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Get Ready for Your Glow Up NYC!
The Big Apple’s most stunning lightshow is set for a limited run between May 28 and July 12, 2025. It’s called Manhattanhenge. If you’re...

Steven Hansen
Apr 52 min read


Sandcastle Building? Frantic Fun but Forget the Moat!
You would think that building a sandcastle on the beach would be a supremely futile task. You only have a short window of time to finish...

Steven Hansen
Jul 16, 20242 min read


Get C-c-c-cold!
These days, the national weather map looks more like the upper end of the Scoville hot peppers scale, glowing habanero orange to cayenne...

Steven Hansen
Jun 22, 20241 min read


Chilling Out On the ‘Sky Porches’ of New York
The dog days of summer right now have many of us zipping between the air-conditioned sanctuaries of home-car-office-supermarket-home in...

Steven Hansen
Jul 27, 20233 min read


Summer Joy Captured in These Three Unlikely Songs
Summer is the most sensual time of year. Warm weather and sunny skies evoke feelings of joy and carefreeness. Birds twittering in lush...

Steven Hansen
Jul 10, 20233 min read


Meet the Green Lady of Brooklyn
Summer has risen over New York City gently, gliding on the wings of a delicate springtime. Temps have been mercifully mild. Blue skies...

Steven Hansen
Jun 23, 20232 min read


NYC’s Sun-sational Show Opens Tonight for Limited Run!
If your spring-summer vacation plans bring you to New York City any time between today and July 13, you can add one more tourist...

Steven Hansen
May 29, 20231 min read


One Martini Movie: “Heatwave”
It takes 7 minutes or so to mix a classic vodka martini, including chilling the cocktail glass and preparing an olive and lemon garnish....

Steven Hansen
Jul 17, 20221 min read


Old School Cool
Maybe you think about it once a year – that first blistering day in June that catches you off guard, before you’ve put the AC units back...

Steven Hansen
Jun 30, 20213 min read
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