Summer reading: 5 books that take place in steamy NYC (and one of its suburbs)

… summer New York City and beyond that are less than idyllic You may want to look elsewhere for a light and breezy beach … with her snippy emotionally remote older sister Martine who lives in New York City There Martine discloses to her a … even this turns out to be fairly mild compared to what adults get up to in books like  The Hunger Games  This …

By Alanna Schubach |June 15, 2017 - 12:30PM
"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… it now Id probably live in Astoria We spoke to the author about Brooklyn then and now the changes to its skyline its … entrepreneurial energy is immigrant energy Brooklyn is not about money its about moxie she says Its about grit … What was Park …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM
Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

… the Worst Breakups in History  is also a columnist for the  New York Observer  and the  New York Post  covering sex and … searching the Corcoran website looking for apartments she could buy if she gets a movie deal out of her book which includes …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |December 1, 2015 - 12:59PM
Apartment Therapy's Maxwell Ryan made the move to brownstone Brooklyn, but still has love for lofts

… Home its safe to say that Maxwell Ryan knows a thing or two about how to make a house or even a cramped apartment feel … Before the holiday madness descends we caught up with Ryan about his recent move from Soho to BedStuy a questionable … on the outside  … Whats the one thing you love the most about it … Its a house with a front door on the street a …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 24, 2015 - 8:59AM