Reading and Roaming
BROOKLYN BOUND Last week we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. We first took the subway from Christopher Street to Chambers St. and changed lines exiting at Clark Street in Brooklyn. We walked down the hill to the Brooklyn Bridge Park for a pit stop, but also checked out the Manhattan Bridge from underneath and …
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ETHNIC EATS. We like to eat and we like variety. We’ve returned to some of our favorite dining spots, but have also been on a quest to try new places. Here’s a round-up of some recent meals in the West Village. Bon appetit! Nisi On Bleecker Street, Nisi’s front window has a view of an …
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WOMEN OF NOTE. By happenstance, not by planning, we’ve seen and heard about some notable women in our recent film and theater-going adventures. Founder Thomas Sung’s legacy to his children, all daughters, was his bank, Abacus Bank. Three of them work there; one, Jill, as the CEO, which is both significant and important. Jane Jacobs was …
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WHITNEY BIENNIAL. The Whitney Biennial brings together works of art by a wide variety of artists (60+ this year, I believe), many of them young. Most of the art is recent or new works and includes paintings, sculpture, and video. Overall the art is strange, provocative, disturbing, and sometimes even realistic. We did just one …
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