Film

The Gritty King of New York

Abel Ferrara, the ghoulishly looking American film director, whose film The Bad Lieutenant has been a perennial favorite ever since…

4 years ago

Murder, He Wrote

Some of my most memorable encounters at Trattoria Dell'Arte happened serendipitously. Like the time I met Abe Feder, one of…

5 years ago

Not Just Another Good Looking Man

I always thought Sam Shepard would have made a terrific Marlboro man—sans mustache—had his life not taken the career path…

5 years ago

My Girl

Raquel Welch was—and still is—one of the most beautiful women I have ever met. I had a crush on her…

5 years ago

Est-ce vraiment toi Moreau?

Jeanne Moreau was one of my favorite actresses. When she was in town, she often came to dine at Trattoria…

5 years ago

Love is A Many-Splendored Thing

Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson were two of the most loving couples I had ever seen together. They were madly…

5 years ago

Rutger the Menace

Rutger Hauer was the most menacing actor I have ever met. In the mid to late 80s, I was living…

5 years ago

A Family Affair

I started working at The Sea Grill at Rockefeller Center after a few restaurant stints elsewhere in the late 90s.…

5 years ago

Not Just a Tough Guy

One actor who made a great impression on me was Charles Bronson. He was the epitome of cool—terse, stoic, and…

5 years ago

Monday at the MET

When Tishman Speyer bought Rockefeller Center—previously owned by the Japanese Mitsubishi Estate—Jerry Speyer decided to overhaul the entire complex and…

5 years ago

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