The Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation: AMNH

We visited the newest wing of the American Museum of Natural History, The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation on Friday after my husband shared photos of the atrium’s signature biomorphic shapes. A sucker for organic shapes, in any art form, the pull to check it out felt strong. Disappoint it did not. […]

Wild and Wonderful at Lawton Mull Gallery Long Island City

I received an invitation recently from my friends at Lawton Mull here in Long Island City. The invite entailed decorating their Gallery exterior with wild seasonal product. Yes, please! We shopped in the New York Flower Market for live product that would hold its color and shape through the winter season. I love how the […]

Celestial Magic: Zaha Hadid’s 520 W 28

I had a chance date with my six-year-old son one Saturday night recently while waiting to pick up his sister. We unexpectedly found ourselves walking the High Line at dusk, a novel occurrence for both of us these days. In truth, I was on a quest for Westworld season 4 habitats, strange, I know. But […]

Future Past Now: The Zaha Hadid Building in NYC

Mining through my photo archives recently, I was reacquainted with a visit to an art show last summer in Chelsea with my son and a kindred friend. After wandering through the gallery and admiring the artworks, my little guy stopped us in our tracks out front. A fancy car in a fancy garage had him […]

July 4th 2021

I happened to be driving over the Queensboro Bridge on June 29, 2020 and witnessed one of the five pop-up fireworks shows that the city surprised New Yorkers with during the pandemic. They were magnificent and spectacular and delighted this pandemic-weary New Yorker. Fast forward to 2021. The percentage of eligible New Yorkers who were […]

A New York City Christmas 2020

Christmas 2020 has come and gone. It was a very different holiday season the world over. New York City was visibly changed this year. Noticeable were shuttered storefronts and holiday onlookers in short supply, COVID-19 test sites and outdoor igloo dining bubbles, and masked Atlas and Prometheus statues stood sentry in Rockefeller Center. But, the […]