October 2009 Archives

Restaurant Crawling in Downtown NYC

When a friend and I couldn’t agree where to have dinner last Sunday we decided to embark on a downtown New York City restaurant crawl.

A Secret Gig in NYC: Florence and the Machine

Watching live music isn’t just entertaining and exhilarating (when it’s good); it’s also a great way to get personal with a city. You’ll learn much more about New Yorkers rubbing shoulders with them in the dim, sweaty confines of an underground Ludlow Street venue than you will passing them on the street above.

Cruising the Boom Boom Room at The Standard, NYC

You might think the last thing New York needs is another hotel bar. In the last month it got two: the bar formerly known as the Boom Boom Room (turns out there’s another Boom Boom in San Francisco; I’m told...

Brits Over Broadway

Every Hollywood actor wants to be taken seriously, and, sad though it may be, every Broadway production needs a star—particularly in this economy. So it’s no surprise that a whole host of screen sirens are treading the boards this season, many of them British.

My Maine Fall Fix

Fall came way to quickly for me. So I headed straight to Luke’s Lobster, the latest East 7th Street sandwicherie, right next to Caracas Arepa and a block from Porchetta, for a last bite of summer.

Sizing Up the South Beach Scene (Fake Boobs and All)

I know where I am with Miami's South Beach. Work has taken me there three times in the last year and I’ve got to know its customs and quirks, its quiddity. I know, for example, that there will probably be...

Finding Friends (and Deals) Off-Season in Palm Beach

If you come to Palm Beach off-season you’ll find bargains aplenty. At the brand new beachfront Omphoy hotel down south, $199 gets you a room and dinner at the Michelle Bernstein restaurant—three hefty, truffle and foie gras-laden courses.

About The Cityist

Kate Maxwell is a senior editor at Condé Nast Traveler. Born and bred in London, Kate moved to New York in 2007. As well as editing and writing various bits of the magazine Kate regularly talks travel on NBC’s Today show, and prances around the world presenting videos for cntraveler.com when the need arises. The rest of the time you’ll find her in Manhattan’s East Village, eating burgers.