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18 Aug The MAPPETITE MILE: And, in the Hamptons…..

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"It is a beautiful ocean today, isn't it? What would you say that is, sort of sapphire? I've never seen anything like that ocean!" The Late Edie Beale, the former mistress of Grey Gardens and cousin to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Ah, Long Island beaches. In East Hampton...

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02 Dec The MAPPETITE MILE: XMAS, FIFTH AVENUE STYLE

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Ah, Fifth Avenue in December: all the beautiful decorations, the shopping, the holiday cheer. Oh, and, don't forget the tourist crowds - lots and lots of them. Welcome to Christmastime in New York City. No doubts about it, with so much hustle-bustle you'll work up a...

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22 Feb WHEN THE BAR IS THE STAR: OTTO, NYC

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At OTTO, the restaurant at One Fifth Avenue, a 1927 Art Deco apartment house at the corner of 8th Street in Greenwich Village, you're in for some rustic Italian eats courtesy of the media-meal-man of Food Network fame, Mario Batali.  He's often in residence and easy...

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11 Jan WHEN THE BAR IS THE STAR: UNION SQUARE CAFE, NYC

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The hostess, dwarfed by mural-sized art and double-height ceilings, asked if I had a reservation for a table.  I happily smiled and said no as I eyed my friend with the seat next to him occupied by his briefcase at the soon-to-be-packed bar at the...

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27 Nov The MAPPETITE MILE: AROUND RITTENHOUSE SQUARE

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For a time the best thing about Philadelphia was New York.  Well unbuckle your seat belts for a stop in these colonial environs – in the world of the arts, design and dines the city of Brotherly Love is making a revolutionary comeback. WALKSEE There’s no shortage...

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06 Aug THE MAPPETITE MILE: ON TO MARYLEBONE

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Oxford Street, the old one that is, packs in Olympic shoppers even on non-Olympic summer days. This year on this high street of high streets that stretches from the Marble Arch to Tottenham Court Road, the very black-clad burqa gals from steamy-hot Middle Eastern lands...

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26 Aug The EATORIALIST: A MILDRED PIERCE MOMENT

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Sad days for the legions of fans who took the 10 minute subway ride from Midtown Manhattan to M. WELLS, the irreverent diner in Hunter's Point, Queens that is slated to shut its doors next week.  Sarah Obraitis is the modern day Mildred Pierce who...

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08 Aug The MAPPETITE MILE: ESQUINA INTO BROOKLYN

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  Next time you're in Williamsburg it's time to hit the former Wythe diner for Cafe De La Esquina and superior taqueria fare in iconic 1950s retro style. This is seriously cool landmark yum! 225 Wythe Ave (between N 3rd St and Metropolitan Avenue) Brooklyn,...

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