Manhattan Meals: Eating Around

Italian cuisine dominates the dining scene today, but here and there you can locate a good French bistro. I’ve also discovered that many folks on the Upper East Side eat early.  By 6:30, tables at small restaurants will all be taken. Here’s a selection of Manhattan restaurants we’ve enjoyed this past month, most that I …

Manhattan Museums: Art & More

Whitney Museum of American Art An every two year occurrence, the Whitney Biennial is designed to showcase trends in art and both emerging and established artists working in a variety of genres.  Many of the artists in this year’s biennial are under 40 and their work gets at social, political and racial issues in both understated and …

Manhattan Moments: Stage, Page & Plate

Gripping Theater King Lear with Glenda Jackson and Ruth Wilson We saw Glenda Jackson last spring in Three Tall Women and were keen to see her again, this time as the irascible domineering king.  Sam Gold’s production is not a traditional one and there is nothing staid about it.  With modern day costumes and guns instead of swords, …

Manhattan: The Jewish Museum

COHEN AND THE JEWISH MUSEUM The unseasonably cold weather and days of rain have kept us inside and a bit lazy.  More time for reading and the occasional museum.  Last week we paid a visit to the Jewish Museum especially for the Leonard Cohen exhibit,  “A Crack in Everything,” which an acquaintance recommended.  If you’re my generation, …