Mike Marsland/WireImage Alexa Chung on the red carpet for GQ’s Men of the Year awards in London in September It isn’t easy being “It” — let alone defining “It.” Just ask Alexa Chung, the 29-year-old music journalist, fashion editor, TV presenter and It Girl of the moment. “ ‘It’ is the be-all, end-all, first place you look,” says Chung, who ...
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Live on Central Park for less than $1M
RICHARD CAPLAN A lovingly renovated studio inside 80 Central Park West is on the market for $ 749,000 — and is the only sub-$ 1-million apartment south of the American Museum of Natural History. It’s the upper West Side’s Gold Coast — at tin ceiling prices. A co-op apartment on the primo portion of Central Park West just went on ...
Read More »Online milk sharing carries health risks from bacterial contamination: study
Fuse/Getty Images More moms are going online to find and donate breast milk, but sharing milk with strangers carries risks, according to a new study that found a high prevalence of disease-causing bacteria in milk purchased online. With the message that “breast is best” heard loud and clear, thousands of moms are taking to the Internet to seek donated breast ...
Read More »Travel Deals and Steals, as of Oct. 20, 2013
The breathtaking terrace at Casa Palopo, a seven-bedroom hotel on Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan. HEAD TO D.C. FOR HALLOWEEN Discover the hidden secrets of the nation’s capital during a stay at the Mayflower Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel. Steal: The “Haunted on the Hill” package this fall includes rates from $ 334 per night. This price includes: complimentary breakfast for two daily ...
Read More »Tuscany is the spot for food and wine lovers
Baradel Enzo Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort in Vicchio, a municipality in the Province of Florence. It’s no secret that Italians take their food and wine seriously. But in Tuscany, the passion runs much deeper than just producing perfect samples of gelato, risotto and Chianti. The region in central Italy boasts a whole resort built around an olive oil theme, ...
Read More »Post-baby Kate is slim and stylish in skinnies
ANDY RAIN/EPA, CARL COURTCARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images Published: 10/18/2013 10:34:53 The Duchess of Cambridge is serving up style — and she’s never looked better. Most women might be reluctant to hit the volleyball court in teetering wedges and skinny jeans a mere three months after giving birth, but as Kate continues to prove time and time again, she isn’t most women. ...
Read More »College student in viral essay: Don’t hate me because I’m rich
@RAnSacks/via Twitter New Yorker Rachael Sacks sent a message to the world with her latest essay: ‘I’m Not Going to Pretend That I’m Poor to Be Accepted by You.’ Maybe she should have kept the silver spoon in her mouth. But a Manhattan co-ed felt compelled to speak out for the put-upon privileged who are callously judged by those less, ...
Read More »Brooklyn Night Bazaar finds permanent home in Greenpoint warehouse
Jon Gordon Revelers enjoy the Brooklyn Night Bazaar last December at its N. 5th St. location. The concept is Asian-inspired but the execution is all Brooklyn. Modeled after similar markets found throughout the East, the Brooklyn Night Bazaar — an experimental offering the last three years — has settled down in permanent digs that allow for year-round shopping, drinking and ...
Read More »Long Island Restaurant reopens
Pearl Gabel/Pearl Gabel/ New York Daily News The Long Island Bar and Restaurant, on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Henry St. in Cobble Hill, has finally reopened after a six-year hiatus. It’s round two for the fabled Long Island Bar & Restaurant. The iconic neighborhood spot on Atlantic Ave. at Henry St., with its signature red and green neon ...
Read More »It’s a hot Runway landing
Enid Alvarez/New York Daily News The News’ Molly Friedman, right, gets help from Rent the Runway’s Chelsea Roberts on choosing an outfit. It’s every girl’s fantasy. Walk into your dream closet, choose from gorgeous beaded gowns and edgy cocktail dresses, try on the perfect dangly earrings and slip right out onto Fifth Ave. dressed like a modern princess. That’s exactly ...
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