If you always thought opera was a kind of orderly art form patronized only by the well bred, you haven’t been there recently. I’m not speaking of the oranges thrown by patrons angered by a certain soprano’s failings at La Scala, but rather the Yankee stadium-style yells that broke out at the end of Javier…
I bet you’ve never been here, but I could be wrong–I often am–at least, I never was there. On Fifth Avenue, between two giants: the Guggenheim and the Cooper Hewitt (currently undergoing some much needed restoration of its 110-year old building) the National Academy Museum is housed in a Beaux-Arts townhouse formerly the home of…
Here are a few cheap but good choices near home. A huge bowl of hot home made potato chips with a creamy blue cheese dressing over them for $8, followed by an equally large portion of crispy fried calamari Brooklyn style with marinara sauce for $12–total cost for the meal–$20 and sharable. Plus—and this is…
Once again, we took a jaunt to the New York Botanical Gardens, this time to see the Orchid Show, and at half price no less. The subway to Grand Central reminded me once again of this magnificent edifice and what a crime it was to lose the old Penn Station. (Source: bc.edu) Hopefully, one day…
If you enjoy eating out–and it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t–but hate paying dinner prices–here’s a not-so-revolutionary idea: try eating lunch out. Of course lunch out in New York can mean a variety of things—the flatiron lunch, for example– (Source: midtownlunch.com) or a favorite food truck (Source: midtownlunch.com) or taking some time out to…
Shelly's Retirement Adventure 