Sweet Celebration

Boulevard, Broadway

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...

Adding Warmth to a Cold Season

Boulevard, Broadway

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...

Travel Diamonds and White Tunics Wear Well in Winter

Boulevard, Broadway

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...

Succeeding on the “Wrong” Side of Broadway

Boulevard, Broadway

By Claudie Benjamin Everyone knows, according to Danny Koch, owner of Town Shop at 2270 Broadway, that there is a good side and a bad side of Broadway on the Upper West Side. His family business was located on the “good” west side of the avenue since...

Priorities: Health and Sustainability

Boulevard, Broadway

By Claudie Benjamin Emily Wang’s interest both in healthy food and maximizing sustainability in daily life goes back to her teenage years growing up in Michigan. These priorities developed through her graduation from Columbia in 2022 and...

Master Jazz Piano Player and Mentor

Boulevard, Broadway

By Claudie Benjamin Play Jazz Piano NYC: The name of the sessions alone evokes cinematic images: In a corner of the room, there’s a piano. A person nonchalantly pulls a chair up, lightly “tickles the ivories” with one hand, and then launches into a...