“One day I was a grungy East Village NYU grad, and the next, a neo-geisha glam girl.”

Like each of the four main characters...

277 people move out of New York’s metro area every day, according to Bloomberg News.

"Katy Keene," a new series on The CW,...

I no longer measure love in rose petals.

My husband Neil and I have been together almost forty years. In that time, our Valentine’s...

"Working Girl" doesn’t work as a lighthearted rom-com anymore.

In 1988, the Oscar and Golden Globe winner was an inspiration...

So, you’re thinking about applying to Manhattan independent schools, known for academic excellence, college prep and small...

“Be a leader not a follower.”

That was my mother’s directive when I was growing up in the Bronx. I took her advice for decades,...

I had, not quite a dream, but a vivid image of how the new year — actually new decade — could shape up for the better in...

Christmas comes but once a year, and for some it’s a time too many. I’m not one of them.

I watch Hallmark movies unironically....

“I wouldn’t shop at Old Navy if they gave me the stuff for free.”

That has been my credo for the past two decades. Then, a...

The tree at Rockefeller Center. Ice-skating at the various venues around New York City. Taking in the department store windows....

Top of the world, ma.

That’s indeed how it feels from the Empire State Building’s newly renovated and just opened 102nd Floor...

Here’s your little league hat, what’s your hurry?

When my 24-year-old son Luke returned recently to NYC for a visit, I welcomed...

I won’t be there for them.

"Friends" (the non-Facebook kind) is celebrating its 25th anniversary and I shall be sitting out...

New York Fashion Week is in full swing.

Not many of us get to go to the shows, let alone check out the runways from the front...