Girl About Town(s)

I’m mostly a city girl. I like hustle and bustle. I like neon billboards. I like smog. Okay. Maybe I don’t like smog, but I’m certainly not opposed to air you can sink your teeth into. Even so, every once in a while, I do yearn for a slow-down, and when I do, one of…

1. The Django Jazz Club You’ve heard that saying “All Roads Lead to Rome.” For me, it’s “All Roads Lead to Jazz” which is why the Roxy Hotel is my go-to downtown NYC hotel. Tucked snugly in the hotel basement, there’s the Django, an absolute gem of a jazz club. And it has everything a…

Memphis, TN. The birthplace of rock and roll. The home of the late and great Elvis Presley. The purveyor of Beale Street blues. These days the city is making groundbreaking music in the kitchen as well. The Southern city boasts a number of superior restaurants, including the restaurant that I identify as the most conceptually…

There’s a sweet little surprise waiting for you on Broome Street in Soho! Tucked away under the city’s steel scaffolding, there’s a most divine chocolate shop called MarieBelle, and they’ve gone all out to make it feel as though the front door is a portal to a magical world. Inside the shop, the walls are…