If you haven't been following us on Instagram, here's a little something we posted there this morning. In DUMBO we've walked by this viewfinder on Washington Street many times, perplexed by its odd positioning on the sidewalk in front of an empty lot. Finally, we looked through it, and found old photos! Here's one, showing the same lot, but housing a ferris wheel: more ›

Acclaimed chef Grant Achatz, who recently put out a deluxe cookbook called Alinea (named for his Chicago restaurant), will be making a few NY appearances in the upcoming weeks, most notably a scaled Alinea dinner at the Astor Center on November 6th. At $225 a head, the price is steep, but each guest receives five courses (including ‘hot potato, cold potato;’ above left) from the restaurant, and some crazy-ass Champagne. more ›