I set out to visit Alexander Hamilton’s house on West 141 Street, New York City. The ride was an easy one from Brooklyn, the L to the A off at 145th and Nicolas Avenue. Being a decidedly downtown girl when I lived in NYC, I had never taken the A train so far north. Hamilton’s residence, aka The Grange, is a short walk from the subway to Hamilton Terrace. The house is rather … [Read more...]
Summertime Garden Party Menu
My personal recipe for a wonderful life: Family + Friends + Food = Happiness. Thus far this summer has been a whirlwind of activity filled with the first two components of my equation: visiting family in New Jersey, friends from Copenhagen visiting me and, playing one of my favorite roles 'fun aunt' with various kids, related or not. Missing from my personal recipe for a … [Read more...]
Kara Walker’s Sugar Sphinx–Williamsburg Brooklyn
A few weeks ago I took off on a sunny day from New Jersey to see the Kara Walker exhibit at the Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. By all rights the trip should have been a disaster—the skies opened up and poured while in line, I had no umbrella and the rain didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. But as luck would have it, a family in front of me shared the … [Read more...]
New York City
My New York City Everyone who’s ever lived in New York has a unique, individualized perspective of the city. People on the upper West Side extol the virtues of Zabars, Columbus Ave and Sarabeth’s Kitchen. I’m no different. My New York is decidedly downtown, and skewed below 23rd Street, for the most part, with jaunts up to MOMA, Central Park that includes the Met, the … [Read more...]
