Julie Earle-Levine
The Archive
Entrepreneurs want new gym to be the 'Amazon of wellness'
Two New York entrepreneurs are cashing in on the live streaming trend that is taking over the $28 billion US fitness and health club industry, creating what they say will...
Gurney's Resorts buys another property in Montauk
Gurney’s Resorts has expanded its footprint in the Hamptons, with the purchase on Wednesday of the Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina, making Gurney’s the biggest hotelier on the East...
Superfoods – and crickets – making waves at NYC events
Forget the pigs in blankets. How about hors d’oeuvres made with cricket protein, blue-green algae instead of Hollandaise sauce and 100 percent plant-based “hamburgers” at your next New York business...
Film festival debuts with strong showing of Aussie talent
Australian Hollywood film talent flocked to the first Australian International Screen Forum in New York last week, which showcased film, television and digital content from Down Under. The four-day forum...
NYC retailers rock the holidays with extravagant displays
Retailers’ holiday-inspired displays helped lure some of the 6 million visitors to Gotham to do their shopping between Thanksgiving and New Year’s — an all-time high, according to NYC &...
People can't stop buying Halloween costumes for their pets
Halloween costume sales are surging in New York, where some owners are plunking down hundreds of dollars for outfits for their dogs. This year, Americans are tipped to spend more...
Ian Schrager's hip new Public Hotel offers luxury for less
New York hotelier Ian Schrager says his new Lower East Side Public Hotel may be his best yet and delivers luxury for all at budget prices. It’s a new build...
Australian Fashion Foundation awards bring out fashion celebs
Big Australian fashion names are jetting in to New York, the epicenter of US fashion, for awards on Tuesday night that give young Aussie designers a chance to make it...
Celebrity chefs are setting up the ultimate charity picnic
Big-name chefs including Angie Mar of The Beatrice Inn, whose menu attracts a celebrity and finance crowd, will be putting on the ultimate New York picnic on June 20 to...
Montauk preps for another busy summer
Montauk is gearing up for summer, and there’s lots of change happening in what is still the hottest beach locale in the Hamptons, reports On the Money. At the 146-room...
World-class restaurants are coming to the Hamptons
New Yorkers heading to the East End for the summer now have two new restaurant options. Eleven Madison Park, which just took the No. 1 spot on the annual World’s...
New Yorkers will try anything to look prettier
Beauty-obsessed New Yorkers are clamoring for the latest organic beauty fixes, trying everything from “collagen cupcakes” to plump-up skin, nails and hair, to attending “Chakra dinners” stacked with beauty drinks...
NYC's chefs head Down Under for restaurant awards
Australia’s food scene is inundating the New York market as the best chefs in the world head Down Under this week for the World’s 50 Best Restaurant awards. The W50B...
You can now combine your Botox with a hair blowout
Just when you thought New Yorkers couldn’t cram more into insanely busy holiday schedules, here comes “blotox.” The Oscar Blandi Salon, where Naomi Watts, Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore and First...
Ian Schrager brings signature style to his first hotel in China
New York hotelier Ian Schrager opens his first hotel in China on Dec. 9 with his signature playful elements — he’s putting bumper cars in for the kids (and adults),...
Colombian artist's 12-foot cat sculpture finds a home in Soho hotel
There’s a new big, fat cat in Soho. Firmdale Hotels, which owns The Crosby Hotel in Soho, has just put in a 12-foot bronze cat sculpture from the Colombian figurative...
There's now an app that will park your car for you
Time-crunched New York drivers have a new valet parking service to consider. Manhattan entrepreneur and DropCar chief executive and co-founder Spencer Richardson’s app offers door-to-door monthly parking, and an on-demand...
Bark up the right tree with these revitalizing forest spas
I was initially anxious about experiencing "forest bathing," the hot new spa trend popping up at posh resorts across the nation. What exactly is forest bathing? Does it require you...
Soho beauty salon's owner looks to expand worldwide
A new New York salon has international ambitions to replicate its Soho flagship in more than 300 salons in 30 cities, including Hong Kong, Tokyo and Toronto, in the next...
War of rosés in the Hamptons
The rosé wars in the Hamptons are heating up as summer gets into full swing. VieVité Rosé from Provence, France, is upping its game. Although it’s only five years old,...