The Color Authority

The Color Authority

By Claudie Benjamin For at least ten years before the Covid period, the trend in paint colors for many apartments of the Upper West Side leaned toward variations in a palette of whites and grays. Over the last months, the mood has changed and customers are definitely...
Polishing Your Outlook

Polishing Your Outlook

By Claudie Benjamin Spa services, while not an absolute necessity, certainly make you feel better.  Take massage, for example, who doesn’t have at least one ache or pain that can’t be eased by a massage provided by a skilled practitioner?  Stress...
Ageless & Cool

Ageless & Cool

By Claudie Benjamin Swatch is iconic.  The brand has practically spelled durable and cool from its birth in Switzerland in the 1980s until today. Swatch watches with ever-evolving colors and bold styles, bands and faces fashioned out of fluorescent plastic...
Styling Endures

Styling Endures

By Claudie Benjamin Upper West Sider Scott J. Buchanan, owner of Scott J. Aveda salon at 257 Columbus Avenue, has been in the beauty business for 40+ years.  Scott maintains an office above the salon, which occupies the ground floor.  He is an engaging man,...