New York
Brooklyn’s Queer-Owned Restaurant, Superfine, Is The Definition Of A Good Time
- Heather Cassell
- September 25, 2023
Superfine Blends Art, Food, And Music For 25 Years. by Heather Cassell, originally published by Gay City News A quarter century ago, the perfect ingredients came together to create Superfine, the queer- and woman-owned restaurant and live music venue located in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood under the Manhattan Bridge. This week music lovers can get down at […]
Read MoreA Mark Of Good Taste At Mark’s Off Madison
- Heather Cassell
- January 23, 2022
New Yorker Mark Strausman comforts his city one dish at a time at his new restaurant, Mark’s Off Madison by Heather Cassell An upscale diner that isn’t a diner has taken up the corner of Madison Avenue and East 26th Street across from Madison Square Park in New York’s tony North of Madison Square Park […]
Read MoreDeadly Year Inspires New Fund To Get Trans Black Women Home Safe
- Heather Cassell
- January 31, 2021
Actor Devin Michael Lowe Launches Black Trans Travel Fund Aimed To Reduce The Number Of Murders Of Transgender Women By Paying For Their Private Rides Home by Heather Cassell How many women out late at night or who find themselves in an unsafe situation at any time of the day would not want a paid […]
Read MoreNYC Rises Up For A Pride Of A Lifetime
- Heather Cassell
- May 7, 2019
From Riots To Celebrations New York Is Throwing The Biggest A Pride Festival Ever For As The World Descends Upon The Big Apple For Stonewall 50 by Heather Cassell There’s no question: New York Pride combined with WorldPride for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising is going to be fabulous and historic. That’s […]
Read MoreEmpire State Building Celebrates 25 Years Of Valentine’s Day Weddings
- Heather Cassell
- February 13, 2019
“It’s evident that the storied history and romance surrounding the Empire State Building continue to touch lives around the globe,” said Jean-Yves.
Read MoreThe Museum Of Pizza Serves A Small Slice Of Pizza Glory
- Heather Cassell
- October 22, 2018
The Museum Of Pizza Is A Marketing Success For A Small New York Pizzeria And Pizza Artists, But A Small Slice Of Insight Into America’s Favorite Pie by Heather Cassell Attendees gobbled up the latest food pop-up “museum,” The Museum of Pizza hit New York last week with hundreds of people flowing through the interactive […]
Read MorePretty In Pink: The Power Of Pink Explored
- Heather Cassell
- October 14, 2018
The History Of Pink Exhibit At The Museum At The Fashion Institute of Technology In New York by Heather Cassell Pink isn’t what you think it is. It’s not just the rock star Pink’s stage name or Janelle Monae’s vagina pants in her song “Pynk.” It isn’t just the pale blush color of the Ralph […]
Read MoreHolly Golightly Can Finally Have Breakfast At Tiffany’s
- Heather Cassell
- December 14, 2017
You will feel like the jewel inside the Blue Box Café at Tiffany and Co., the luxury jeweler’s new restaurant at its iconic store in New York.
Just like that amazing proposal you dreamed of and waited for or are dreaming of. The wait is worth it for Tiffany’s new café that opened November 10.
Read MoreGet Your Traveling Shoes On! for The First-Ever Women’s Travel Fest
- Heather Cassell
- March 7, 2014
Gallivanting dreamers will explore the world from a girl’s perspective at the first-ever Women’s Travel Fest in New York this Saturday.
Read MoreSouth Asian Mixtress DJ Rekha Turns Up the Bhangra in Oakland
- Heather Cassell
- July 5, 2013
Oakland will be turned into “Little India” for a night when world renowned DJ Rekha turns up the Bhangra beats on Saturday.
Read MoreGo Girl: U.N. Guides 60 Years of Being a Guide to the World
- Heather Cassell
- February 21, 2013
I was 13 years old when my Auntie took my grandma and me to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. That was more than 25 years ago, it was my first trip to the Big Apple, so we were of course doing all of the touristy things. But out of Broadway and Times Square, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, the museums and shopping the U.N. captured my imagination and remained in my memory the most.
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