Last year, after release of the acclaimed documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, we were inspired to branch out from our regular sushi delivery order of maki rolls and miso soup and try one of the more traditional and better-quality sushi restaurants around the city. We […]

If you’re in the New York City area, then you know that Saturday night—after a day of generally pleasant snowfall—brought heavy wind gusts, freezing rain, and black, slushy snow. Despite that, we braved the elements and headed uptown to the Metropolitan Opera, where Sondra Radvanovsky […]

Last night, we were thrilled to be invited to the first public event to be held at 4 World Trade Center, the most recent building to open in the new World Trade Center complex downtown. The views from the 54th floor, where we were, were […]

On one of the first early sunsets of the year, Laura and I thought it would be fun to spend the evening uptown enjoying a few cocktails—we had heard good things about the new menu at The London hotel in Midtown, so we hopped in […]

Late last month, we headed to Shelter, a very cozy pizza and whiskey bar in Williamsburg, for the unveiling of WhistlePig’s newest spirit—the Boss Hog, a single barrel uncut and unfiltered rye whiskey. The initial release comes from 24 casks selected by Master Distiller Dave Pickerell and bottled […]