideal, just off Fulton Street, close to the Barclays Center and near public transportation...

The Waverly Brooklyn

By Daniel J. Bollinger | Photos courtesy of MILLARCLocated in Clinton Hill and just blocks from the C subway line is a boutique condo building with big building amenities known as Waverly Brooklyn. Inspired by Bauhaus Modernism, the property has a contemporary exterior with clean, modern lines composed of architectural concrete and hand-laid...

Real Estate Spotlight

By Daniel J. BollingerThink! Architecture and Design has been serving New York City for the past four years. But the three principals Marty Kapell, Ernesto Vela, and Jack Esterson, have been working together for more than 15 years in various New York City firms...

Bringing Bavarian Fare To The Bowery

By Anne Raso
When you think of the East Village, you tend to think of small hole-in-the-wall eateries that serve light fare. Paulaner NYC’s White & Blue Restaurant is big and bold, taking up two large storefronts—one of which once housed Sammy’s Follies, a legendary bar that featured a floor show and the Bowery’s...

Let’s Get Grilling

By Chef Robyn Almodovar
Whether it is the grill top in my food truck Palate Party, in the kitchen of Rumors Bar & Grill where I am Executive Chef, or on a friend’s fire escape, rooftop “patio” or a public grill in the park or beach, I’m always raring to go. If given the option to light up a grill and cook...

Everything Is Looking Rosé

By TJ & Tina Mulqueen
It’s that time of year, again. Warmer days and evenings bring the procession of rosé wines. Much like the pagan rituals of old celebrating the rebirth of the Earth’s living things, rosés signal the turning of the season. Grocery stores and marketplaces are rolling out their inventories of pink-tinged wines that make a...