Author: Amanda Mactas

5 Tips to Rework and Recharge the Home You Already Have

5 Tips to Rework and Recharge the Home You Already Have

The holidays and New Year are coming up quickly and that means it’s time for reinvigorating your life, getting rid of the things that don’t serve you, and thinking about your resolutions for the New Year. We chatted with Kristin Vaselacopoulos, an interior designer who specializes in intentional space organization. For my fellow New Yorkers, you know with our limited […]

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HYUN is One of the Best New Restaurants in New York City

HYUN is One of the Best New Restaurants in New York City

Holy cow! Literally. HYUN, a new high-end Korean barbecue restaurant on the East Side of Manhattan is on a mission to blow your mind with its quality Japanese A5 wagyu, and it’s more than safe to say, they will succeed. While the concept of Korean barbecue is not new in New York City, this restaurant’s high caliber cuisine is reinventing […]

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Add Some Treats to Your Halloween with These Spooky Cocktail Recipes

Add Some Treats to Your Halloween with These Spooky Cocktail Recipes

The countdown to Halloween is on! And while adults no longer have the privilege of trick-or-treating, we do have the privilege of being 21+! That means we can indulge in some boozy beverages that will make us forget that we can’t score free candy from strangers. Bloody Carrie “Mix” (Created by Cody Goldstein of Muddling Memories, for SVEDKA) 2 oz […]

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Halloween Happenings in New York City

Halloween Happenings in New York City

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! (And we aren’t talking about Christmas.) That’s right, Halloween is next week and that means there’s plenty of fun parties and activities to get you in the spirit. The McKittrick Hotel, home of Sleep No More, is throwing A Hitchcock Halloween Party. With parties on three different days, there’s no way you […]

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Inside This Year’s NY Pizza Festival

Inside This Year’s NY Pizza Festival

Pizza is one of the things New York does best. The classic dollar slice, Neapolitan slices, and artisanal grandma slices are all easy to find in the city that never sleeps and the second annual New York Pizza Festival was just the place to try them all. Not limited to pizzas solely in New York, the festival, which took place […]

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Digging the Good Vibes at BIVE

Digging the Good Vibes at BIVE

With so much information available all the time, people are increasingly taking knowledge into their own hands. You can easily become overloaded with information, whether it’s accurate or not, and recently, the general public has made it a priority to not take anything as ‘fact’ until they do their own research. This is especially true in the health and wellness […]

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Nerai Toasts to Wine Excellence

Nerai Toasts to Wine Excellence

Grecian hot spot Nerai celebrated its coveted Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence last night in Midtown Manhattan. The popular restaurant offers wines from all major wine-growing regions around the world, as well as smaller, family-owned boutique wineries in Greece. All of the wines they offer are carefully selected by Wine Director and General Manager Michael Coll, with options […]

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Getting Back to Basics with Herbal Health

Getting Back to Basics with Herbal Health

Let’s go back to the basics. These days there’s at least a handful of unpronounceable ingredients in everything you consume – from supposedly healthy supplements to those chips you love and even your favorite iced teas. Eliza, Founder of herbal tonic brand Sunwink, found herself dealing with an auto-immune disease and chronic stress following working for one of the biggest […]

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The Rosé Mansion Comes to Manhattan Once Again

Last year, the Rosé Mansion pop-up had New Yorkers flocking to its rooms to snap selfies, drink wine and play in inside its walls that catered to a millennial pink-loving audience. The pop-up was so successful that it has returned to a new location! Twice as big as last year’s sold out pop-up, the new iteration is comprised of fourteen […]

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This Rooftop Transformed into the Rosé Destination of the Summer

This Rooftop Transformed into the Rosé Destination of the Summer

Rosé all day? More like rosé all summer! The lavish rooftop at the Mondrian Park Avenue, Mondrian Terrace, has transformed this summer into a rosé-themed wonderland, with both indoor and outdoor seating (perfect for this finicky weather!). The newly-dubbed Rosé Terrace could go badly gimmicky, but luckily doesn’t go over the top with millennial pink decor, instead adding subtle touches […]

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