The Power of Positive Thinking
“Defeat is a state of mind; No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.” “If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your...
View ArticleThe Pencil Queen Has Landed Downtown
Photo: Courtesy of Audrey DuVall Marked by a simple pencil sign over the door, Caroline Weaver’s store is an oddity in a city known for its, well, oddities. What makes C.W Pencil Enterprise, so unique?...
View ArticleBest Downtown Birthday Party Venues
Photo courtesy of Denise Courter Birthday parties are important milestones, no matter what your child’s age may be. For parents and families living in small apartments, the idea of hosting a birthday...
View ArticleLower Manhattan Historical Society Great American Independence Day Parade
The Hermione. Photo courtesy of LeJC and the Wikimedia Commons. The Lower Manhattan Historical Society will be hosting a Great American Independence Day Parade honoring American Independence and French...
View ArticleWEEKLY MOVING TIP FROM FLATRATE #6
FlatRate has all the resources to make sure that your move is as seamless as possible! These include great tips that you can use on your next move: International Moves So you need to move out of the...
View ArticleSpice Up Your 4th of July Look With Your Own Style
Every Fourth of July, we do our duties as Americans to show our patriotic pride by wearing the brightest of blues, reds and whites. This year to really stand out in the crowd, Downtown Magazine...
View ArticleLittle Apple’s Summer Destination Series: Philadelphia
Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons Downtown Magazine editors love every aspect of big city living. However, every now and then, we need a change of pace. Throughout the summer we will be releasing...
View ArticleCompleteBody Fitness and Wellness Club
Traditional workouts – long durations on cardio machines or repetitive lifting of weights – as well as innovative routines, such as boot camps, are all effective forms of fitness. But they also have...
View ArticleGame On! Summer Block Parties in Lower Manhattan
Photo courtesy of Alliance for Downtown New York. The Downtown Alliance has produced Game On!—a series of four block parties in Lower Manhattan. All of the parties will be on Water St. between Wall St....
View ArticleBastille Day at Brookfield Place
Photo courtesy of Brookfield Place Follow fourth of July festivities with a celebration of Bastille Day, France’s Independence Day, at Brookfield Place July 12 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Brookfield Place...
View ArticleWorld Cup Celebration Parade To Take Place Downtown
Photo: Courtesy of Derek Kaczmarczyk Downtown New York City is set to host a ticker-tape parade this Friday, July 10th to celebrate the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team for their 2015 World Cup...
View ArticleJim Gaffigan’s New TV Land Network Series filmed Downtown
Photo Courtesy of tvland.com Free up your evening, pop the popcorn and get ready for some belly laughs on Wednesday, July 15th because Jim Gaffigan is coming to the TV Land network! Famous for his...
View ArticleDarin Rubell talks Films In Tompkins summer offerings, Boulton & Watt and...
Darin Rubell is known to some as proprietor of Boulton & Watt, Forrest Point and Ella: high-end, yet attainable places to relax at. However, few people have connected the dots to also realize that...
View ArticleEnrich Your Life With DAVIDsTEA
Steeper, a device to easily brew hot or cold tea During the summer, it gets hot and all we ever think about is ice cream, ice cream and more ice cream. But another way to cool off during the summer...
View ArticleWEEKLY MOVING TIP FROM FLATRATE #7
FlatRate has all the resources to make sure that your move is as seamless as possible! These include great tips that you can use on your next move: Staying Organized Remember those Trapper Keepers that...
View ArticleKids by Safilo Eyeglasses
Photo courtesy of Safilo Safilo is launching the Kids by Safilo line, a special line of eyewear designed specifically to meet children’s needs. “These frames for children were designed by the experts...
View ArticleLittle Apple’s Summer Destination Series: Grounds for Sculpture
Photo courtesy of Alyssa Bajek Downtown Magazine editors love every aspect of big city living. However, every now and then, we need a change of pace. Throughout the summer we will be releasing our...
View ArticleToto’s Steve Lukather talks New York area shows, Ringo Starr, Miles Davis,...
Steve Lukather – known to fans and friends as “Luke” – is as unique as they come in the music business. He has played guitar on thousands of commercially-released albums while spending nearly 40 years...
View ArticleMan Plans To Break Powerboat Record
Photo: Courtesy of Wunderlich Inc. One man is attempting to break the record time it takes to race around Long Island and Manhattan in a speedboat. To raise awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis,...
View ArticleReally Busy People: Joe McGinty
Photo: Courtesy of Joe McGinty Instagram I first learned about Joe McGinty as the leader of Loser’s Lounge, which has been going for more than 20 years. From there, I learned of his work with the likes...
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