New York City’s Christmas tree sales aren’t a holly-jolly business. The most statuesque trees worthy of a Manhattan pied-à-terre or Brooklyn brownstone don’t come cheap — or without behind-the-scenes drama that has been kept from New Yorkers, until now. The Christmas tree sellers that pop up on the streets of NYC in the run-up to … Read more
Theater review THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA Two hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At the Broadhurst Theater, 235 W 44th St. Perhaps the city should rename West 44th Street Stage Mother Way. Between 7th and 8th Avenues at the Majestic Theatre, Audra McDonald will soon begin playing that most ferocious of performer parents, Mama … Read more
When Hamptons real estate agent Peggy Zabakolas pulled up to her $20 million Watermill listing — Eagle’s Point, a hidden gem situated at the highest elevation in the area — last summer, she caught another broker red-handed. Fellow Nest Seekers agent JB Andreassi, 33, was trying to steal the listing for the seven-acres compound by … Read more
If you can date them here, you can date them anywhere — or can you? New York City is one of the toughest cities to be single in, according to new research — and those looking for love strongly agree. The Big Apple ranked a measly 144 out of 182 in a WalletHub study of … Read more
Real estate prices are soaring — if you can even find the home you want. Reservations at pricey Avra and Carbone are hard to score. And private-school admissions have become cutthroat. Miami really is the new New York City. The Florida city’s top private schools — already bursting at the seams from the throngs of … Read more