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Stylish Clarity
By Claudie Benjamin Style and optics technology merge in Optician Awilda Sosa’s approach to her career. She’s been at it for over 40 years, always with the enthusiasm of someone new to the profession. Her warm, engaging personality is part of her customers’ ongoing...
Romantic Wedding Images Imbued with Dramatic Fashion Photography Style
By Claudie Benjamin In these times when turbulence sees no limits, the joy and hope that comes with weddings is hugely encouraging. And, more than ever, chronicling these celebrations is meaningful, not only for family and friends but as a reminder for future...
Sweet Celebration
By Claudie Benjamin A celebratory dessert recipe for the holidays? Tiramisu tastes as good as it looks. It’s made of easy-to-find ingredients: eggs, sugars, lady-finger biscuits, mascarpone, coffee, and cocoa. It promises and delivers an outstanding reward with every...
It’s All in the Family at Bob’s Your Uncle
by Sarah McCullyIt’s easy to feel welcome at Bob’s Your Uncle. I’ll admit to some bias here; it’s been my regular bar since moving to the area four years ago. I head inside on a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon to meet with some longtime bartenders, and pull up a...
BIDding on Columbus
By LANDMARK WEST! In Chapter 9, The Need for Small Blocks of Jane Jacobs’ 1961 The Death and Life of Great American Cities, she decries the Upper West Side’s Columbus Avenue for “its own kind of monotony—endless stores and a depressing predominance of commercial...
Defeating the Winter Blues at The Sunshinery
By Megan Fitzpatrick Two years since her store first opened, Jennifer Simoni of The Sunshinery, is bringing new light to the neighborhood, not just through her curated products and welcoming personality but also filling this space which had been vacant for a while...
Adding Warmth to a Cold Season
By Claudie Benjamin The Sabrina's two marble lobbies, one very large at 240 West 98th Street, the other much smaller at 241 West 97th Street, provide a very lovely setting for holiday decor. Every year Christmas trees grace each of the lobbies. They are hung with...
Travel Diamonds and White Tunics Wear Well in Winter
By Claudie Benjamin Winter is on the way, and the prospect of chilly winds, ice, and snow brings a longing for warmer destinations: the Caribbean, Mexico, or perhaps Greece. And, if you pursue that train of thought and book flights and hotels, next may come the...
Making the Grade at PS 163
Set back on the wide sidewalk of West 97th Street are the pale bricks and primary colors of a minimalist mid-century school. Though you’ll find PS 163 wrapped in scaffolding these days, it's been a cheery presence on the block since 1958, bringing with it a collection...
A New Exhibition on The Old Community opens!
by Megan Fitzpatrick A new exhibit is now on display at the Bloomingdale Library rediscovering a lost community on West 98th and 99th Streets between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Created by Rob Garber for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group, the...
