The Flatiron Building, located at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, is an architectural gem in New York City. 

Photo credits: personal collection

And the view from the “other” side of the Flatiron Building…

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Mé Bar is pronounced “May Bar”  and can be roughly translated as “mountain bar” in Korean.  The name is only fitting seeing as the bar is located on the 14th floor rooftop of the La Quinta Inn in Koreatown. 

The indoor bar, featuring high tables, barstools, and skylights, is little different from any hotel bar.  However, the outdoor seating area is the real draw to Mé Bar.  Wide wood planks, colorful tables and chairs, and white benches are surrounded by potted plants and outdoor lights.  It is there, on the rooftop, that you may sip your cocktail while in the shadow of the Empire State Building.   

Drinks are nothing spectacular and moderately priced ($5 Buds).  No food is served due to the spatial limitations, but ask for the menu binder which contains nearby Korean restaurants that are willing to deliver. 

The hidden location still keep the crowds as bay, but finding the Mé Bar will be well worth your time!  

Location:  Mé Bar, La Quinta Inn, 14th floor, 17 West 32nd Street (map) 212-290-2460

Subway:  N, Q, R, V, W to 34th Street-Herald Square, 6 to 33rd Street

Hours:  Daily 5:30pm-12 midnight  

Photo credit:  View of the Empire State Building from the Mé Bar, flickr

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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, 6 to 14th Street-Union Square  

Date and Time:  Saturday, March 22nd at 3pm.

Cost:   Free

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There are an estimated three-quarters of a million homeless people in the United States and photographer Bill Bernstein gets personal when he matches faces to this number.  About Face: Portraits from the Bowery Mission is Bernstein’s newest exhibition featuring a striking series of 43″x62″ portraits of some of the homeless men and women photographed at the Bowery Mission in New York City.

Bill Bernstein, an esteemed photographer whose work has been featured in numerous magazines, first became interested in capturing the faces of the homeless when he was serving food at the Bowery Mission.  He returned to the mission with a camera and photographed some of the men and women who passed through the doors.  Accompanying Bernstein’s photographs is text taken from interviews conducted by Carey Wallace. 

The Bowery Mission has served homeless men and women on the Bowery in New York City since 1879.  The mission seeks to stop the cycle of homelessness by offering food, shelter, showers, clothing, and medical care to anyone seeking assistance. 

Location:  The Christian Herald Building, 132 Madison Ave at 31st Street, map

Subway:  6 to 28th Street

Dates and Times:  Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm; through Dec 31st

Cost:  Free

Photo credit:  flickr

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This Manhattan institution is where you will find historical artifacts and displays on prostitution, burlesque, obscenity and fetishism that were once too controversial to be displayed in their own day. The museum also explores several subcultures while focusing on the history, evolution, and the cultural significance of human sexuality.

Current exhibitions include:

• Sex in Design/Design in Sex From the blatant to the subtly sensual, sex is in most of the design that is presented to the consumer. See how attitudes have shifted from the post-World War era to contemporary times. (through April 27, 2008)
• Action: Sex and the Moving Image This exhibit traces the way sex and sexual imagery have impacted film, television, advertising and more contemporary outlets like the Internet while simultaneously creating the multi- billion dollar porn industry and influencing popular art such as film, social standards, morals and behaviors. (Ongoing)
• Spotlight The first exhibition featuring a sampling of items drawn from the over nine thousand objects that comprise the permanent collection of the MoSex. The vast majority of items reflect America’s changing attitudes about sex and sexuality over the last 250 years. (Ongoing)

The idea of a sex museum in the United States may be new and perhaps bit risqué, but New York City is a perfect, progressive location for such a museum. While it isn’t surprising that most major cities in Europe, from Barcelona to Paris, have museums dedicated to erotic art collections, it is interesting that several Asian countries also have sex museums. Outside of Shanghai is the China Sex Museum, dedicated to the 6000 years of sex and Chinese culture, and India’s first sex museum which opened in Mumbai in 2002.

Lending to its credibility, MoSex has partnered with NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality on past exhibits. All exhibits are presented in an educational format but, due to the nature of the subject, the museum is recommended for mature audiences only.

No trip to the New York City’s Museum of Sex is complete without stopping by the museum store where you can find an eclectic assortment of publications, home accents, clothing, and toys that are… ummm… not intended for children.

Location: 233 Fifth Avenue (map) 212-689-6337

Subway: N, R to 28th Street (Broadway); 6 to 28th Street (Park Avenue)

Hours: Sun-Fri 11am-6:30pm (last ticket sold at 5:45pm); Sat 11am–8pm (last ticket sold at 7:15pm)

Cost: Adults $14.50 +tax; students and seniors $13.50 +tax. Click here for a $3 off admission coupon.

Photo credit: personal collection, Wikimedia

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