TASTE: Buttered roll and regular coffee
The most important thing about a buttered roll and a regular coffee—the unsung, only-in-NYC breakfast—is that you can’t overthink them. There will never be a
TOUCH: Feltz Bagels
Disclaimer: The items in the Feltz Bagel pop-up are works of art and not meant to be touched. This post is written in the spirit
SOUND: Nikki Lindt’s Underground Sounds
Have you ever wondered what the inside of a tree sounds like? The mud beneath a streambed? The soil in a field of wildflowers, or
MULTISENSORY: Central Park’s secret cave
They don’t know it, but this couple, rowing leisurely in Central Park’s lake on a summer Sunday, is about to float past one of
MULTISENSORY: Seven senses for the seventh month
1. TASTE: Natakhtari Georgian cream lemonade: Like a creamy, fizzy liquid lemon bar 2. TOUCH: The grand Nathalie Pierrepont Comfort Staircase at the Museum of
TOUCH: The RETI Center’s kelp garden
At the end of a peninsula in Red Hook, in the shadow of the abandoned Red Hook Grain Terminal and a decommissioned cargo ship, there
MULTISENSORY: A trip on the Staten Island Railway
Did you know that you can take a New York City subway to the end of the line, disembark, and a few steps later stand
SIGHT: The rose window at St. Mark’s Church on the equinox
At 12:52 p.m. on March 20, 2023, I’m standing on the gallery overlooking the dark, empty nave at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, in the East
SIGHT: Thomas McKean’s MetroCard art
Many people in New York look up as they walk around; skyscrapers are, after all, a signature of the city. But Thomas McKean looks down—not
