Learning to be Flexible: A Hot Yoga Story
Editor’s Note: Writer Katie Barry will write an occasional column on being young and single on the Upper West Side.
By Katie Barry
“You’re flexible for a fat girl,” my mom told me once, while I was standing on my hands against the kitchen wall while she cooked dinner. I called her cruel. She kept cutting onions. “No, I didn’t mean it like that. I mean, you’re just not lean. It’s just, you don’t have the body of a ballerina.” Read More / Comment »
Events for $20 or Less Friday
March 12, 2010
One Step Beyond Party
Launch your weekend with drinks and dancing at the most explosive party this side of the Milky Way. Read More / Comment »
Richard Belzer Accused of Choking UWS Apple Employee
Yes, this story is as insane as the headline. Yesterday an Upper West Side Apple store employee accused Richard Belzer of choking her while he was waiting in line at the store. The Law and Order star, however, says he just put Read More / Comment »
Upper West Side Bloggers Unite!
On Monday night, from 7 to 9 p.m., two local bloggers (OldSweetSong and From Me to You) have organized a meetup at Pudding Stones Wine Bar on 91st Street and Amsterdam Avenue. All Upper West Side bloggers, and blogger-wannabes, are invited to share tales of the horror of sitting at our computers and typing in our pajamas. So come on by, have a drink and meet everyone! (photo via From Me to You)
Events for $20 or Less Thursday
March 11, 2010
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center give an encore performance of Niels Gade’s scintillating String Sextet. Read More / Comment »
Students Propose Redesigned MLK High School
The plaza in front of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on Amsterdam Avenue and 66th Street is a pretty depressing and underutilized space right now, but students at the school have some ideas to make it better. Read More / Comment »
Judge: Tavern on The Green Can Keep its Name
A battle over the rights to the name “Tavern on the Green” ended Wednesday with the city coming out victorious, the Associated Press reported. Tavern on the Green’s former owners had argued they owned the rights to the name, supposedly worth $19 million. Selling the name could have helped the Leroy family pay off creditors and emerge from bankruptcy. Read More / Comment »
200 West Ready to Open. An Underground Trader Joe’s?
200 West, the new building at the corner of 72nd Street and Broadway, is preparing to officially open on Monday, and it has fully launched a website to advertise the luxury apartments it’s hoping to rent out. Read More / Comment »
Central Park to Get Fresh Fruit Carts
Put down that hot dog! It’s time to get healthy. Central Park will soon allow fruit vendors to roll their carts into Central Park, offering New Yorkers some healthy fare along with the “meat” and ice cream Read More / Comment »
Events for $20 or Less Wednesday
March 10, 2010
Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds
Poet Laureate Billy Collins, renowned artist David Allen Sibley, and poets George Green, Joshua Mehigan, Linda Pastan, and David Yezzi celebrate the “bright wings” that surround us in words and pictures in this special program. Read More / Comment »
