Last Spring my daughter went to the American Girl store with her Girl Scout troop. They were able to get a doll’s hair made up and had lunch at the cafe. If you didn’t own a doll they gave you a loaner. Well, my daughter immediately wanted one of her own! It wasn’t too har...
This week we visited the American Girl store in New York City for a special treat when I brought the kids along with me to the Big Apple for a work trip. Kenzie was thrilled and I admit I get just as excited as her about visiting American Girl. I swear the two of us could stay i...
An Asian American couple confront love and racism, after a NYC nightclub encounter turns ugly. Huang, Timothy And the Earth Moved (NY Musical Theatre Festival, 2004) Faced with the possible deaths of his overseas living parents, Will Chen steps out of his Manhattan apartment for a breath of ...
The River Cafe has been, and still is, the most exclusive fine dining American restaurant on the water in NYC, since 1977.Located in one of New York’s most noteworthy and romantic settings, our American restaurant is well known around the world as a wonderful culinary destination.Nestled riv...
“Origami” was produced by Northwest Asian American Theatre in Seattle. Donna has been a staff member of the Sundance Institute’s Filmmakers Lab, Playwrights Lab and Theater Lab. She is currently developing “MacKenzie’s Cafe,” a dramatic comedy feature about a young Asian American woman who...
Kevin Young (L) and David Lehman at Russ & Daughters Cafe (127 Orchard Street, NY NY). Photo by Stacey Lehman. If you visit New York City and want to try the restaurant of the moment, your best chance of getting seated is at lunchtime. So we picked a slow Monday and arrived after...
Hip, under-the-radar counter-serve café for seasonal vegetables, rotisserie chicken and sandwiches plus coffee & baked goods
Kitsutsuki, the cafe/restaurant where I had a lot of lunches. Get the A set. Can’t go wrong! ZigZag, a warm, friendly little bar with the cheapest Guinness Stout in Japan: Then I made the lonely walk back to the apartment to finish packing and get out. ...
The restaurant was also well known for years for its canny hat check “girl.” In the 1963 movie Critic’s Choice Bob Hope plays a critic whose wife, played by Lucille Ball, writes a play which he will need to review. Since it isn’t very good, an honest review would threaten his ...
"How is it that all romance would be lost in this story if you were in NYC eating at the New York Cafe." "Alan looks ai generated no offence Alan." "Sounds like the kind of circuitous serendipity that was Curb’s bread and butter. Are we certain LD didn’t outline this?" ...