New York fashion designer Doo Ri Chung is saying farewell to New York City! The 40-year-old designer, who mysteriously left her namesake label earlier this year, is moving to sunny Los Angeles to work as the creative director for Vince. “[Chung is] very well known for her design and technical aesthetic. She has a modern […]

Move over pomegranate, there’s a new superfruit in town. A plethora of exotic fruits including ligonberry, schizandra berry and pitaya are hitting the produce shelves of NYC in hopes of becoming the next health food craze. According to Time, sales of superfruits have spiked since the mid-2000s and global superfruit launches grew by 6 percent […]

Google has begun offering free public WiFi internet access in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. The new service — which was the product of a public-private effort by the company, city officials, and a local nonprofit development organization– will provide free Internet access to hundreds of thousands of people, making it the largest […]

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” is doing very well in its new time slot! The late-night talk show recently moved from midnight to 11:35 PM and is now competing with CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” and NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” for ratings. According to Nielsen fast national ratings, Kimmel beat Letterman, but ran slightly […]

It looks like Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are ready to leave Soho! The power couple recently listed their penthouse condominium for $24.5 million. Located at 76 Crosby Street, the unit boasts five bedrooms (convertible to seven), four and one-half baths, 12-foot ceilings, large windows, dark-stained white oak flooring, two formal dining rooms, a home […]

During only one week of performances, the musical “Wicked” earned $2,947,172 in box office sales — the highest of any show in Broadway history. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, “Wicked” plays off the iconic film “The Wizard of Oz” and tells the story of the witches prior to meeting Dorothy. Despite the show’s […]

Loews Corp., the company run by New York’s Tisch family, plans to expand its hotel business during 2013. “Expansion is very much in our DNA right now,” Jonathan Tisch, co-chairman of Loews and chairman of the hotel unit, told Bloomberg Television. “We understand the economy, we understand the challenges, but we feel good that people […]

A romantic stroll down Manhattan’s High Line is the number one date spot for New Yorkers, according to a new study by a dating site. HowAboutWe.com analyzed over one million date suggestions between January 2010 and September 2012 and found that most Big Apple singles prefer to woo perspective love interests at the urban park, […]

Lyle Shellenberg is currently only one of 50 people in the world — and six in the United States — to own a special release of Glenfiddich Scotch whiskey. The retired businessman drove to Portland, Oregon to purchase the 50-year-old bottle for a cool $27,000. “I could have spent money on a sports car or […]