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MOMA’s Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today uses the commercial color chart as its central metaphor in this temporary exhibition.  Work from over 40 artists ranging from Ellsworth Kelly and Gerhard Richter to Sherrie Levine and Damien Hirst, is on display and includes five site-specific works.  After the exhibit visit Color Lab, an interactive space for families created in conjunction with Color Chart. Color Lab offers materials for families to conduct their own exploration of color choice.  

Location: 11 West 53rd (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) map (212) 708-9400
Subway: E or V to Fifth Avenue-53rd Street
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If you didn’t know that Bulgari is pronounced BOOL-ga-ree, check out the handy “Designer Name Pronunciation Guide!”  Where was this during New York Fashion Week?  Wall Street Journal
Stephen Chang, a married investment banker is suing a Midtown strip club for negligence.  Apparently, during a dance his stripper lost a shoe and it struck Chang in the face.  Gothamist 
Ex-New York Governor Spitzer may have his $5,000/hour call girls but Spitzer’s replacement, Governor David Peterson admitted he carried on an affair lasting years then reconciled with his wife… all at the Days Inn.  Talk about fiscal responsibility!  NY Magazine 
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What do I like most about Chelsea Market?  Both the building and shops are full of enchantment and surprises.  An unimaginative, fluorescent lit big box this is not!  For starters, this once upon a time National Biscuit factory, where ovens baked everything from Saltines to Oreos, is now host to a multitude of specialty shops vital to the gourmand in all of us.  The market’s layout gives the impression of punching through its walls into a bygone era of factory dynamism with historic pictures and displays affixed to the exposed brick walls.  It’s also unabashedly modern in a rough hewn …read more

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Located on Pier 59, The Chelsea Brewing Company’s huge copper-clad tanks loom large behind the polished mahogany bar overlooking the white tablecloth dining area and spectacular sunset views of the Hudson River.  Little do visitors know, these seemingly placid digs are really the setting of a microbrew battle that has been waged against the mass produced giants since 1995. The Chelsea Brewing Co., Manhattan’s largest microbrewery, produces around 20 original beers bottling 100,000 cases annually, using their fully automatic grain-handling system, 46,000-pound grain silos, and an automated bottling system capable of handling 2000 bottles per hour.  Head brewer Chris Sheehan, …read more

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The Fifth Annual Brooklyn Restaurant Week will begin this Monday.  Over 175 Brooklyn restaurants will offer a lunch or dinner prix-fixe menu for $23.  This is a great opportunity to taste some of the gentrification that has swept Brooklyn bringing top-notch restaurants to Park Slope, Bed-Stu, Canarsie, and every neighborhood in between. 
Participating restaurants include:

Crave  Restaurant Week is the perfect reason to check out this quaint (read: small) Carroll Gardens restaurant that touts its “Manhattan-quality” dining (read: pricey regular menu). 
101 Restaurant and Bar, a Bay Ridge Italian restaurant, is known for its open kitchen which turns out solid food …read more

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What started as a very proper event during the days of the Civil War in the mid-1800s has turned into this: 

Yes, the famed Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival will take place in Midtown again this year.  It may be called a parade, but participants don’t march, but rather wander up Fifth Avenue from 49th Street to 57th Street.  Stop by for awhile and admire the period costumes, outrageous headwear, and pet costumes.  Festivities will take place this Sunday, March 23 from 10am until 4pm.     
Photo credits:  Flickr 
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New York is a great place for kids during Easter.  The plethora of parks in every borough host Easter egg hunts and festivities.  Here is my short list of egg hunts:
Eggcellent Easter Egg Hunt | South Street Seaport (map) | Saturday, March 22, Noon-4pm   This Trinity Church-sponsored egg hunt will also have games, crafts, live music, and snacks.  Free
Spring Fling Egg Hunt | Brooklyn Bridge Park (map) | Saturday, March 22, 11am-2pm  Over 15,000 multi-colored, candy-filled eggs will be hidden across the city section of Brooklyn Bridge Park and the adjoining Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park.  There will be separate …read more

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This Saturday marks International Pillow Fight Day as well as the Third Annual New York City Pillow Fight.  Make your way down to Union Square armed with your pillow and join in on the party.
All attendees are encouraged to bring their softest pillow (feather is better!) as well as don a fun outfit or costume.  At the sound of the whistle the feathers will fly!
Check out the video below of the First Annual NYC Pillow Fight in 2006.     

2006 NYC Pillow Fight

Location:  Union Square (map)
Subway:  L, N, Q, R, W to Union Square-14th Street; 4, 5, …read more

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Because it’s a 24 hour-a-day city.  You want Cambodian food at 3am on a Sunday?  No problem. 
Because there are four very distinct seasons.
Because our fine drinking establishments are open until 4am.
Because New Yorkers are actually quite helpful and polite.  Really!
Because of the great public transportation system.  And if you disagree, just go spend any amount of time in Los Angeles.
Because you can buy anything.  Which may not always be a good thing, but we’ll focus on the positive!
Because while we have our fare share of celebrities, most of the paparazzi-obsessed celebs stay in L.A.
Because of Yolanda Vega.  Or, shall I …read more

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Don’t be surprised if you walk into New York City restaurants and they charge you for the tap water you drink.  In conjunction with World Water Day, this week restaurants are asking customers to donate a minimum of $1 for the tap water that they would normally get for free.   
According to UNICEF, World Water Week organizer, the lack of clean and accessible drinking water is the second largest worldwide killer of children under five.  It is estimated that with a donation of $1, clean drinking water can be provided for a child for 40 days.  
Last year, over 300 …read more

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