AMBER

Amber is located in the nice neighborhood of Gramercy, or as some would say, Murray Hill. Anyway, it’s at 381 Third Avenue, between 27th and 28th Streets.
I love to stop by, as often as I can, for their lunch special, which is a very good list of the Asian cuisine, and excellent sushi. Of the [...]

SUPERIOR DONUTS

Expecting even the most talented playwright to follow up a Pulitzer Prize-winner with a second Prize-winning effort is like… well, expecting a ballplayer who has hit .380 one season to manage to bat .390 the next. (Never mind .400; no one has hit that high since Ted Williams in 1941.) It’s conceivable, of course, but [...]

CINEMA CAFE

Stop by and check for yourself. It’s worth dining at Cinema Cafe.
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Located at 505 Third Avenue, between 33rd and 34th Streets, corner of 34th. Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 34th Street. Phone number: 212. 689.9022
You should also visit the place at night time, it has a pretty [...]

CHRYSLER

The Chrysler Building, located on E 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, was once the tallest building in the world, being surpassed by the Empire State Building about 7 months after its inauguration. Today, before the completion of the One World Trade Center Tower, it is the second tallest in New York.
Video: Street fair near the [...]

RESTAURANT ROW

So you’ve been visiting Manhattan with your friends for a couple of days and you guys are starting to get tired, but naturally there’s still so much more to see! It’s about lunch time and you are hungry, of course. I’ll tell you a secret, don’t tell anyone else, so it can still be a [...]

WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE

One World Trade Center is the name given to the tallest tower of the World Trade Center site of Lower Manhattan, under construction now and expected to be accomplished by the first semester of 2013. After so many years of discussions on how to build the tower, a decision was finally made about its structure [...]

ARCTICA BAR & GRILL

Video: View of Third Avenue.

Smoked salmon, grilled steak and eggs: perfect weekend brunch.
Located at 384 Third Avenue, between 27th and 28th Streets in Manhattan, Arctica Bar & Grill is a great restaurant for the outgoing crowd who love to enjoy themselves outdoors in the afternoons and evenings, as well as for more discreet [...]

WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY

Many students and business people from different parts of the world dream of hitting big in New York City, because making it here is special.
Hello and welcome to New York City!
Almost 50 million people visit New York City every year, making it one of the greatest tourist destinations in the world. That’s why throughout the [...]

THE TOXIC AVENGER

The proof is in the pudding (or in the green, oozing slime): In the right hands, even a Grade Z horror movie can be turned into a Grade A musical. Case in point: “The Toxic Avenger”, now concluding its run (it plays through January 3rd) at New World Stages.
Thanks to a rockin’ score by longtime [...]