W42ST Issue 44 - Meet the family

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ISSUE 44 AUGUST 2018 FREE

FIRST LOVE Why entrepreneur Peter Shankman will NEVER leave New York

TOO COOL

Joe Iconis on how you too can be the most popular kid in high school

BAR BROTHERS

TWIN TALK

BORDER TALES

PLUS

In search of the best old fashioned in Hell's Kitchen

Protest and prayers for "unaccompanied minors"

How DO you tell the 10th Ave sisters apart?

Things my surrogate Jewish mother taught me; a father son playlist; translating Trainspotting; travel; and dogs

75 YEARS OF INTREPID Join us for a special week of events and activities for all ages to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Intrepid’s commissioning on August 16.

NEW EXHIBITION: INTREPID A TO Z Opens August 14 Learn about life on Intrepid through an alphabetized collection of artifacts, archives and media never before seen by the public.

COMMISSIONING CEREMONY August 16, 11:00am Join hundreds of former crew members— reunited at the Museum to celebrate—for a ceremony commemorating the ship’s history.

ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND ACTIVITIES August 16—19 Enjoy special tour guide talks, science demonstrations, planetarium shows and more.

Free with Museum admission.

75 YEARS OF INTREPID: IN THE SEAS, IN THE SKIES Daily Guided Tour Explore the decks of the ship, see where thousands of aircraft were launched, and hear stories from the ship’s history.

Additional fee applies.

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In this city of orphans and oddballs and dreamers, family isn’t just the group of people we were born or adopted into: brothers, sisters, parents, cousins we never see, grandparents long gone but much missed.

Whether your unit is tight knit and loving, wildly dysfunctional, or distant ... even estranged, it can become almost secondary to our New York family: the support network of people that just get us. They’re the ones who share Thanksgiving turkey with us when we’re far from home. The ones who celebrate our successes and are there when we fall to pick us up again. And who know we’d do the same for them in a heartbeat.

So this month’s issue is a salute to our diverse Hell’s Kitchen family. You’ll meet a passionate entrepreneur with ADHD, a devoted dad who’ll never move to the ‘burbs, and an actress whose surrogate Jewish mother taught her how to be a New Yorker. You’ll hear high school horror stories from a husband and wife who learned the hard way. And you’ll also find out which bar serves up the best old fashioned in town. Thanks for being part of the W42ST family.

Ruth Walker Editor, W42ST Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for weekend happenings, random ramblings, and Broadway giveaways at bit.ly/hellohellskitchen THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU W42ST

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EDITOR RUTH WALKER

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PARTNERSHIP DIRECTOR DREW DARGIS drew@w42st.com (646) 896-9562

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CONTENTS August Edition PEOPLE 8 MY HELL’S KITCHEN

Inside the busy world of entrepreneur Peter Shankman, and why he will NEVER leave New York City.

11 EVENTS

Our pick of family-friendly events you MUST see this month.

13 VICKY KUPERMAN

OK, fingers on buzzers, people. Your neighborhood quiz starts right here.

14 WHAT’S GOING ON?

Prayer and protest over six days at the Texas/Mexico border.

17 MY SURROGATE MOM

French films, where to shop, and the art of seduction ... just some of the reasons everyone needs a surrogate Jewish mother.

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18 PEDESTRIANIZED Why there’s no substitute for raising a family in the city.

20 TOO COOL?

Being popular in high school is an art. Joe Iconis and Lauren Marcus explain how NOT to do it.

42 GALLERY

Our Instagram picks of the month.

66 LAST WORD

What they really mean when they say “unaccompanied minors.”

OUT 22 BROADWAY INSIDER He manages the stage door, but Davy Mack’s backstage photographs have made him almost as famous as the stars in front of his camera.

It’s fun. It’s free.

It’s literally only a few blocks away.

TSq.org/Music

FREE

LIVE • MUSIC • DAILY Broadway Pedestrian Plaza between 42nd & 43rd Streets Happy Hour Tuesday, 5-7pm: Concerts featuring Broadway actors and composers performing their own music

Happy Hour Thursday, 5-7pm: Jazz concerts presented by Make Music New York

Lunch Monday–Friday, 12-3pm: Solo musicians from MTA Music Under New York

24 IT’S SHOWTIME!

Our at-a-glance guide to all things Broadway and Off-Broadway, including reviews by real people.

26 TIME FOR T

Trainspotting Live is coming to New York. So you’ll be needing our handy dandy translation guide.

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29 NOW GO!

And if Trainspotting inspires you to visit Edinburgh, here’s our insider tips to make your 24 hours in the Scottish capital count.

EAT 30 HEALTHY HALO

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Congratulations! You’ve started a new diet. But that doesn’t mean the kids should do it too.

34 OLD FASHIONED

Take two Broadway actors, pour an after-show cocktail, and you have the recipe for finding the finest old fashioned in all of Hell’s Kitchen.

37 MATCHING PAIR

The 10th Ave twins have more than just their looks in common.

LIVING 39 HEY NEIGHBOR!

Taking a peek inside the home of a new arrival to the neighborhood.

40 CHILD’S PLAY

Decor that’s too good to give to kids.

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STYLE 44 ZIPPERS AND TRIM

Why the Garment District is a world of its own.

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47 ON A BUDGET

Changing the habits of a lifetime.

49 SOBER IN THE CITY

When you travel, leave the attitude at home.

50 DIVERSE CITY

The clubs, the bars, the culture ... why Germany is a go-to LGBTQ travel destination.

57 KTCHLST

Insider tips and the best of HK, from restaurants to bars to galleries. Contact drew@w42st. com to be on the list.

PETS 54 WAGGING TALES

HK’s most handsome pups. Email waggingtales@w42st.com.

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Can I have your Entrepreneur, keynote speaker, father, podcaster, author, cat owner, and ADHD activist Peter Shankman does many things, but mostly, he likes to help Photograph Ilona Lieberman Why I’m here I was born and raised in NYC/Staten Island, and went to LaGuardia HS on W65th St - Amsterdam. After college in Boston, I moved to Virginia to work for America Online, then moved back to NYC in 1998, to W43rd St - 10th Ave. I ran my first marathon after 9/11 and did it in honor of Rescue 1, my neighbors. From there, I moved to W57th St - 11th Ave, then W42nd St - 9th Ave. I feel like I’m always on the borderline of the edges of Hell’s Kitchen. But it is hands down, 100%, my neighborhood. Heck, even my parents live here – on W42nd - 12th Ave. In any other city, if my parents lived three blocks from me, I’d see them every second. In NYC, you still have to make an appointment. That’s one of the millions of awesome things about the city I’ll never leave.

Why I stay I travel non-stop for work. Every city I’m in, I try and imagine myself living there. I imagine paying a tenth of the mortgage/expenses I pay now. I imagine a less frenetic pace, a less crazy “whomp” that hits you square in the gut the moment you exit your building. I imagine having a car, and driving to the local store for coffee, milk, cheese, bread, and eggs, and knowing everyone’s name, and smiling all day as we see each other. And I can imagine those things easily. But you know what I can’t imagine? NOT paying as much as I pay. NOT having a frenetic pace punching me in the stomach when I leave the apartment. NOT buying food at the grocery store as opposed to Fresh Direct or Amazon Prime delivering it.

NOT zig-zagging past the tourists and never having to slow my pace. I can’t imagine not doing any of that.

NYC is my home. It was my first experience, my first girlfriend, my first love, my first heartbreak, my first everything. Leave that? NEVER. A day in my life?

Everything I can do can be summed up like this: I like helping. I’m most well known for founding (and then selling a few years later) Help a Reporter Out, the site that revolutionized how journalists and sources find each other. I did that. Now I do the following: I’m a corporate keynote speaker who lives on planes a lot. I’m a podcast host of the top ADHD podcast on iTunes, called Faster Than Normal. I believe ADHD is a gift, not a curse, and we need to change the conversation. Each day, I get emails from parents, kids, professors, doctors, all of whom thank me for helping people realize they’re not broken. That to me, is awesome.

I’m a bestselling author, having written five books. I’m an entrepreneur, currently running an entrepreneurial networking group called ShankMinds, that offers entrepreneurs from all over the world the chance to be better at what they do. I’m a talking head on most of the major networks, covering marketing, advertising, branding, sponsorships, crisis management, etc.

My driving force It’s been said that the greatest risk is not taking one. I don’t want to look back one day and say: “I wish I’d done that.”

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Opposite: Peter Shankman says: “NYC is my home.

It was my first experience, my first girlfriend, my first love, my first heartbreak, my first everything.

Leave that?

NEVER.”

I come home to …

A five-year-old daughter who still thinks that poop jokes are the best (so proud of myself on that one) and to an 18-year-old cat who has COMPLETELY run out of fucks to give.

The most fundamental thing being a father has taught me There is actually a way to make cereal “wrong.” That, and as long as you show unconditional love, and never take it away, your kid will probably come out as an alright adult. (My mom and dad showed me that.)

As the newly appointed CEO of the Hell’s Kitchen Improvement Alliance, here’s what I’d do …

Move all the tourists away. I’m just kidding. Honestly, I’ve seen homelessness spike across the city, and most definitely in our neighborhood.

I know it’s a bigger problem, one that needs to be addressed on a macro level – better mental health services in the city, better social services. I’d like to play a bigger part in helping to do those thing.

Perhaps that means public office at some point. I don’t know yet.

Cats v dogs – discuss Cats. I’ve had cats all my life. Had a dog once, but primarily cats. Cats are like me.

They get shit done, and they know that 99% of all the crap out there isn’t worth taking seriously, and in the end, they freaking LOVE a good night’s sleep. Life isn’t too difficult. We could learn a lot from cats.

MY HELL’S KITCHEN

BIO

Peter Shankman is best known for founding (then selling) Help a Reporter Out. These days he’s a corporate speaker, podcast host, bestselling author, and entrepreneurial networker. He has ADHD, which he firmly believes is a gift, not a curse, and lives in Hell’s Kitchen with his five-year-old daughter and 18-year-old cat. shankman.com

PETER’S HK My go-to coffee spot Theatre Row Diner. W42nd St -

Dyer – “I could eat every meal there.”

For an important lunch meeting Dalton’s Bar and Grill, W43rd

St - 9th Ave – “Their steak sandwich is pretty awesome.”

For pizza Claudio’s, 10th Ave - 43rd St –

“Same owner since 1998, and DAMN good pizza.”

For training

“I work out in my building, at NYHRC (on W23rd St), and my favorite running routes are both the West Side Highway to the GW Bridge and back, and Central Park. And, of course, hill repeats on W58th Street between 11th and 10th.”

My HK happy place McCaffrey playground, W43rd

St - 8th/9th Ave – “watching my daughter play.”

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“REDGRAVE IS BREATHTAKING...

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AUGUST

NEWS

LET'S BE HAVING YOU,

Five family-friendly events this month you’re going to LOVE!

Autism-friendly Broadway

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Thanks to TDF, entire theaters for several Broadway shows have been adapted for audiences on the autism spectrum. Each show has been adjusted to reduce things like jarring sounds and strobe lights, and there will be quiet areas if anyone needs to leave their seats during the performance. Discounted tickets will be available for The Lion King, Frozen, Aladdin, and My Fair Lady. www.tdf.org/nyc/40/Autism-Theatre-Initiative

Totally Awesome Summer!

Actors Temple Theatre

FunikiJam is dedicated to introducing children (aged two to 10) to music and dance from around the world. This show tells the story of Agent Tina, who’s convinced she’s going to have a “totally boring” summer until she’s invited on a musical vacation around the world – and back in time. Destinations along the way include the beach, the islands, the 80s, Australia, and America’s birthday jam. There are two performances left – on August 12 and 26 at 11am. funikijam.com

Gazillion Bubble Show New World Stages Now in its 12th year, this show a true family affair, with originator and “bubble master” Fan Yang being joined on stage by his wife Ana, son Deni, daughter Melody, and brother Jano performing bubble magic and artistry. gazillionbubbleshow.com

That Physics Show/That Chemistry Show The Playroom Theatre

Puffs New World Stages So what if you can’t get (or afford) tickets to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? This is your next best thing: a clever parody where the forgotten house of Hufflepuff gets its moment in the spotlight. Potter purists will be kept busy spotting the references. puffstheplay.com

Scientific experiments happening live on stage – what could possibly go wrong? What damage can a ping pong ball do as it hurtles at 700 miles an hour through a vacuum tube? Will that bowling ball smash him in the face? Recommended for children six years and older. thatphysicsshow.com

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GENUINELY FUNNY MUSICAL!”

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The New Broadway Musical Comedy

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PEOPLE

How well do you know the NEIGHBORHOOD? Cool down with Vicky Kuperman’s summertime quiz – it has prizes and everything!

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’ve lived in Hell’s Kitchen for 17 years and still haven’t been everywhere within neighborhood limits – or tried everything. Every time I think I have, I leave for the weekend, come back, and suddenly three new places have popped up! Back in MY day, the Kiehl’s shop used to be a bike store. Adella used to be Good N’ Plenty. And 10th Avenue … used to be pretty quiet.

Not to mention the fact that, if you’re like me, you stick to what you know. I remember when I moved from W43rd St to W45th St 15 years ago, my corner deli guy begged me not to forget him. “You’re being dramatic,” I said. “I’m still going to come here. You’re still my deli guy. It’s only two blocks away.”

I never saw him again.

Without looking up the answers, see how many of these Hell’s Kitchen and family-inspired trivia questions you know. The first person to email me at vkcomic@gmail.com with all 10 correct answers will get a signed copy of my book How to Spy on Your Neighbor: Your Survival Guide for the United States of Russia.

Good luck!

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You might take your kids to dinner at this W47th St -10th Ave restaurant and contradict your own teachings when it comes to table manners – as it’s customary to eat the whole meal with your hands.

IMAGE: PHIL PROVENCIO

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Ahoy, mate! If you’re a Hell’s Kitchen resident, you can walk to this cruise ship, which is currently disembarking from Pier 88 on Sundays and sailing to Bermuda for seven-night cruises. Name the cruise line. You’ll get an extra point if you know the name of the ship.

“Sometimes we have to form our own families in NYC, as we’re an eclectic bunch, many of whom live far from home. I call my group of friends the Urban Family.”

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It’s a winning choice to go to this theater on W42nd St with your family. They specialize in theater for children and even note when a show is “autism-friendly.”

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Sometimes we have to form our own families in NYC, as we’re an eclectic bunch, many of whom live far from home. I call my group of friends the Urban Family and we’ve had many Thanksgiving dinners together. A great place for Thanksgiving dinner is this farm-to-table restaurant on 10th Ave 44th/45th St. It’s small but mighty.

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If you’re craving some Chinese comfort food, or you’ve got a summer cold and just need some wonton soup, look no further than this joyful Chinese joint on 10th Ave. It even has “family” in its name.

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Everyone’s made to feel at home like “famiglia” at this Italian restaurant on W44th St - 9th Ave. If it’s packed, there’s another location a couple of blocks up, on the east side of the street.

Vicky 7 ABOUT

Vicky Kuperman is a Hell’s Kitchen resident, stand-up comedian, and co-author of the resistance book How to Spy on Your Neighbor: Your Survival Guide for the United States of Russia, which she co-wrote with Isabella Patrick, available at Domus. Her third album,Three’s Comedy, is now on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.

Whether you’re struggling financially, unemployed, or uninsured, you may want to check out this 10th Ave clinic to take care of you and your family. Don’t let hard times prevent you from getting the care you need for you and your loved ones.

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There’s a magical place you can go on Saturdays to see minimusicals of kids’ stories come to life. Where is it?

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This annual event takes over the neighborhood on the third weekend of May. You can smell empanadas, arepas, shwarma and more all the way down 9th Avenue from 57th to 42nd St. What is the name of the event?

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How very meta. She brings us monthly awesomeness in print and weekly delights in her much-anticipated Friday newsletter, where she includes funny stories, the happenings around the neighborhood, and amazing giveaways to Broadway and Off-Broadway theater.

She is also the editor of the very magazine you’re reading.

Answers on page 61 - no peeking!

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OUTDOOR issue

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FAMILY issue

What’s

GOING ON? For six days last month, Suzii Paynter battled barbed wire, bureaucracy, and the blistering Texan heat to advocate for families separated at the border. This is her story

MAIN ILLUSTRATION: ALVARO

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t’s a long, hot way to the Texas border in July. But Suzii Paynter could not stand back and stay silent. “In too many instances like these, invisibility, silence, and casual acceptance are tools of harsh and capricious brutality,” she says. “National boundaries and lawful migration are complex 21st century realities that call for our best, most thoughtful and most humane national efforts. Calculated trauma and brinksmanship on the backs of children and families in flight is brutal. I will not be complicit by silence, nor complacent by weariness.”

Over the course of six days, she joined other groups of protesters at courtrooms, the tall metal wall at the border in McAllen, the point of entry at Tornillo, and detention centers for children. “‘Unaccompanied minors’ – the language itself is a veiled attempt to make you forget that they are children,” she says. “The same ones whose heads don’t touch the outreached hand of Mickey at Disneyworld.

“The most desolate of the detention facilities was at Tornillo, a remote and barren point of entry outside of El Paso.

You drive for miles and miles through nut orchards and dusty roads to get there.

The blistering heat was amplified by the ground cover of crushed granite that sparkled as it reflected 100 degree heat, beginning to melt the soles of my shoes as I stood on it.

“The facility was walled, and we

“The crushed granite sparkled as it reflected 100 degree heat, beginning to melt the soles of my shoes.”

Above: Protestors arm in arm outside the Brownsville courthouse.

began to write prayers and tuck them into the nooks and crannies of the wall ritually, like you do at the Temple Wall in Jerusalem. The barbed wire-topped wall took the prayers of the faith leaders as our common lament rose up for the families so unnecessarily separated.”

The largest protest saw more than 1,000 people crowd up to the doors of the Federal Courthouse in Brownsville.

After much negotiation, a group of six was allowed in as a token presence of the larger group. “The magistrate court was filled with more than 100 people – all charged. Surrounded by voices of utter sadness and lament, I saw a sea of very human faces reduced to hollow profiles in power and powerlessness.

“Judges have sway in their courtrooms and each judge was expressly entering remarks into the record of their assessment of the situation in one way or another. Some remarked about the stress – unnecessarily brought into the judicial system. Those charged were routinely pleading guilty; this had been explained to them, by the few pubic defenders assigned to all these cases, as the quickest path to be reunited with their children. Making this expedited choice was to deny their right to trial, to which each of them was entitled.

“The most descriptive moment was the sentencing hearing where a judge took the time to lecture and advise each person before him – the US citizen who was guilty of auto theft, whom the judge

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admonished harshly for squandering his citizenship, a luxury for which the people in the courtroom below would gladly sacrifice all in their life and walk 1,000 miles.

“He also took an unlawful immigrant to task. The man had come to the US and begun carjacking from Brownsville residents. ‘You are giving all immigrants a bad name,’ he told him. ‘Go commit your crimes in Mexico and do not give others in this country your story of crime to beat up on all immigrants and refugees.’”

In McAllen, Sister Norma of Catholic Charities runs a small respite center for parents and children after they’ve been released. In this modest six-room facility just a block from the courthouse, families reunite, make phone calls to relatives, get a shower and fresh clothing and shoes, enjoy a meal, see a doctor if needed, and make plans for their next steps.

One father told Suzii how girls as young as 11 are routinely raped by gangs in his home vilage. “He wanted to bring his young daughter out of danger and was now awaiting three proceedings – his Federal Court proceeding, his

“One father told Suzii how girls as young as 11 are routinely raped by gangs in his area.” immigration proceeding, and his daughter’s immigration proceeding. There was confusion in the system and no one could clarify if doing the right thing in one proceeding might inadvertently jeopardize something in one of the others. The conversation was Kafkaesque, but profound consequences to determine asylum were ahead for him.”

Democracy, human rights, and rule of law are the rights of every American citizen, she explains, but they also come with a responsibility and a duty. “Our freedoms and values are not on autopilot. Taking action locally and nationally

Above: An American flag sign at a protest; Suzii at the At the border wall in McAllen and in Tornillo.

is worth the sacrifice of time and resources.

“There is a way to be humane and navigate the complexities of immigration.

I will work for that and support ministries like the respite center (we need one wherever there is a Federal Court on the border).

"I grew up Texan and my grandad was mayor of a border town," she continues.

"The border life of my childhood involved frequent and delicious crossings back and forth for exquisite food, vacation adventures, and especially shopping for heavy, polished, Mexican silver jewelry which puts US silver to shame. There were lawful crossings and temporary stays, documented and undocumented, family milestones that prompted crossings and all manner of businesses and jobs that both drew people to the US and drew them to Mexico as well.

“Forty years later, I’ve been to lots of borders. My six days on the border of Mexico and Texas were not rare in occurrence, but they were a startling departure from the ecosystem of healthy American immigration and US border life.”

Suzii Paynter is the executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, leading relief and development work in 30 countries. She recently spent a week at the United States-Mexico border praying for families, protesting at their separation, and campaigning for them to be reunited.

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FAMILY issue Things my surrogate Jewish mother

TAUGHT ME Including where to shop, what movies to watch, and how to seduce men. Donna Bailey pays tribute

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was pretty traumatized when I arrived in New York City in August 1971. I had walked away from an abusive marriage and a nervewracking divorce. Then, shortly after my divorce was final, my boss of four years began sexually harassing me. So I made the very difficult decision to escape and reinvent myself in New York City. I had no job, nor did I know anyone here when I arrived from Akron, Ohio.

Carol worked at an employment agency in Times Square and that's where we met. She hooked me up with a cushy job in Rockefeller Center, and perhaps she picked up on how vulnerable I was back then, at the young age of 23. She told me that everyone in New York needs a Jewish mother, and she was going to be mine.

She was a middle-aged woman who had never married and had no children, so she was the perfect surrogate for an insecure young woman who was estranged from her own mother. The timing of her entrance into my life was perfect, though I didn't fully realize it at the time.

I’d chosen New York City because I knew I could start over, but I was also eager to be culturally sophisticated and Carol helped me with that. She introduced me to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has become my favorite museum. And it was Carol who took me to my first foreign film. Watching The 400 Blows by Francois Truffaut with her in the darkened theater was a life-changing experience. When it got to that last

Donna Bailey was a professional actor for 25 years, working on stage, in film, and on television.

She has also performed true stories in the oral tradition since 1990 that explore the human condition. They can be heard at donna-bailey. com.

“She had fucked all the men she wanted to, she had traveled all over the world, and she had two mink coats.”

scene on the beach, I gasped. "Did you like it?" she asked. I was so overcome with emotion, I started to cry and she and I sat there for a few minutes as she patted my hand.

Carol had an adorable studio apartment on 17th Street near Barney's and had decorated it with gorgeous

paintings and antique furniture. So much of what I learned about culture and the finer things in life – art and antiques – I got from her. She took me to Saks Fifth Avenue and Bonwit Teller and told me to check out Altman's.

She also taught me about men and how to seduce them. Needless to say, I was an attentive listener.

Sometime in the late 1970s, I received a phone call from Carol.

She was dying of lung cancer and wanted to see me. It was a shock to see what the disease had done to her body. I asked if she had any regrets and she said she did not.

She told me in her bawdy fashion that she had fucked all the men she wanted to, she had traveled all over the world, and she had two mink coats. She felt she'd lived a good life.

The last thing she told me was: "Live, Donna, Don’t play it safe. Go to Paris – they love black women in Paris."

My acting career started a year after her death and, with that decision, I began to take more chances, as she'd always urged me to do. Carol was a wonderful surrogate mother. She was only in my life for five or six years, but she left an indelible mark.

I finally visited Paris in the early 1990s and she was right, they do love black women there. I took the customary boat ride along the Seine and dropped some coins in her memory. The whole time I was there I could hear her voice whispering in my ear: "Live, Donna!” Everybody needs a Jewish mother and Carol was mine. May she rest in peace.

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FAMILIES

CH LD OF GOTHAM “We got home late, waterlogged and roasted, but we still managed to finish the chapter we’d been reading before we both dropped off in Leo’s bed.”

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FAMILY issue Raising a family in New York City is unlike raising a family anywhere else on the planet.

Which is just fine by David Porter

IMAGE: GEOFF’ TISCHMAN

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t’s been a solid year since my wife and son and I moved in together on W95th St - Central Park West, after almost a decade abroad, and my son, Leo, is now as New York as a MetroCard or a dirty-water dog. During a stroll one evening, I told him: “I think you’re a real New Yorker.” To which he replied: “But you’re not.” “What am I?” I asked. “You’re a New Jerseyan.” I was born and raised in the green hills and red brick towns of Essex County, NJ, and I couldn’t disagree with his assessment. A real New Yorker can tell.

In my youth, when I met kids from New York at Jewish summer camps and on a YM-YWHA bike tour of Cape Cod, they had weird shoes and wore black clothes and went to private schools and read books I’d never heard of and liked music I didn’t know (and my collection of vinyl, even by the time I reached my senior year of high school, was dense with singular treasures). I always imagined them as kind of European: truly urban, more likely to drink coffee in Village cafes after school than to play pick-up soccer. I wondered if they were starved for lawns and the kind of parties someone from my class would throw whenever his or her parents were away for the weekend. How did they live without houses?

We all have friends who were devoted to their parcel of Manhattan or Brooklyn or Queens, young marrieds who loved the West Village or Park Slope or Astoria, but then, with one or two kids in tow, fled to the suburbs, to a house, to a powerhouse public school … a driveway. And the migration is always explained with a few simple and unassailable facts: the city is crazy expensive, our place is too small, we can’t afford private school, you can get an entire house in Long Island or New Jersey or up the Hudson for what you’ll pay for a two-bedroom condo in our neighborhood …

My wife loves the Upper West Side and refuses to live anywhere else so, rather than depart the city with our heir, we’ve dug in. We lucked into a great

Opposite: Father son time has increased now David and Leo live in Manhattan.

public school, one Leo loves, and we are going to stay put and raise him here.

Do we need a lawn? We have Central Park. Do we need a house? I like how our one-bedroom (with a loft) makes it impossible for us to draw away from each other. When we’re home, even if Leo is watching Lemony Snicket on Netflix or a documentary about Concorde on YouTube, and I’m cooking dinner, we’re in the same room.

Beyond our little fortress of pulchritude, what I realized early on last year is how incredible it is to no longer own a car. Living abroad, all of our domestic travel was accomplished by car, with Leo buckled into his car seat.

I could talk to him and play him music, but I was separated from him like a cabbie from their passenger. Now, all of our travel is by subway or NJ Transit or LIRR or MetroNorth, which means we’re together, side by side, whenever we go anywhere. We talk. We eat Auntie Anne’s pretzel dogs. I hold him in my arms. I read to him – a lot.

A few weeks ago, we took the train out to Long Beach. We were reading EB White’s The Trumpet of the Swan, and we read it on the journey out, under an umbrella on the beach, and on the train back to Penn Station, Leo seated on my lap. We got home late, waterlogged and roasted, but we still managed to finish the chapter we’d been reading before we both dropped off in Leo’s bed.

Any parent with a school-age kid, either here or in some forested suburb, will tell you the same thing: the time goes by so fast. Is there a city moving faster than New York? Not in this galaxy. But what I’ve learned as a parent here is as obvious as it is counter intuitive: in a city where it seems there’s absolutely no time, now that I’ve been pedestrianized, I’ve got extra time to read to Leo, to walk him to school, to take him food-shopping with me … we get to spend more time together. And I need him with me on all of our jaunts – he knows how to get around by subway better than I do.

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Cruel Crazy Beautiful World, Johnny Clegg & Savuka, Soweto Gospel Choir A Brand new Book, Graham Parker Two of Us, The Beatles Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy), John Lennon Moon on your Pajamas, Paul Weller I Live For You, George Harrison Show Me, Pretenders The Horses, Rickie Lee Jones The Only Child, Jackson Browne St Judy’s Comet, Paul Simon Father and Daughter, Paul Simon Living Proof, Bruce Springsteen Kooks, David Bowie Faith in You, PM Dawn Being So Not for You (I Had no Right), PM Dawn Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder Let the Day Begin, Michael Been AKA The Cal Kids Don’t Follow, The Replacements Child, The Low Stars Time in a Bottle, Jim Croce Please be Patient With Me, Wilco Your Precious Love, Marvin Gaye The Man I Used to Be, Jellyfish The Ocean, Led Zeppelin Danny’s Song, Loggins & Messina Go with God (Topless Shoeshine), Joe Henry Looking Into You, Jackson Browne Always, Atlantic Starr Trigger Happy, Lloyd Cole Little Star, Madonna Blueberries, Matthew Puckett If you Want to Sing Out, Sing Out, Cat Stevens The Very Thought of You, Nat King Cole Kiss Your Tears Away, The Smithereens Little Moon, Grant-Lee Phillips Here Comes The Sun, Peter Tosh http://bit.ly/pedestrianized

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FAMILY issue Dos and don’ts, learned through experience by the formerly unpopular Lauren Marcus and Joe Iconis

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ot a soul in our home (including our cat, Diane Kitten, a very smug creature we believe to have been the most well-liked among the homeless felines of Queens County) is under any pretense that we were popular in high school. These days we are West Bank Cafe martini-drinkin, Sunday-afternoonflea-market-scouting, Hell’s Kitchen artist royalty. But when we take an honest gander at our school years, we can admit that high school was a bitch.

This summer, we return to the unforgiving world of our formative years with the musical Be More Chill (opening at the Signature Theatre on July 26). We’ve been doing our research and have learned a lot since getting sprung from the teenage wasteland of the late nineties and early aughts.

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LAUREN Hot tip: don’t fall in love with your best friend’s boyfriend. Don’t IM (that’s what the kids do these days, right?) him into the early hours of the morning. Don’t stay out past your curfew with him one night after the break up. And DON’T tell your best friend what happened that night you hung out with her ex-boyfriend when she calls you up to confront you. Turns out your best friend might be able to rally the few other friends you have and convince them not to talk to you for the next three weeks. If you want to be popular, don’t do any of that.

JOE In the years since high school, I learned that a great way to gain popularity with a potential mate is to turn your sexual encounters into song. It’s 2018 and the world is less hung up on labels than ever before. Whether you identify as straight or gay or bi or pan, the most important thing to remember is that your boyfriend or girlfriend will love it when you take the personal details of your most intimate moments and use them as fodder for comedy songs to be sung at dimly-lit cabarets.

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LAUREN Sigh. Don’t attempt a home-made pair of clogs. Just baby-sit a couple

Above: Go Lauren, shake them pompoms. Right: High school Joe.

Joe Iconis is a performer and the writer of the musical Be More Chill.

He is married to Lauren Marcus.

Lauren Marcus is a writer and a performer in the musical Be More Chill. She is married to Joe Iconis. bemorechillmusical.com

more Saturday nights (because, let’s be honest – you’re not going out anyway) and spring for the real deal.

Home-made clogs are not “artsy,” they are ugly.

And they are not safe. And you WILL fall down a flight of stairs during Passing Period. HOW VERY COOL. JOE Do wear a suit, always, regardless of the occasion. Preferably a dark, intimidating one that conjures up images of a tortured artist slowly drinking himself to death in a lonely Manhattan cocktail lounge in 1962. Taking the SATs? Wear a suit.

Taking your steady to the flickers for an evening of popcorn and oral? Wear your suit. Worried about being overdressed?

Maybe you should worry a little less about being overdressed and a little more about wearing your fucking suit.

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LAUREN Gals, listen up. Showing skin is NEVER the answer. Let’s say you’re in a production of The Miracle Worker in high school, and the actress playing Helen Keller is a bit of a wild card. Try not to stand in front of her for the cast photo. There’s a good chance she could pull down your rehearsal skirt

and expose that pair of yellow underwear decorated with daisies to the entire cast. And then a different girl in the cast (who, by the way, ends up being a writer for Saturday Night Live) could journal about it and then read that journal entry aloud to her lunch table. Comedy gold for her, the nickname “Flower Undies” for you.

JOE After my mother gave birth to me, there was a two in front of my age before any other human being saw me in a state of undress. If you’ve got a body you’re proud of, show it off. Don’t wear pants, ever. If you are like Joe Iconis, age three to 20, embrace the intense shame you feel about your body and keep it under wraps until you are old enough to incorporate alcohol into any situation that requires you to be naked in front of a stranger.

SCHOOL DANCES

LAUREN Choose your dance partner carefully. My Sadie Hawkins experience ended with my date and I fleeing from the cops. He was sprier than I and as he jumped a fence, leaving me behind to be captured by the fuzz, he yelled out: “I’m sorry, Lauren!” It was an anti-romantic climax all the other gals were talking about for days. Not in the good way.

JOE Choose your dance partner carefully. If you are a shy young gentleman (as I was), ask a date who won’t be afraid to make the first move. Or at least a date who knows all the words to Alanis Morissette’s ‘Ironic’ so that when the dance floor erupts into a singalong you don’t have to deal with your date rolling her eyes and saying: “I’m not really a fan of this song” and you won’t have to say: “Oh, really, Kathryn? I suppose you can write a better song, can you?! Well, I look forward to seeing you next year at Lilith Fair ’96!”

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In our series on Broadway’s unsung insiders, this month we meet David MacAaron (AKA Davy Mack), whose unique view of life backstage has made him almost as famous as some of the stars on stage Job description I’m a backstage door manager at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway. I have a background in photography and film, and I ended up taking backstage photos of casts and crews for the shows I’ve worked with. Photography and video production have been a side gig for many years.

So while my “day” job is at the stage door, I’ve done headshots and music videos among other things for ages.

The resumé I’ve been fortunate to work on some wonderful shows over the years, but I only started taking the backstage photos recently — it began with Lucky Guy. Courtney Vance, a brilliant actor who was nominated for a Tony award for it, had been documenting the show with his backstage photos.

On the night of the Tony awards, he was at Radio City Music Hall along with Tom Hanks, and I was with everyone else from the show at a private party at Sardi’s. I offered to take photos until Courtney showed up and, when he did, he just said: “Nah, you keep going.” I shot the rest of the party and wound up doing a little behind-the-scenes short film backstage on Lucky Guy’s final day. There was a great response, so I wound up shooting Mamma Mia!, Misery, Tuck Everlasting, The Front Page, and now Anastasia. I’ve also shot some at Dear Evan Hansen, Phantom, Hello, Dolly! and Come From Away. I’ve established a great working partnership with the social media team from Anastasia.

The best thing about the job Being around a wonderful group of creative people allows us to do some fun collaborations. Their positive energy and talent are infectious.

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And the worst?

When the shows close and I have to say goodbye to all of the actors I’ve met and had relationships with.

When things get weird One of the Anastasia fans (a “Fanastasia”) created a doll version of the main character Anya. She was dubbed “Creepy Anya” and is much loved by the cast. I started to take photos of the doll and “Creepy Anya” became a celebrity in her own right, with her own Instagram page and thousands of followers.

The secret to my success?

Having a personal connection with the person you are photographing. As the shows go on and you get to know the people better, it gets easier. The more genuine the connection, the more relaxed they feel, the better the shots. Also, since the theater I work in is over 100 years old, it makes a great backdrop to work with.

Don’t misunderstand me I don’t just photograph backstage. I’m actually shooting while I’m managing the stage door. So I’m dealing with guests and workers all while squeezing in our photo shoots.

I wouldn’t go as far as to say I’m famous …

But I’ve definitely developed a social media following. I’m now recognized when I leave the theater and I’ve even been stopped a couple of times for my autograph.

Instagram @DavyMackNYC

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Opposite: Jane Lynch, George C Wolfe, and Tom hanks from Lucky Guy; Davy with Hugh Jackman; with his daughter; and (main pic) behind the lens.

“Creepy Anya became a celebrity in her own right, with her own Instagram page and thousands of followers.’

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THEY GOT THE BEAT!

retired from one career (performer) by 25 to become a big name in another (choreographer) by 33, then the constraints of time are of minor concern.

Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that Head Over Heels, is not of any one era but all of them. It mashes up a magical 1590s for its setting, the 1940s for its old school musical theater construction, the classic Go-Gos songs of the 1980s for its score, and even 2018 for its very modern and fluid expressions of gender and sexuality.

Bonnie Milligan, hilarious in her Broadway debut as the vain Princess Pamela, took a bit longer than Spencer to find her calling. Though she too was a self-confessed musical theater nerd. “I grew up in Central Illinois in a double-wide trailer. I thought it was maybe too much of a pipe dream.”

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY Though some theaters have permanent residents (will Phantom of the Opera ever close?) there’s nothing like the energy of a brand new production. The actors are excited to be there and the audience reactions can be electrifying – everyone’s discovering the show together. Here are five fresh productions that people are really excited about.

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A loose musical riff of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure set in the wild wild west. Show-Score member Alegra loved the “powerhouse singing with witty comedy to match.”

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2. THE BOYS IN THE BAND

An all-star revival of the groundbreaking 1968 play by Bart Crowley about gay friends in New York. Brad8690 says: “It’s as fresh a voice as anything today.” Hurry - the run ends August 11.

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3. SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE

A revival of the 1995 Broadway revue celebrating the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. PrincesaDawn liked it so much she’s having seconds. “I am going to see it again, it is just fabulous!”

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4. VITALY: AN EVENING OF WONDERS

Master illusionist Vitaly Beckman retraces his journey from “a boy with a dream to a man with a vision." Luv Theatre says it’s “a fun, light and eye-popping evening.”

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5. HEAD OVER HEELS

The awesome music of 1980s icons The Go-Gos is used in the most unexpected way for a queer Elizabethan farce. Mama Rose praises its “absolutely fabulous choreography and great energy."

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pencer Liff, the celebrated young choreographer of TV (So You Think You Can Dance?) and stage (Spring Awakening, Falsettos) was just three months old when the legendary rock band The Go-Gos broke up. That dizzying fact spins in my head as we talk about his work on Head Over Heels, the new musical set entirely to their hits like 'Vacation' and 'Our Lips are Sealed.'

His illustrious career began at the tender age of seven, with his first national tour, followed by a Broadway debut at 11. When you’ve already effectively

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a really great drag show, he is obviously pleased. He purposefully fused different styles into the dancing, including queer club culture and vogueing.

“I made up my own little melting pot.

I'm very happy to be bringing that sort of energy into a Broadway house,” he says.

He saw 600 dancers to cast the ensemble who would also cover the principal roles. And he was very particular.

“You can imagine how hard that was -- to find girls that can kick their face and twirl and all of those things but can do the acting as well.”

“I might be biased,” Bonnie says, “but I think they're the most amazing ensemble in history.”

Their skills are indeed formidable.

The dancing energizes an already wildly entertaining farce set to songs that have long since seeped into the fabric of pop culture.

Bonnie blurts out one final last-but-notleast rave about the dancers. “And they sing their faces off!”

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e should all be making the most of our tax dollars by using libraries more. I speak from first-hand experience: I’ve lived here for years, love theater, and have spent hours in NYPL’s Performing Arts branch at Lincoln Center.

Yet I had no idea about the riches that were there all along. On a private tour, curator Doug Reside provides a deep dive into the extent of their collection. We saw priceless artifacts from shows like West Side Story and Hello, Dolly!, old scripts, set models, you name it. The next tours are on Monday, August 13 at 6pm and Monday, September 17. Reserve your place at Show-Score.com.

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A new production of the classic in Tevye’s own language, Yiddish (with English supertitles) at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. June Ospa raves: “It's an absolute must-see.”

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2. THEN SHE FELL

An immersive, sensory, adults-only experience in Brooklyn, inspired by Alice in Wonderland and the writings of Lewis Carroll.

Lola Clarke calls it “intense, lovely, detailed, personal.”

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3. EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA

A retired colonel obsesses over bureaucracy in this Spanish language show (with English supertitles) on E27th St. Gerardo 3 says: “Gabriel García Márquez's favorite novel comes alive.”

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4. CARMEN JONES

Oscar Hammerstein II’s adaptation of Carmen with an all black cast returns to the NY stage in its first major revival. Cherine praises the “dynamic operatic voices. The entire cast is amazing.”

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5. TEENAGE DICK

A comic take on Richard III at the Public, with the king recast in the deepest winter of his discontent – his junior year of high school.

Brandon J says it is “never less than original with a superb cast.”

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Thankfully she embraced her destiny.

The last song added to the show was 'Turn To You,' a duet between Pamela and her dearest friend Mopsa (Taylor Iman Jones), which stretched her talent further still as it is Pamela’s biggest dance number.

“Spencer said, ‘Bonnie, I really want you dancing. I want you to push for it,'” the actress recalls, laughing. “I was like: ‘I’m excited to and I would love to but I’ll tell you what: it’s a cumbersome dress.'”

She praises the choreographer for his patience. “I wouldn’t call it easy but it’s not as terrifying as I thought it was going to be. It’s fun as a big girl, too. I get to dance in a show. ‘I can do this, too, see?’“ Both Spencer and Bonnie save unreserved praise for the young dance ensemble who are doing the heavy lifting in the show’s high-energy numbers.

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hen the movie of Irvine Welsh’s bestseller Trainspotting was released back in 1996, it became the highest grossing film in UK history. But the story of a group of Edinburgh friends, the liberal use of the Scottish vernacular, and the graphic depiction of heroin use and drug addiction (and let’s not even start with the worst toilet in Scotland) shocked some film traditionalists.

It starred Ewan McGregor and Jonny Lee

Miller and was directed by Danny Boyle, and the original team reunited last year for the long-awaited sequel T2.

But no one was brave enough to try to recreate the story on the New York stage … until now. Trainspotting Live is coming to a custom-built, immersive performance space on 8th Avenue this month. And, yes, it will even include that iconic toilet scene.

Irvine Welsh said of the production: “I was shocked, and I wrote the f&*%ing thing!”

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Be warned, ladies and gents (in case you were under any illusions): Trainspotting Live contains nudity, very strong language, violence, sexual material, and heavy drug and needle use, and is only recommended for audience members age 16 and over.

And you might want to study this handy dandy glossary before going, helpfully provided by actor Andrew Barrett, who plays the lead character Renton. trainspottingnyc.com

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What they say ... What they mean Ma heid was nippin’ ... I’m hungover Ah couldnae huv goat a stiff neck wi a doorstep as a pillay ... I couldn’t hold an erection Who wants a square go? ... Who’d like to fight me?

Ah’ve goat a pair ey bollocks like watermelons ...

It has been some time since I last achieved coitus

He’s scoobied when it comes tae a pagger ...

He doesn’t have a clue about fighting

Wee dab of the Lou Reed and you’re sorted ...

Just a little methamphetamine will be sufficient for your needs Ah’ve goat the hireys ... I have the cash

He’s no goat the gift o’ the gab sae far as burds go ...

He struggles to flirt with women

Barry wee bairn ... Great little child Ooh, Ooh, Ooh tae be, Ooh tae be a Hibee! ...

Hibernian Football club are a superior sports team to yours

He’s boggin and lookin a right state ...

His hygiene regimen is lacking

He’s goat the cheek tae huv a gob oan him like a cats erse ... He has the audacity to have a miserly face Ya plukey faced wee hing-oot ... You acne-riddled small person with promiscuous sexual ethics Ah’ve goat tae nash ... I have to leave

Dope, speed, eckies, mushies, nembies, vallies, acid, smack ... Cannabis, methamphetamine, MDMA (ecstasy), psilocybin

mushrooms, pentobarbital, valium, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), heroin

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24 hours in Edinburgh 4:30 aM Climb Arthur’s Seat, the rocky, 251m extinct volcano that dominates the skyline from the east, to watch the sun rise.

There’s a local tradition that says those who climb the hill to wash their face in the dew at dawn on May 1 will be blessed with eternal youth.

10:00 pM The Kings Wark is steeped in maritime history (it dates back to the 1400s), and if the weather is behaving itself (or even if it isn’t), the tables outside provide some splendid people-watching opportunities.

11:30 pM At The Lioness of Leith The menu includes such delicacies as a deep-fried jam sandwich, but it would be a crime if you didn’t sample the haggis bun with tattie (potato) scone. Wash it down with an Irn Bru. It’s a drink made from girders.

8:00 aM Reward your early start with a slap-up breakfast at Dishoom. A restaurant/cocktail bar with its inspiration in the heady days of 1920s Bombay, the decor is decidedly retro, but the menu is Indian with a contemporary twist. For breakfast: fried eggs on chilli cheese toast, date and banana porridge, or perhaps the Big Bombay? And for every meal served, they provide a meal to a child who would otherwise go hungry, through the charity Akshaya Patra.

9:30 aM Walk to Princes Street Gardens, in the shadow of the majestic castle. Once a huge lake – the Nor Loch – it was drained in the 1700s and is now home to attractions like a clock made entirely from flowers, and a big blue fountain.

Walk the length of Princes St – the city’s best known shopping thoroughfare and location for the opening scenes of the film Trainspotting (in which Ewen McGregor evades Her Majesty’s Finest after shoplifting … to the thumping strains of Iggy Pop’s ‘Lust for Life’).

11:30 aM

Did you know Shirley Manson from Garbage originally came from Edinburgh? And The Waterboys? The Bay City Rollers? A walking tour covers the history of Scottish music and musicians past and present, from folk to funk, pop to punk, led by professional journalists and musicians who know their stuff. bit.ly/edinburghmusic 1:00 pM

3:00 pM Edinburgh’s galleries and museums, unlike New York’s, are free to visit. So take advantage and explore the National Galleries of Scotland, housed in a magnificent neoclassical building.

Some special exhibits may come with a

12:45 pM Time for last orders at the Port o’ Leith, one of the favorite haunts of characters from Trainspotting. The historic drinking hole retains heaps of character, despite its recent refurb.

nominal charge, such as the current Rembrandt – Britain’s Discovery of the Master (until Oct 14) and Pin-Ups – Toulouse-Lautrec and the Art of Celebrity (Oct 6-Jan 20).

Getting thirsty? Deacon Brodie’s Tavern (yes, we have a namesake on W46th St) is named after the real-life character whose double life (respectable cabinet maker by day … housebreaker by night) inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to create Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Afterwards, wander down the cobbled Royal Mile, taking in St Giles’ Cathedral on the way.

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5:30 pM Reserve an early seat for dinner at Gardener’s Cottage, a quaint, stone-built cottage that was been transformed into the best place in the city for seasonal but unpretentious dining. Sitting at long, communal tables, diners feast on a set menu that depends on whatever was fresh at market on any given day. A delight.

8:00 pM Time to head to Leith – the now gentrified setting for Trainspotting. Start your pub crawl at the Rose Leaf, where they serve cocktails in vintage teapots, Prohibition style.

Above: A big blue fountain in the former lake that is now Princes Street Gardens. Just one of the spots Ruth Walker visited on a recent return to her home town.

1:30 aM Catch some late-night music, at The Jazz Bar, a cool, basement venue that plays host to diverse musical styles every night.

Trainspotting tips “Edinburgh Dungeons is a fun/scary place to go. Brewhemia is a really large, fun bar that always has live music and entertainment. And, of course, the walk up the Royal Mile and seeing the castle is a must!.”

LAUREN DOWNIE

“Ting Thai Caravan has great Thai food and local prices that won’t go up just because it’s the festival! Sandy Bells is a famous folk music bar – get in early as it packs out. You’ll hear some world class music played in a beautiful setting.

Wings – a cheeky little wings restaurant just off Fleshmarket Close – serves almost 100 different flavors of wings. And Stockbridge, a beautiful little village about a 30-minute walk from the city centre, has lovely coffee shops and art galleries.”

GREG ESPLIN

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aleo. Low fat. Plant-based.

Gluten-free. It seems like every new dawn brings yet another trendy eating style with a “health halo.” Some of us might even adopt the trend as a whole family. But the reality is that not all restrictive diets provide the nutrients children need to grow and develop.

Gluten-free Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and some other grains. It’s in bread, pasta, and a multitude of other foods in small amounts. A gluten-free diet is typically prescribed for those diagnosed with celiac disease or an allergy to wheat.

However, these days you’ll find labels all over products in the grocery store, as if “gluten” were evil, which is totally not the case. In fact, a gluten-free diet doesn’t

“Fat should not be restricted at all for children under two years old.” mean it is better or healthier for kids than a traditional diet. It’s not harmful for kids but, if there is no medical necessity, then there’s no reason to follow it, especially since it removes many nutritious whole grain foods from the diet.

Vegan According to the American Academy of Pediatrics: “Well-planned vegetarian and vegan eating patterns are healthy for infants and toddlers.” Babies need the

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You’ve adopted a new healthy eating habit. Awesome! But what’s good for you might not make sense for the little ones, says Samina Kalloo

Above: Your kids may not thank you for putting them on your new healthy eating regime.

most protein during their first year of life, which is typically met through breastmilk or formula. However, once a child has been weaned, close attention is needed toward specific nutrients such as iron, Vitamin B12, and calcium, and fortified foods or a supplement may be needed to provide all nine essential amino acids.

Plant-based The whole food, plant-based diet is on everyone’s lips these days, and as we yearn for our children to eat more fruits and vegetables, any diet with the word “plant” in it just sounds appealing. This one is similar to the vegan diet, in that animal products are avoided and the focus is on unprocessed or minimally processed veggies, fruit, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts, and seeds.

However, one of the main differences is

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Healthy breakfast banana split Get your kids excited to eat breakfast with an allergy-friendly meal, packed with protein, fiber, and other nutrients. You supply the healthy toppings and let them top it.

Directions 1. Slice banana lengthwise (for an even cut. place on a flat surface and cut slowly from back to the front).

2. Top with unsweetened yogurt of your choice.

3. Pile on toppings such as unsweetened shredded coconut, fresh fruits, hemp seeds, and granola.

Dairy-free raw cookies ’n’ cream ice cream bars These raw ice cream bars are packed with healthy fats from cashews and are free from refined sugar. The best part is that there is no ice cream maker or churning required and kids could easily help with preparing these.

Ingredients 1/ 3 cup pure maple syrup 1/ 3 cup coconut oil 1.5 cups raw cashews, quick soaked** 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tbsp unsweetened applesauce 1/ 2 cup unsweetened dairy-free milk 1/ 2 cup chocolate snack cookies 11/2 cups chocolate cookies, crushed into fine crumbs 1 tbsp coconut oil (more if needed, see below)

that the plant-based diet does not include processed foods such as white flour and refined sugars.

There are definitely benefits for the entire family, especially encouraging a lower sugar intake. However, if your child did not follow this way of eating after starting on solid food, it may take some time for them to warm up to eating more plants and less of everything else they’ve been accustomed to. Also, keep in mind that lots of fiber can fill up a tiny tummy quickly, so keep the food options varied.

**simply pour boiling water over the cashews and let them soak for 1.5 hours then drain.

Paleo The paleo diet encourages us to eat the way our Paleolithic ancestors did, focusing on meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit, excluding a laundry list of other foods like cereal grains, legumes, dairy, refined sugar, potatoes, processed foods, refined

Directions 1. Line an 8x8 brownie pan with parchment paper.

2. Add soaked cashews, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla, applesauce, and dairy-free milk to a highspeed blender and blend until smooth.

3. Now add in the cookies and mix until they’re blended well into the cashew mixture.

4. For the crust, combine the crushed cookie crumbs with 1 tablespoon coconut

oil and mix well. You can add a bit more coconut oil if needed to ensure the crumbs stick together when pressed down.

5. Place crumbs into the lined tin, pressing firmly down until a single layer is formed.

6. Pour cashew/cookie batter on top, smooth over to ensure the entire cookie layer is covered.

7. Freeze for 4-5 hours or overnight, remove from tray, and cut into squares.

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EAT vegetable oils, and salt. This means it is missing many foods that provide key nutrients, such as fiber from cereal grains and calcium from dairy products.

Experts express concern over the paleo diet for kids due to the high amounts of protein and exclusion of major carb sources. And, because of the restrictions, it’s hard for kids to maintain their growth and get all the nutrients they need. If you choose to go paleo, be sure your children are still given balanced meals without unnecessary restrictions, and given fortified foods when necessary.

Low fat Kids need fat in their diets for fueling energy, growth, and neurological development. Also, fat should not be restricted at all for children under two years old. Low-fat diets can imply that dietary fat is harmful but there are beneficial fats that are important for a variety of reasons, including nutrient absorption.

However, there are ways to keep excessive intake of unhealthy fats under control, which can benefit the entire family. Serve foods that are naturally low in fat like fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains. Grill, broil, or roast food instead of frying. Pack school lunches or meals for family outings instead of eating out, and choose unsaturated fats when preparing meals.

The bottom line Kids need to eat enough healthy food to thrive, and diets that eliminate food groups, provide too few calories, and don’t include a variety of nutrients can be dangerous, especially when parents are not educated on how their child can meet their health needs in alternative ways. And that’s before we even get into a world where food groups classified as “good” or “bad” can develop an unhealthy relationship with eating and put young people at a higher risk of developing serious eating disorders as they mature.

If you choose to include your children in any healthy family diet changes, discuss it with their pediatrician or a registered dietitian. Be sure to continue offering them a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, and round out their diet with a healthy balance of carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fat sources during their meals.

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How do you get your fussy eater to try new foods without begging, bribing … or losing your mind?

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Ease them in – use a favorite food to get them to try something new. For example, if your little one loves peanut butter, smear it on celery or apple slices. If they love yogurt, use it as a dip for fruits and veggies.

Get creative and start playing wth their food!

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Get creative – keep plates attractive with brightly colored foods, and use sandwich cutters and mini food cutters to create fun shapes.

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Get the kids involved – not only does cooking at an early age lay down the foundation for life skills in adulthood, but when a child helps to prepare the dish, they are much more likely to try it.

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Be different – instead of mashed sweet potatoes, bake fries or shred them for home-made hash browns. If they push the greens aside, try baked kale chips. Or skip the cooking altogether and serve frozen green peas.

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Keep your cool – studies suggest that children react negatively when pressured to eat foods, even if there is a reward involved.

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Set a good example – if you eat a variety of healthy foods, your child is more likely to follow suit.

Skip the sandwich and place ingredients into a wholegrain wrap or slice of flattened bread, roll up, then cut into sushi-style pieces.

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Minimize distractions like television or iPad during meals.

Take a trip to the grocery store or farmer’s market, and allow your child to touch and smell the produce, ask questions, and even pick which foods to include for dinner.

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Old fashioned

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Take two Broadway vets (John Bolton and Wes Hart).

Add a post-show cocktail. Mix, and see it become a hunt for the finest old fashioned in all of Hell’s Kitchen Photograph Davy Mack

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he old fashioned is an almost 200-year-old cocktail. The basic recipe is easy: a small amount of sugar is combined with a dash of water and a couple of dashes of bitters over a large ice cube in a short, round glass.

Chilled whiskey (originally rye but bourbon for those who prefer it sweeter, and occasionally brandy for those who like it sweeter still) is added and served with a twist of lemon or orange peel.

The notion of adding muddled orange slices and maraschino cherries started in the late 1920s to cover up bad Prohibition alcohol and really came into vogue in the 1990s.

Some mid-century recipes call for a dash of soda water.

As a ground rule in our quest for the best, we decided to be purists and always opt for rye. Simply ordering “two rye old fashioneds, please” and letting the bartender work his or her magic provided us with a wide spectrum of takes on the classic drink.

EAT Fifty establishments later, we learned: Most bartenders are proud of their particular old fashioned. Many make their own bitters, most make their own simple syrup, and all have their personal favorite rye or bourbon.

Small ice cubes and un-chilled whiskey will quickly turn the second half of the drink to water. A single two-inch square “big boy” ice cube generally makes for a better drink.

Muddled pulp and unstrained sugar at the bottom will turn the last few sips into a sugar overload.

Adding soda water dilutes the true ingredients and adds an unwelcome fizz.

If you must, one cherry is enough.

And go easy on the orange slices. It’s an old fashioned, not fruit salad.

After extremely enjoyable field work that we highly recommend (along with plenty of water!) and realizing that we may have missed a good one or two in our travels, here are our top five old fashioneds in Hell’s Kitchen.

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We gave points for the following: The nose: the hopefully citrusy aroma as the glass is raised to your lips.

The chill: it’s gotta be nice and cold.

The kick: there’s the booze!

The sweetness: the sugar (either simple syrup or demerara sugar cubes) should support the whiskey, not overpower it.

The bitters: again, there to help, not hijack.

The fruit: a simple sliver of orange or lemon peel (or both in some cases, called the butterfly) will do.

The finish: the flavor should last throughout the entire drink.

And, yes, even the glassware: a classy, weighted glass lets you know you are having a drink.

Opposite: Wes Hart and Jon Bolton raise a glass to their quest at On The Rocks.

W48th St - 7th/8th Ave If you’d told us the best old fashioned in Hell’s Kitchen was served at a boutique vegan restaurant we’d have said you were out of your mind. But guess what: it’s true. Bartenders Shawn and Oana are consummate pros whose attention to detail pays off spectacularly in exquisitely balanced, generously poured cocktails. Sure, there’s superb food and a hip, modern vibe, but the old fashioned at this hidden gem is sheer perfection.

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W52nd St - 7th/8th Ave Open since 1927, Gallagher’s knows what they’re doing. In a classic mid-century atmosphere, white-jacketed gents whip up top-notch old fashioneds with sterling proficiency. Using a combo of rye and bourbon along with a variety of bitters,

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the house old fashioned has a huge flavor that lasts and lasts and lasts.

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LILLIE’S VICTORIAN ESTABLISHMENT

10th Ave - 48th/49th St This 10th Ave watering hole is home to what we call The Wonderful Wall of Whiskey: a staggering array of whiskeys from around the world.

With his casual expertise, bartender Josh will guide you to an exciting new discovery or reunite you with an old favorite. And he makes a mean old fashioned.

W49th St - 7th/8th Ave With their marvelously, well, old fashioned surroundings, Lillie’s takes this drink seriously and treats it as a favorite child. Sit at the magnificent 78-foot bar and order an impeccably made traditional. For the second round, try one of their deliciously creative variations.

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8th Ave - 34th St Tucked away in the former Manufacturer’s Trust Company Bank beneath the Hotel New Yorker is this marvelously unique hideaway for power meetings or just hanging out.

Sip an expertly made old fashioned in the luxe, Deco-style bar area or inside the stunning, enormous bank vault.

Honorable mentions: Woodlot (9th Ave - 51st St); Dutch Fred’s (W47th St 8th/9th Ave); The Library at The Hudson (W58th St - 8th/9th Ave).

Further afield: The outstanding old fashioneds at The Lamb’s Club (W44th St - 6th/7th Ave) and The Campbell Apartment (Vanderbilt Ave - 43rd St) are not to be missed.

Cheers!

John Bolton and Wes Hart live within three blocks of each other in Hell’s Kitchen and are currently appearing in Anastasia at The Broadhurst Theatre (anastasiabroadway.com) @itsjohnbolton @weshartnyc

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We’re identical twins – so OF COURSE we play jokes on our friends Growing up, we’d switch classes in school for a whole day every year to see if our teachers could tell. They couldn’t. On a more serious note, one sister (we won’t say who) pretended to be the other to get out of a ticket. That worked! Hehe!

The secret to telling us apart?

Meltem has a birthmark on her neck.

We have slight differences in our faces, too. And one of us is prettier …

Apart from our looks …

We also both love animals, dancing, and food. Not in any specific order.

But we’re also very different Our wardrobes are quite different. You can find Sinem in yoga pants and a sports bra 90% of the time and Meltem rocking the most recent fashion trend.

Make mine a

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Food heaven Meltem: literally a table full of bread, butter, and cheese. And wine, of course.

Sinem: I love a good spread of mezes.

I believe bread serves as a spoon for scooping up all sorts of deliciousness.

They’re famous for sharing a Coke … but that’s not all twins Sinem and Meltem Gulturk do together Photograph Ilona Lieberman Our job description?

We serve all the beer, wings, and pizza one’s heart desires But that’s not all …

We’re both actors too. We’ve landed some incredible national commercials. Our most popular would be the Discover Credit Card ad. You might remember it for the catchphrase “awesome sauce,” which happened to be so catchy it was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2015.

We’re currently in a Coca Cola ad for the Share a Coke campaign. Sinem (although Meltem takes credit) was in a Super Bowl commercial last year for Quicken Loans.

A day in our life We wake up, walk Stella (our pup), make breakfast, bicker over who cleans up, take

“Growing up, we’d switch classes in school for a whole day every year to see if our teachers could tell. They couldn’t.” a Flywheel class, hit an audition or two, get a protein shake at Juice Press, then head to work at 5pm.

But on a PERFECT day …

We’d be waking up to report to set … somewhere we can do what we love and do best: perform. An entire day at the beach is a solid second.

Above: Spot the difference ...

Food hell Meltem: a table that lacks any of the above mentioned items.

Sinem: Under-salted food. I love salt!

Fantasy dinner party Sinem: My closest family and friends would be there, and dinner would be served family style, with lots of tapas, spreads, and a huge, whole fish that’s been grilled and seasoned to perfection.

Meltem: A dinner with my favorite actors would be a dream: Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio.

And on the menu? Bread, butter, cheese, and wine.

When we’re not working at Kiabacca and Lansdowne Road …

We love Hellcat Annie’s craft beers and yummy eats. When we crave some food like our momma’s, we go to Turco (amaaazing Turkish food – just like home), Ippudo for the best ramen ever, and Siri Thai.

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Hell’s Kitchen is growing faster than any other neighborhood in Manhattan – but where the Hell do all these people come from?

This month we’ve invited ourselves round to visit an artistic new arrival amazing 42nd floor corner apartment with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and massive windows with 180° views of the city.

Depending on where you’re standing in the apartment you can see Central Park, the New Yorker building, the World Trade Center, the Statue of Liberty, and the Hudson. The views alone sold it for me.

Michael Ardan Profession: I’m a designer. I just launched a home decor collection (michaelardan.com).

Moving from: I lived in Chelsea for several years before moving to Hell’s Kitchen. I loved it, but I was ready for a change.

To: Ivy Tower, at W43rd St - 9th Ave. It’s a great building.

Budget: $6,500 a month Why: I loved the charm of Chelsea, but I wanted to be in a modern building with amenities. Plus I really liked the vibe Hell’s Kitchen has to offer. It’s such a prime location, near countless bars, Restaurant Row, Broadway, etc. I lead a pretty busy social life and I see a lot of theatre, so it made sense.

On the tick list: After living in prewar walkups for years, I wanted to upgrade to a modern building with an

“Depending on where you’re standing in the apartment you can see Central Park, the New Yorker building, the World Trade Center, the Statue of Liberty, and the Hudson” elevator, doorman, and views.

Anything else was just going to be icing on the cake.

What sealed the deal: I definitely fell in love with the building, and the apartment itself. I scored an

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STATISTICS Above: Michael’s 42nd floor apartment has killer views.

Where: Ivy Tower, W43rd St 9th Ave Built: 2001 Stories: 45 Units: 321 Amenities: Private garden, a roof deck, a lounge, “and a really great gym.”

Cost: A one bedroom, one bath apartment is on the market for $3,500 a month.

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This hard-nosed hound is designed as a bookend, but he’d look good just hanging out on your shelves. $60, ducducnyc.com

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You can’t always take your kids to exotic places … but a statement wall covered in lush jungle print introduces them to the animals of the rainforest from the air-conditioned comfort of your own home. $280, designlifekids.com

OUT OF THE BOX

These handy cube bins with snap detailing are designed for stashing toys. But they’re just as useful for all the random things that need a home, from bathroom bits and pieces, to cleaning products, to scarves and hats and … man, we’re going to need more bins! $14 each, crateandbarrel.com

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STYLE

Accessorize ALL AREAS Get packing – and don’t forget the sunscreen

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It’s another world, says Belle Bakst

he Garment District still feels very much like an escape. It never ceases to feel nostalgic and novel worthy, with endless textiles, coffees being passed down the street by the trayful, and phone conversations overheard by all. There are moments when it can feel like a world of its own: entire streets filled with rolls of fabric, millions of buttons, zippers, and – my favorite – trim.

It’s my happy place in the city.

While it’s small - W34th St to W42nd St – it’s still easy to be absorbed in those blocks for hours. It’s the heartbeat of style in the city. Go rediscover it.

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B & Q Trim W38TH ST - 6TH/7TH AVE A glittering store that specializes in rhinestone appliqué, brooches,

Hai Trim W37TH ST - 7TH/8TH AVE A fashion supply shop with a wide range of trimmings and decorations, including feathers and rhinestones.

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About Belle

h summer! Time to have some fun in the sun, to recharge, and get away from the city. But while traveling is one of the best things about summer, it can also be the most frustrating. Packing can seem like an endless chore, and when you finally get to your destination, you didn’t bring a thing you needed.

I always suggest packing a week ahead of any trip.

Create a small pile in an open carry-on bag. Every time you pass by an item you know you’ll want for the trip, add it to the carry-on. You’ll be surprised how quickly you’ll be done.

My second rule? Everything that makes it into the

“Nothing ruins a vacation faster than broken luggage that doesn’t even make it out of the airport.” suitcase must be geared towards comfort and ease.

Each of the pieces on my list this month don’t just work well, they make life simpler.

There is practically nothing that ruins a vacation faster than broken luggage that doesn’t even make it out of the airport. So whether you’re off to the Hamptons with the gang for a few days, or flying to the beach, don’t just pack light, pack smart with my four must-have picks. The only thing you’ll need to worry about is where to find a lobster roll or a free sunbed.

Belle Bakst is a fashion stylist, womenswear writer, and Hell’s Kitchen girl. She lives on W42nd St with her husband Brendan.

Her friends know her for her rainbow color-coordinated wardrobe and bookcases. She can almost always be seen with an iced coffee in hand. Belle’s favorite place in the neighborhood is the Salvation Army on W46th St - 10th/11th Ave, but will happily meet you at Bergdorf Goodman too. Find Belle on Instagram @littlefashionstylist

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Cyprus carry-on You won’t have trouble spotting your luggage on the carousel with this Calpak Cyprus carryon. Featuring a TSA approved lock, multi-directional spinner wheels, it even expands for when you pick up those extra little souvenirs on your travels. $125, calpaktravel.com Panama hat This hand-made unisex hat is perfect for sunny days by the pool.

Made from woven toquilla palm, wear it with your favorite denim, or for a night out. Inspired by blues guitar player John Lee Hooker, this hat was designed with the style of this music icon in mind. $160, galpon.co

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otes: I never want to eat what’s in my cupboards. I never, ever want to wear what’s hanging in my closet. And I’d always rather be doing something else than whatever it is I’m doing at the present moment. It’s so extreme that I am 100 percent sure that, should I be having sex with Clive Owen, I’d probably be thinking about devouring a deep-fried turkey leg instead. And vice versa.

I love grocery shopping. I especially love grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. I feel particularly at home there because it reminds me of a Korean supermarket in New Jersey — big, colorful, and a tad cartoonish: the paddle boards with faux chalk-written numbers, the big, bright, bubble letters telling me the items on sale, and the random fake wooden barnyard bins filled with what constitutes “impulse items.”

To my eyes, every product is packaged to look innocuous, petite, and borderline healthy. Not unlike those porn stars who look like tweens but are in reality middle aged. I could be holding a prepackaged, most likely frozen, thingy of deep-fried foie gras.

“Just heat and serve with our freshly baked French baguette and mixed green salad!” it suggests, flirtatiously. And sure enough, I will. I can be a sophisticated, skinny French girl for $3.99, I tell myself, never daring to look at the calorie contents.

Then there is the fear of never seeing a product I love again. The seasonal bullshit. Or even worse: when

ABOUT

Claudia Claudia Chung is a writer who moonlights as a school teacher.

She is currently working on a book of essays and stories on the trials, tribulations, and the funny in being a young widow.

“Just when you lose all hope of seeing your favorite treat again, they magically reappear.

Then you go nuts.

And the cycle continues — give and withdraw. (I hear this also works with men but I have yet to verify).” some asshole in corporate decides to just stop making it available for shits and giggles. This is what top-notch shrinks call an irregular schedule of reinforcement. The sudden withdrawal of a reward paradoxically makes the subject (me) try harder and get even more invested. In dolphins (and me), when you suddenly stop giving fish for a jump, they start to jump higher for their reward (stuff). But if you stop giving fish altogether, you get extinction, and they (me) jump less.

Which never happens at TJ’s because just when you

lose all hope of seeing your favorite treat again, they magically reappear. Then you go nuts. And the cycle continues — give and withdraw. (I hear this also works with men but I have yet to verify).

When I love something at TJ’s, I need to go back the next day and stock up, “just in case.” I feel safe in abundance. Am I in an abusive relationship with Joe? This kind of behavior isn’t new territory for me. An ex-boyfriend once said: “We broke-up because you were always looking for the bigger, better deal; always looking to trade up … including me.” And, of course, my reaction to that was: “Go fuck yourself straight to hell.” But as I try to adjust my new life circumstances, his words are hitting home.

The life I had planned for (and shopped for) will never be an option again. I can never trade up. I’m frozen in time and space, left with just an illusion of what should have been. And it’s so elusive in my mind that sometimes I forget it was real. Or maybe I choose to forget …

Daily, I step into the present moment by purging, renewing, and beginning again. With food, I eat what is in my home. Trips to Trader Joe’s and farmer’s markets are pre-planned with a list and done once a week. I must must must finish a product before buying a new one. I am on book hold. I must read every single one I own before I purchase another one. If need be, I borrow from the library. And with clothes, I wear what I own.

But the thing I try hardest not to hoard is time. I share it, indulge in it, and I am eternally grateful for it.

What more can a girl ask for?

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You’re leaving NYC behind this summer? Kristen Jongen respectfully suggests you leave your NYC attitude behind too

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s New Yorkers, we live in an economy of extremes. The wealth surrounding us is tremendous. We talk about money ALL. THE. TIME. It is not unusual for a cabbie to ask you how much you pay in rent.

So it’s easy to forget the rest of the world doesn’t operate this way.

Last summer, I went to Michigan for a visit. The man I was dating joined me.

Kevin was a 50-year-old investment banker who lived on the Upper East Side.

He’d worked on Wall Street for 30 years.

On our first Midwestern evening, we sat with my parents on their back deck overlooking the lake. I could tell my dad was impressed. Unlike my other boyfriends, Kevin looked like a grown man.

He had a legitimate haircut, was wearing a shirt with a collar on it, and donned loafers instead of sneakers. My father’s dream for me was finally coming true.

My dad is a CFO, so when he asked Kevin about his work, I knew they would hit it off. Kevin lit up. He immediately mentioned a new client worth $60 billion, followed by a hedge fund owner worth $10 billion. Within five minutes he was dropping names and numbers like 40 going north. He talked about commercial real estate developments and famous high rollers.

I shifted in my seat.

My mom eventually excused herself,

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and my dad got up to refill his vodka tonic, twice.

“Honey,” I whispered after my dad left for the second time, “you are going to have to stop talking about money, you’re making everyone nervous.” He was baffled but listening. I said: “If you keep this up, I’m going to lose everyone I love.” He chuckled and nodded. He was a good sport.

Later, we were having dinner with local friends and he mentioned getting investors from New York to come to our area to develop it. “This place is an undiscovered paradise,” he beamed. My buddies were polite. Again, we stepped outside for a breather. I said: “Sweetheart, let’s not talk about development either, OK?” The last thing locals wanted was more city slickers coming in to develop. He nodded, baffled.

Kevin was like a real-life Uncle Roman from the movie The Great Outdoors. He had no idea how obnoxious he sounded.

To the rest of the world, New Yorkers can be insufferable. While some bona fide blowhards blab about the Hamptons and securing private jets, others yap about Fire Island and Europe. We say words like “Equinox” a little louder than necessary, and have the nerve to act like we shop at Bergdorf Goodman instead of Century 21.

This level of pretense takes moxie.

As we embark on summer, many of us will be visiting our friends and relatives in other places. Although we may not be sober, perhaps we can be

Below: Money talk, celebrity references, and general boasting?

Not popular anywhere else other than NYC, my friends.

considerate, polite, and well mannered?

Maybe we can even take an interest in the areas we are visiting? I challenge those of us leaving NYC to leave celebrity references and boasting back here on the island.

Look, you and I know where the real magic happens, OK? I am not implying that there is any better place on earth to reside, I am merely suggesting that we humor our friends and family as humble guests this summer.

In an otherwise terrifying political landscape, let us be our best selves for the rest of the world. We sort of owe it to them. After all, they have to live, well, there and we get to live here.

I’ll miss you while I’m gone but will meet you back here in September, of course, at the real center of the universe.

Stay proud.

Kristen

Kristen

Kristen Jongen is the artist, author, and speaker behind Soul Soup. She writes books on grief, healing, and transformation, and is in long-term recovery from alcohol and drug addiction (www.mysoulsoup.com; kjissoberinthecity@gmail. com). If you’re having a hard time with drugs and alcohol, you can find support meetings at nyintergroup.org

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La Isla

Willkommen! And bienvenue!

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t can be easy to forget, sometimes, that while Hell’s Kitchen’s diverse community embraces all colors of the rainbow, in travel, the reality is very different. Some cultures are less accepting, and it can be downright dangerous to travel if you don’t conform to traditional gender norms, On the other hand, there’s Germany, a country that glitters with pride.

It understands that, for the nation to thrive, everyone needs to feel accepted.

Its LGBTQ scene is no different.

Germany’s two main cities – Berlin and Munich – are as different as they come, but with one common denominator: a deep understanding of the value in embracing people of all walks of life.

“A staircase led down to ‘zur klappe.’

The name of the club refers to the history of the place.

Klappen – that’s what you used to call the public toilets.”

Berlin’s nightlife is wild, sexy, spontaneous, and full of surprises. From kink, to fetish, to dance parties – they have it all. There are parties where you have to strip nude to enter, there are those that go all day long, and under no circumstances is photography allowed.

In fact, I was warned that if I bought a camera they wouldn’t even let me in.

My local guide, Henrik Tidefjärd, said: “It is not about showing off and sparkling in the spotlight, it is about being yourself and open minded. Recently, I entered a small underground club off the beaten track. In the middle of an alley in Kreuzberg, a staircase led down to ‘zur

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To travel between German cities, use RailEurope.com. It offers high-speed trains between Berlin and Munich.

Munich

Hotel Deutsche Eiche, an LGBTQ hotel with rooftop and sauna (deutsche-eiche.com) Café Nil, a traditional neighborhood gay bar (cafenil.com) NY Club, open Fridays and Saturdays (nyclub.de) Kraftwerk, a stylish cocktail bar (Yelp.com) Prosecco, dance club (prosecco-munich.de) Edelheiss, bear bar – men only (edelheiss.de) Underground, fetish/kink club (mlc-munich.de) klappe.’ The name of the club refers to the history of the place. Klappen – that’s what you used to call the public toilets that could be used free of charge in Berlin, in which gay men met to have secret sex. Inside, you find small rooms, a mini dance floor, a lounge loft and, of course, a restroom. Much of the interior remains: the graffiti and stickers which cover the tile walls, the rough look, and the imagination of what once occurred here makes you feel like you are the next George Michael cruising around. The only difference – in Berlin anything goes!”

Of course there is a more tame side to Berlin. It has a world-class culinary scene, with restaurants and bars from all corners of the globe. It’s easy to

Opposite: Anyone for a pretzel?

Above: The view from St Peter’s Church to Munich; cafe society.

Berlin

Prinzknecht , a popular gay bar (prinzknecht.berlin) Möbel-Olfe, dive bar with great music (moebel-olfe.de) Roses Bar, an artsy dive bar with a trendy vibe (Yelp.com) The Coven, for great cocktails (thecovenberlin.com) Lab.oratory, kink club (lab-oratory.de) Woof Berlin, a bear/fetish bar (woof-berlin.com) Mutschmanns, rubber/leather club (mutschmanns.de) Henrik Tidefjärd (berlinagenten.com)

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T spend the day hopping from restaurant to cafe to bar and not see the same thing twice. On a night food tour, we went to an amazing dessert bar called Coda that incorporates the five senses into every dish. It’s an experience that is unlike any other. One particular dish was served with a charcoal cover and, when opened, the smell of a campfire filled the air, revealing a chocolatey masterpiece.

Each tasting was paired with a cocktail, which was more of a liquid dish than a traditional sidekick.

Munich, on the other hand, delivered a more traditional vibe. It is not uncommon to see women in dirndls and men in lederhosen stroll down the cobblestone streets. The city has an old-fashioned, charming exterior, but with a forwardthinking heart. There are also tons of events year long that celebrate diversity, tolerance, and acceptance. The most popular ones include Christopher Street Day in July and Gay Oktoberfest in September (that’s right, Oktoberfest is actually celebrated at the end of September not in October). There is even a church that holds LGBTQ events.

Munich is also home to a fascinating sport called river surfing. By a turquoise river that carves itself through the Englischer Garten, adventure seekers wait their turn to jump in and conquer a three-foot wave that naturally forms next to an arching stone bridge. As long as the river is thawed, they’ll be there ready to hang ten all year.

As a frequent traveler, it fills me with joy when I land in a country that embraces all of its people and visitors – it feels like home, no matter your background, religion, sexuality, or color.

Above: Decorating the Berlin Wall.

he world is getting smaller and more accessible to travelers, but homosexuality is still criminalized in more than 70 countries, which means going on vacation can be a risky business for some of us. A study last year found 95% of LGBTQ couples are uncomfortable showing any sign of affection while abroad.

However, the community has been identified as a key target for travel companies this year. Why? They travel more often. And when they do, they spend big.

So, while it might not be the best idea to go on honeymoon to Moscow anytime soon, these are some of the world’s most LGBTQfriendly destinations that will welcome you and your pink dollar with open arms.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Probably the most inclusive city in the Middle East – for both those who live there and those who visit. Tel Aviv hosts the region’s only public Pride parade (on the first weekend of June). Seek out like-minded bathers at the Hilton Beach, and hang out at gay bars like Evita. There’s also a particularly lively weekly party scene.

Cape Town, South Africa

During apartheid, sexual contact between men was illegal (though, bizarrely, women could still copulate with – ahem – gay abandon).

However, post democracy, South Africa became the first country in the world to enshrine gay and lesbian rights in its constitution.

The Pride parade happens in February, but visit at other times of year for events including Miss Gay Western Cape (November), the MCQP costume party in December, and Pink Loerie Festival (April/May). De Waterkant is the key gayborhood, with bars and

restaurants like Babylon (with views of topless twinks and Table Mountain) and Beefcakes burger bar.

Spain

Same-sex marriage was legalized here in 2005 – against fierce opposition from the Catholic Church – and the age of consent is the same as for heterosexuals (13). You’ll find that, in rural areas, gay men and lesbians tend to keep a low profile, but that’s needn’t be the case in the cities. Madrid holds the annual Les Gai Cine Mad film festival in October/November, Barcelona has its Circuit Festival in August, and in Sitges, the gays take a lead in the weeklong Carnaval in February/March.

Head to island destinations like Ibiza, Gran Canaria, and Maspalomas for beaches, parties, and clothing-optional action.

Greece

Mykonos is probably the best known destination in the Greek islands for LGBTQ travelers, with exclusively gay hotels and buzzing gay beaches such as Elia and Super Paradise. But Crete, which held its first Pride festival in 2015, is growing in popularity. And Lesvos, birthplace of the poetess Sappho, is a key destination for queer women, and holds the annual International Eressos Women’s Festival in September, featuring performances and parties aimed at lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and questioning women.

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Wagging Brankelo

Human’s name: Jayme.

Breed: Mini-schnauzer.

Age: 16 months.

What makes me bark: When I want to go outside to pee and my daddies are sleeping.

Three words that describe me best: Affectionate, rambunctious, and mischievous.

Confession: I love to play with my friends at the puppy club but my favorite days are with my family.

Instadog: @brankelothedog

Oberon Human’s name: Mary.

Breed: Vizsla.

Age: Two years.

What makes me bark: Playtime with friends. I like to “talk” a lot.

Three words that describe me best: Handsome, bouncy, silly.

Confession: I sleep under the covers with my humans. I usually steal their pillows too.

Instadog: @oberonthevizsla

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Baxter Human’s names: The Christensens.

Breed: Cocker spaniel (mix?).

Age: Nine and a half.

What makes me bark: Anything in the hallway.

Three words that describe me best: A lovable people pup.

Confession: I’m scared of my own farts.

tales

PETS These camera-happy canines took a time out from the morning stroll for a quick Q&A with W42ST

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S Marie Humans’ names: Scott and Cecelia.

Breed: I’m a rescue pup from Missouri.

Age: 12.

What makes me bark: Pigeons on the pier.

Three words that describe me best: Sweet, cuddly, and treat-obsessed.

Confession: I’m having a semi-secret affair with the doorman Pete and his treats.

Shadow Human’s name: Donna Breed: Boston bulldog.

Age: Three.

What makes me bark: I rarely bark, but I watch TV a lot and bark when other dogs are on there because I want to play with them.

Three words that describe me best: Affectionate, curious, stubborn.

Confession: I still suck on my teddy every day when I’m tired.

o many of you have contacted us, asking how your own happy hound or cute kitty can be included in Wagging Tales. Well, we’ve heard your pleas, duly considered them, and thought, hey, what the heck, why not? (We must have been barking mad not to have thought of it sooner!)

This all means, of course, that you can now send us the finest photograph you can find of your furry best friend, answer the questions below, then cross your paws you’ll be included in our monthly column of local canine celebrities.

Your name: Pet’s name: Breed: How old?

What makes your pet bark or purr?

Three words that describe them best: Naughty confessions (dish the dirt – not literally, of course!): And are you an Instaanimal?

Send it to waggingtales@w42st.com and we’ll do the rest.

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EATING & DRINKING Adella

Beer Culture

W43rd st 9th/10th Ave

W45th St 8th/9th Ave

Gebhard’s Beer Culture

Pier 83, 12th Ave - 43rd St

W72nd St - Amsterdam/

A huge selection

Upmarket,

Hudsons

Surf ’n’ turf, tapas,

minimalist nook with a communal

of bottles and cans, and drink from

West End

and cocktails served on a multi-level

table serving farm-to-table small

a rotating selection of drafts and

Cavernous, low-key taproom known

yacht with a large deck. Short sailings

plates & boutique wines..

cask. Fill up a house growler or bring

for its wide variety of craft beers, plus

on the Hudson for sweeping views of

www.adellanyc.com info@adellanyc.com (212) 273-0737

your own. Knowledgeable staff.

burgers & bar bites..

the Manhattan skyline.

www.beerculture.nyc (646) 590-2139

www.beerculture.nyc/gebhards

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Kashkaval Garden

Green Fig 10th Ave 41st/42nd St

W42nd St 9th/10th Ave

9th Ave 55th/56th St

Modern Israeli

Return to the joie de vivre of 1920s

cuisine with unique flavor and spices.

In HK since 2004, Kashkaval Garden

Paris, with a blue tin ceiling, red velvet

Influences come from The Middle

offers a relaxed environment to enjoy

walls and chandeliers lighting up

East, North Africa’s Maghreb region,

good wines, specialty cocktails, and

Josephine Baker portraits.

and southern Europe.

Mediterranean inspired food & fondue.

www.chezjosephine.com (212) 594-1925

www.greenfignyc.com

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Ardesia

Chez Napoleon

The Harrow

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10th Ave 49th/50th St

10th Ave 45th/46th St

Contemporary

Featuring 20

Hyper-traditional

International

specialty brick

wines, happy hour, cheese boards,

Hell’s Kitchen landmark French

American cuisine with a stellar

and cocktails. Come for wine social

restaurant open since 1960 and still

cocktail program in the coziest of

oven pizzas and a high quality selection

on a Saturday 2pm-5pm for off-the-

dedicated to serving classic comfort

atmospheres. Make The Harrow

of rotating crafts at fantastic prices.

list wines and menu favorites.

food dishes. Leave your diet at home!

New York your perfect night out.

Always interesting draft cocktails and

www.ardesia-ny.com (212) 245-2215

www.cheznapoleon.com (212) 265-6980

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wine on tap.

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Bar Gonzo 9th Ave 53rd/54th St

10th Ave 45th/46th St

10th Ave - 45th St Rotating local craft beer on tap, easy

heart of Hell’s Kitchen, serving

drinking lawnmower beers, cocktails,

other bites, plus burlesque.

dinner & brunch made from locally

sandwiches & shareable appetizers.

www.bargonzonyc.com info@bargonzonyc.com (212) 967-1985

sourced ingredients.

Happy hour 3pm-6pm Mon-Fri.

www.dianneandelisabeth.com (212) 247-3039

www.HellcatAnnies.com (212) 586-2707

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Hellcat Annie’s Tap Room

A wine bar and restaurant in the

Bar with a ‘70s streak, offering

www.kiabaccabar.com (212) 649-4675

10th Ave 43rd/44th St This neighborhood sports bar is a great place to gather for tasty pub food, wings, and a wide selection of beers while watching your favorite team. Back bar for parties.

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Elizabeth Saunders’s playlist

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York Singing Teachers Association. Her first feature film, 1 Angry Black Man, is coming out this year (elizabethsaundersvoice.com)

NATIONAL OPERA CENTER 7th Ave - 28th/29th St

Five ways to make your small business feel like family

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he office is not only where we discuss work, it’s also where we talk about life. But how can we make our team feel more like a family?

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Be honest with each other. I truly appreciate when my boss pulls me aside and is honest about what I’m doing right and what I’m doing wrong. A stranger on the street is unlikely to give you a critique, but someone who cares about you is only critiquing you because they love you and want you to be the best version of you you can be.

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Make it a priority to spend quality time with your team outside of the office. This could mean a workout class, drinks after work, or a museum tour. At Hell’s Creative, we have weekly lunches where we leave the office and grab lunch together as a team. We get to discuss some work stuff, but also just talk about life. We talk about our weeks, our upcoming plans, our families, etc.

Respect each other as people.

If you don’t respect your boss or colleagues, you should probably find a new job. It’s just not a good

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environment to be in all day every day, and it definitely won't foster strong success. Furthermore, you must respect each other’s opinions. I don’t always agree with my colleagues, but it’s important to respect their opinion and point of view. When everyone respects each other’s voices and works together, even when opinions clash, success is imminent.

Teach each other new things.

One of my favorite things about my team is that, while we are all knowledgeable in different subjects, we are all open and willing to share

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The Dust Brothers This Is Your Life Los Lobos Kiko and the Lavender Moon Daym Drops Oh My Dayum Maria Callas Vissi d'arte ("I lived for art") Ken Nordi Colors

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ELIZABETH SAUNDERS is a singer-actor and vIce-president of the New

FIVE GUYS W34th St - 8th/9th Ave I love to have a burger with everything + jalapenos (no mustard!) before kung fu class (there are free peanuts while waiting for my food, and the random tunes always make me smile).

KREMER PIGMENTS W29th St - 7th/8th Ave Skilled visual artists create wizardry, in my opinion, and Kremer is what I think Gandalf's laboratory might look like – complete with bottles, bags, jars, tins brimming over with the most vivid colors imaginable, and a host of accoutrements like books, brushes, mortars, and pestles, and wizard classes.

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IGUANA W54th St - 7th/8th Ave I'm from San Diego, so Mexican food is my soul food. I love hitting Iguana for happy hour when I'm done for the day. Generous margaritas on the cheap with a plate of nachos give me a taste of So Cal in NYC, and the outside seating is great in the warmer weather.

My NYC studio space – a gorgeous venue, and not just for opera people. The associates at the front desk are totally and completely awesome.

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MATTHEW COROZINE STUDIO W36th St - 8th/9th Ave This is my NYC acting home. It's like Fight Club for your soul. It's because of this place that I am now acting on camera as well as in live theater.

our knowledge. In my ten months at Hell’s Creative’s, I’ve learned a bit about sales, graphic design, branding, google adwords, and more. Nobody likes a Mr Know It All who thinks he’s the best and doesn’t teach anyone else how to do the thing that only he does.

Have fun. There’s rarely a day where I dread going to work in the morning. While we all have bad days, we always find a way to have fun with and make each other laugh in the midst of everything.

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EATING & DRINKING / SHOPPING & SERVICES Le Prive 10th Avenue 44th/45th St

Ñaño Ecuadorian Kitchen

Le Prive is

10th Ave -

redefining French dining with elegant

47th/48th St

style, exquisite dishes, charming

Ecuadorable! Quaint eatery serving

ambience, and gracious hospitality in

traditional dishes with modern flair.

the heart of Hell's Kitchen!

Family recipes make Ñaño special.

lepriveny.com (212) 837-2795

www.nanobarnyc.com (646) 649-4678

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North River Lobster Co

9th Ave 37th/38th St

Pier 81, 12th Ave - 41st St

7th Ave. -

Farm-to-table restaurant dedicated

28th/29th St

to seasonal, sustainable cuisine,

Private, individualized voice/singing

with fresh ingredients featured daily.

lessons..1st vice-president: New York

Located in the Ink48 hotel.

Singing Teachers Association. Gender

www.printrestaurant.com (212) 757-2224

non-conforming clients welcome

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Elizabeth Saunders Voice Studio

Print Restaurant

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www.ElizabethSaundersVoice.com

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Fine & Dandy

W47th St 8th/9th Ave

W49th St 9th/10th Ave Handmade

Our 60-year anniversary! The original

NYC’s only floating lobster shack.

Specialty coffee & tea, brunch and

accessories for dapper guys.

six-foot Hero will feed 30 to 40 people.

Fresh seafood, mason jar cocktails,

Korean fusion dinner.

Ties, bow ties, pocket squares,

Large restaurant: eat in, take out,

buckets of beer & raw bar. Casual

(917) 265-8629

neckerchiefs, tie bars, cufflinks, money

catering. Reasonable prices!

atmosphere – no reservations.

clips, and much more.

www.heroboy.com (212) 947-7325

www.northriverlobsterco.com (212) 630-8831

www.instagram.com/ ut47manhattan

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The Marshal

Perdition

10th Ave 4th/45th St

10th Ave 48th/49th St

Locally sourced

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Somewhere between heaven and

food, wine, and liquor at a restaurant

Hell’s Kitchen. There is room for

where sustainability and support for

everyone in this sleek bar, from the

the community are at the heart of

corporate world of America to the

everything we do.

exhilarating youth of Manhattan.

www.the-marshal.com (212) 582-6300

www.perditionnyc.com (212)-582-5660

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Big Apple Meat Market

Fountain House Gallery

9th Ave 39th/40th St

9th Ave - 48th St

Serving Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea for over 20 years.We are committed to bringing our shoppers the best quality meats and groceries to the area.

www.bigapplemeatmarket.com (212) 563-2555 1

www.fineanddandyshop.com (212) 247-4847

Our gallery exhibits and sells original, affordable art made by local artists living and working with mental illness.

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Hafetz & Associates

David Ryan Salon

11th Ave 47th/48th St

Medical insurance

W46th St 9th/10th Ave

10th Ave - 50th/51st St

NYC’s premier rooftop lounge, with

Bringing a multi-cultural New York

Our mission is provide the highest

An independent insurance agency,

dramatic views, seasonal cocktails, an

approach to authentic Japanese

quality service to all our guests with

specializing in Medicare Supplements,

extensive wine list, seasonally inspired

cuisine.

the utmost professionalism. Our staff

Advantage, & Rx plans while offering

small plates, and welcoming service.

is dedicated to all aspects of beauty

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EQUINOX W50th St - Broadway Time to sweat, and get that workout in. And this gym is right next to the 1 train.

11:00 pM

10:00 pM

DUTCH FRED’S W47th St - 8th/9th

Ave A great, swanky bar for a night cap. They have wonderful hand-muddled cocktails and a wide variety of draft beers. I’m a vodka drinker, so I tend to go for the dirty martini with blue cheese stuffed olives.

OUT

FUEL GRILL 2:00 pM 9th Ave - 47th/48th St This is a great casual lunch spot.

It has everything from pressed juices to healthy protein bowls, to sandwiches. My favorite is the air-baked sweet potato fries.

Seriously guys, they are AIR BAKED! No oil at all!

TABOON W52nd St - 10th Ave This Mediterranean restaurant is perfect for a date night.

Having a Greek background, I grew up surrounded by wonderful, home-cooked Mediterranean food. This is right up there with my mother’s cooking – if not better (shhhh!)

7:00 pM

STYLE

FIKA W55th St - 10th Ave I love the Swedish slow-roasted coffee here – it really gives you that kick to start your day. And this place has a very cute atmosphere.

9:30 aM

CONSTANTINE ROUSOULI has performed on Broadway in Hairspray, Wicked,

HK Tennis Academy

Kristin Misik Acupuncture

W39th St 9th/10th Ave

W52nd St 8th/9th Ave

W43rd St 8th/9th Ave

An authentic NY experience, one of the city’s oldest flea markets. Year round, each weekend, you can find antiques, vintage clothes, collectibles and more.

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Headquartered in New York City, Hell’s Kitchen Tennis Academy is the go-to spot for adults and children to hone their skills. Get a suntan while playing tennis!

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W56th St 9th/10th Ave & 9th Ave - 46th/47th St

framing, canvas stretching & mirrors

classic comforts with contemporary hairstyling. Our knowledgeable staff of dedicated, skilled barbers allow every customer a customized experience.

www.hellskitchenbarbers.com (212) 470-5027

ANSWERS How did you score on Vicky Kuperman's quiz?

1) Meske

The city’s paddle sports center

serving the Hell’s Kitchen community.

with kayaking and stand up

Specializing in the treatment of pain,

paddleboarding, scenic tours, and

migraines, anxiety, fertility & allergies.

lessons in the heart of New York City.

We accept health insurance.

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a specialty. We exhibit contemporary and international artists.

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2) Norwegian Escape (two-point question) 3) The New Victory Theater

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Maid-Hattan

Manhattan Plaza Health Club

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10th Ave 46th/47th St Custom framing & art, conservation

High-end, low-cost services, blending

Pier 84, W44th St - 12th Ave

15 Years of clinical experience

Jadite Galleries

HK Barbers

Manhattan Kayak + SUP

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4) The Marshal 5) Happy Family Chinese Restaurant

6) Cara Mia 7) Ryan Center 8) Drama Bookshop

PETS

Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market

LIVING

and Ghost, and in the Off-Broadway hit Cruel Intentions. This month he’ll be appearing at The Green Room 42 performing the hits of Céline Dion as Jack Dawson in Titanique, a musical parody of Titanic (thegreenroom42.com).

W43rd St 9th/10th Ave Amid the hectic pace of mid-town Manhattan there is an escape to a calm, peaceful environment, committed to fitness and relaxation.

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9) 9th Avenue International Food Festival 10) Ruth Walker

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SHOPPING & SERVICES / OUT / LIVING Mark Fisher Fitness

Rufskin

W39th St 9th/10th Ave

2002, Rufskin

Group kettlebell classes and semi-

their 15th year as a men’s fashion

Building original, provocative, and

private training offered in a fun,

label. The lines include denim,

authentic plays from the ground up,

inclusive “Ninja Clubhouse” by a team

sportswear, swimwear, underwear and

from readings to workshops to fully-

of ridiculous humans.

accessories. California lifestyle is at

staged production.

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the essence of the brand’s philosophy.

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Established in is celebrating

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9th Ave 48th/49th St We are open 365 days so we can provide the best care you need. If you want to see a physician, no appointment is needed. Just walk in and we will take good care of you.

readings.

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See international theater, dance, circus, opera & music at affordable prices.

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New York Water Taxi Pier 82, W42nd St

Pier 86, 12th

NYC’s favorite hop

vegetables, eggs, pasta, fresh ground

Experience the legendary aircraft

see the Empire State Building, Freedom

coffee, nuts, dried fruits, breads, and

carrier Intrepid, the first space shuttle,

Tower, Brooklyn Bridge, and more. Don’t

more. Family owned since 1953. Also

Concorde, and the submarine Growler.

forget your camera for an up-close

at W52nd St - 8/9th Ave.

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photo of the Statue of Liberty!

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Lena Simpson

Title Boxing Club

Irish Arts Center

W37th St 9th/10th Ave

W51st St 10th/11th Ave

Compass real estate Your Hell’s Kitchen real estate

“The oldest sport in the world is new

Music, dance, theatre, film, literature,

again and we can’t wait to share our

and exhibitions that tell the evolving

experience with you. Empowering.

Irish story. Plus classes in Irish

Exhilarating. Addictive.”

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The Circle Line Pier 83, 12th Ave - W43rd St

939 8th Ave, Suite 207

NY’s oldest and

Come enjoy a workout within our

largest provider of scheduled and

historic walls where Pilates began.

chartered sightseeing and special

Join us at the original Joseph Pilates

event cruises. Operating since 1945.

Studio, check our website for class

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arts theater devoted to kids & families.

on, hop off sightseeing cruise. You’ll

Rolates Pilates

schedule.

NYC’s premier non-profit performing

Ave - 46th St

61 W62nd St

tarot advisor. Individual and group

W42nd St 7th/8th Ave

A full line of farm fresh fruits,

The New York Medium

Certified psychic, medium, and

W52nd St 10th/11th Ave

Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum

9th Ave 36th/37th St

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“‘Unaccompanied minors’ – the language itself is a veiled attempt to make you forget that they are children, the same ones whose heads don’t touch the outreached hand of Mickey at Disneyworld.”

Suzii Paynter

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ver six days at the US-Mexico border, Suzii Paynter visited courtrooms, detention centers, and points of entry as part of an 11-strong delegation of Christian women advocating on behalf of families who had been separated

because of the country’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.

Praying, protesting, and campaigning, some of the things she witnessed gave her hope, others led her to despair.

“National boundaries and lawful migration are complex 21st century realities that

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call for our best, most thoughtful and most humane national efforts,” she says.

“Calculated trauma and brinksmanship on the backs of children and families in flight is brutal. I will not be complicit by silence, nor complacent by weariness.”

Read her full interview on page 14.

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