Mayflower Ball
Happy Thanksgiving! This year I celebrated in the best possible way: with the descendants of the Mayflower! Earlier this month, The Society of Mayflower Descendants hosted a fabulous black-tie ball in […]
Top of the Rock
When Sara visited New York we wanted to show her all of the city. But since we only had the weekend we decided to show her all of the city… […]
Military Ball
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in New York City! No not the holidays: ball season! This year it’s my goal to attend different balls than the ones that […]
Friendsgiving
Thanksgiving is almost here, so I invited my friends Jess, Claire and Ann over last weekend for an early celebration. A Friendsgiving, if you will. I had the best time talking and […]
A James Bond Halloween
On Halloween (yes, on a Monday night… whose idea was this?!) my friends and I headed to Cantina Rooftop in Hell’s Kitchen to celebrate. The theme of the party was James […]
Sleepy Hollow
“A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere.” So Washington Irving describes Sleepy Hollow in his famous story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. […]
Aladdin on Broadway
Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place… It should come as no surprise that I had the song Arabian Nights stuck in my head in the days leading […]
Fall Apple Picking
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Every autumn, I hang this Anne of Green Gables quote on my wall. Fall truly is the best […]
Fish Bar
On one of the last weekends of the summer, one of my favorite friends in the city celebrated her birthday. We boarded the Fish Bar as the sun was setting… on […]
Museum of Ice Cream
Sure it’s called a museum, but the Museum of Ice Cream is really just an excuse to take fabulous instagram photos. And I’m not complaining! Over the summer, as I […]
2016 US Open
The day before I had tickets to the US Open, I googled the schedule of play, waiting with baited breath to see if my favorite tennis player (Rafael Nadal, obviously, […]
Please Don’t Tell
My friend Noel (from my trip to Budapest!) was visiting from San Francisco, so I took it upon myself to take him to the coolest spots in the city. First […]
Shakespeare in the Park
Every summer, Central Park’s Delacorte Theater hosts free Shakespeare performances by professional actors. The cast usually includes a few famous names. Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Denzel […]
North River Lobster Company
In honor of the Olympics (and summer… and lobster…) one Friday after work my friends and I boarded the North River Lobster Company boat for a celebratory party. The North […]
Cubs vs. Mets
After several weeks in Europe, I was back in New York City and wanted to do something very American. And because nothing’s more American than baseball, I headed to Citi Field […]