Beauty, books, New York, travel, and a full life after 40.

New York

NEW YORK

The city is part of the plot.

Broadway, game days, restaurants, neighborhoods, events and ordinary New York moments — not a visitor checklist, but the city as it actually shows up in my life.

City notes

Broadway & Culture

The shows, exhibitions, museums and nights worth leaving the apartment for.

Game Day

Knicks, Jets and the very serious business of New York sports fandom.

Eat & Drink

Places I would return to, what I ordered and whether the bill made sense.

What’s On

Stories are added as they publish, so this desk gets better every time you come back.

THE FREE NEW YORK LIST

New York does not have to cost $100 every time you leave the house.

Our monthly running edit of genuinely free things to do in NYC and the metro area — updated as new dates are confirmed.

October 2026: See the list →