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Archives: Posts From June 2008
Love Boat
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 27 Jun 2008 at 5:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The city had a party last night at South Street Seaport for Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls. The art, design, and art patron crowds were there, trying to remember the last time they'd been to the seaport (an architecture competition launches this summer to ...
Poetry Comes Home to Battery Park City
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 at 3:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: It was a night words and music triumphed over rain. Poets and poetry fans convened Wednesday for a picnic in Battery Park City organized by Poets House.Songwriter Jill Sobule sang melodious ballads, engaging some of the poets in her performance. For ...
Birthdays Have Their Rewards
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 at 3:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The credit crisis isn't stopping one famous credit card company from throwing a party. On Wednesday, American Express invited members of the press to lunch at Eleven Madison Park to mark the anniversary of its credit card.And they not only got lunch ...
An Avenue Goes on a Diet
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 at 3:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: In a townhouse on Park Avenue Tuesday night, Dr. Stuart Fischer celebrated his new book, "The Park Avenue Diet," a six-week regimen consisting of daily menus combined with exercise, hair, makeup, and interpersonal tips.Judging from the menu for the ...
A Picnic Grows in Brooklyn
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 at 2:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's "Passport to Summer" picnic Thursday night went beyond red and white-checkered blankets and potato salad.True to Brooklyn chic, the tables were covered in turquoise cloth and were just slightly raised from the ground.Guests ...
The Original Bash for New York's Original Park
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 12 Jun 2008 at 3:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: To the Battery they came from the Grand Concourse, Eastern Boulevard, Governors Island, Upper Fifth and Lower Broadway.Truly, the Battery Conservancy's gala drew cultural leaders from across the city, which seemed fitting, since the Battery was the place ...
Socio-Horticulture
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 6 Jun 2008 at 5:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Coming in Monday's paper: Coverage of the Conservatory Ball at the New York Botanical Garden. Above, a glimpse.More is online at:http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20080606 ...
Music for the People
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 2 Jun 2008 at 6:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Bang on a Can's 12-hour run of music this weekend at the World Financial Center was wondrous for the sight of hundreds sitting on the steps of what is essentially a mall atrium, yet acting completely city-like, with boyfriends and babies and books in ...
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