Breads, muffins, scones, cookies, cupcakes, cakes, coffee, soups, sandwiches... Amy Scherber opened the original Amy's Bread in Hell's Kitchen in 1992. In addition to my favorite baked treats, like the Kitchen Sink cookie, a country biscuit, a baguette, a turkey…
Good shoes are one area where a man can't really skimp or play it cheap. Iconic British lifestyle brand Barbour partnered with shoemaking icon Grenson to make the Grenson Barbour shoe. This beautifully produced video was created to promote the…
'Tis the season. Today in New York, we hit 36º F in late October. It was time to bust out gloves. For someone who frequently goes outside to walk the dog, and uses a touchscreen smartphone that requires the electric…
Alec Baldwin's new podcast via WNYC starts today. With new episodes released every two weeks, the show lets us listen in on an intimate conversation between Mr. Baldwin and other performers, artists, movers and shakers. From WNYC: Alec sidesteps the…
In a city like New York - or any city for that matter - weather starts to get gross in the fall. Yesterday in NYC, the weather was straight-up ass, with rain pounding for almost twelve hours straight. The proper…
Here's a smart bag for a weekend in the country. It's called the Worker's Carrier by CXXVI Clothing Co. in New York. Its super heavy duty exterior is constructed of 20 oz. sage American waxed cotton with a dark brown…
This is probably the best men's footwear ad ever made. (Naturally, it was made in Europe.) The ad is for SWIMS™, an apparel company in Oslo, Norway. The brainchild of founder Johan R., SWIMS™ specializes in terribly stylish wet weather…
Copyright © 2003 Twentieth Century Fox Hef, Barbie, the Jet Bunnies and a coterie of mile-high VIPs showing us how air travel used to be on "Hare Force One." The jet was a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, and Playboy had N950PB from…
Tucked away on West 47th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, this midtown extension of SoHo-based Sullivan Street Bakery does most of it's biz baking and supplying exquisite breads for restaurants and such. They do, however, have a humble over-the-counter…
One of my fondest memories of childhood was shaving with my dad. I wasn't shaving for real, of course, but I would stand next to him at the bathroom sink as he shaved. I would pretend shave with dad's Noxzema medicated foam on my face, using a pink plastic spoon from Baskin Robbins as a razor. When it came time for me to start shaving grown-up style, I quickly learned that mine was a very sensitive mug that required special attention. After years of trying this and that, I have a system that works pretty well.