Meryl Pearlstein

We interviewed Broadway VIP and President and CEO of the Actors Fund Joseph Benincasa to get a sense of which of the many musicals he loves he would listen to on a road trip from Manhattan to Philadelphia.

Joe Benincasa is who I would call the Mayor of Broadway. He’s a friend and champion of everyone involved with Broadway. As President and CEO of the Actors Fund, he oversees the human services organization that helps people in the entertainment and the performing arts, a role that has taken ...

After a long, hot summer in New York City, it’s refreshing to stroll around the city, particularly when the streets are dotted with exciting artwork. New York City has weathered quite an interesting time. While museums are slowly opening, these exhibits throughout the five boroughs will help you get your art fix.

Art Installations in Manhattan

In Upper Manhattan, Harlem presents a new monument celebrating multiple African kings. Titled The Boulevard of African Monarchs, the piece was designed...

Summer in the Hamptons is winding down but you can still enjoy these fabulous pop-up restaurants from Southampton to Montauk.

Summer in the Hamptons is winding down but that doesn’t mean the restaurants are closing up shop this year. The times are unusual and some of the restaurant pop-ups that would typically pack their bags until next Memorial Day have happily kept their doors and outdoor seating areas open until the foreseeable future.

Enjoy the Hampton's Extended Dining Options

So, make y...

All round Boston there are some wonderful art pieces accessible by foot with both permanent and changing exhibits designed to keep you stimulated and curious. And, happily, outdoors.

Anyone who knows Boston is familiar with the city’s many historical markers and statues, the Freedom Trail, and the beautiful park system with its fountains, ponds and gardens. Beantown also profits from the many educational institutions and creative residents who gravitate to the Greater Boston area, with opport...

So you are out for a night on the town and you don't very necessarily want it to be an excursion of sabotage to your healthy eating habits. Join hosts Laurie Towers and Elite Ziegelman as they welcome noted travel and food publicist and writer Meryl Pearlstein to the show

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About the restaurant: John Fraser, known for the veggie-forward menus he created at Dovetail and Nix, has mixed up his food preferences in a something-for-everyone menu at The Loyal. The attractive bistro is the setting for lively neighborhood dining with a buzzy bar scene at the front and tables and two oversized semi-circular booths in the back. Retro lighting and quirky sketches on the walls by Toronto-born artist and sculptor Lukas Geronimas make this a fun dining experience, albeit wit...

About the restaurant: If someone had told you there was a speakeasy on the Upper East Side, you'd be surprised. And, if someone had told you the speakeasy was a Japanese one, you'd be really surprised. NR is exactly that. It is located in a former seamstress factory and is a revelation on the Upper East Side. Tucked away on a side street, innocuously located among low-rise apartment buildings, NR seats nearly 150 people but you wouldn't know it when you enter. Subdued lighting and retro wal...

About the restaurant: Among the many often-raucous cook-at-your-table BBQ restaurants lining Manhattan’s Koreatown streets, Hyun stands out for its refinement and upscale dining experience. The restaurant shouldn’t really be called BBQ, lest it call up an image of the stand-in-line-until-you-get-in restaurants that crowd the area. The long, narrow restaurant, comprised of only 10 tables, including four in private rooms, defines elegance with a Korean flair. Clean design lines, rooms with sl...

With the 2020 beach season almost over, time is running out to show off your post-quarantine bathing suit and to come together (apart) for some beach social distancing. NYC beaches are still officially open with lifeguards on duty from 10am-6pm. Concessions stands may be closed so you might have to bring your own picnics this time around. Please click on the website for each beach to determine rules, openings and closings. Note, however, that beaches can be visited any time of the year but sw...

Social distancing has created so many new online health and wellness offerings, that you will likely add these options as a permanent part of your fitness routine forever.

Zoom and Instagram fitness classes, dancing with a partnerless screen on YouTube. Or even zumba-ing your way across your bedroom floor to a live Facebook session. There are so many ways to stay fit or learn a new healthful and mindful skill at home, especially when you can’t go to the gym.

Top Virtual Fitness Classes
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Take a quick road trip to the Northeast to enjoy the best Maine has to offer from lobster rolls to cozy inns.

If you haven’t the inclination for or the mastery of eating a hot boiled lobster, a lobster roll may just be the ticket for a deliciously easy lobster fix.

New York is Just a Starting Point

New York City has a smattering of top-rated lobster shacks like the tiny twins Pearl Oyster Bar and Mary’s Fish Camp in the West Village or Maine import Luke’s Lobster. Each has its loyal following...

It's National Banana Split Day! Here's where you can enjoy this perfect summer treat and the most interesting permutations of this beloved confection.

My first memory of an extravagant ice cream dessert was a banana split at Alyce’s Homemade Ice Cream in Salem, Massachusetts. In a plastic tub with three scoops of ice cream, crushed pineapple, nuts, strawberries, hot fudge, caramel sauce and whipped cream, the messy, gooey super sundae was the fantasy creation that marked summer lovin’.
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August 20th is BACON LOVERS DAY and we couldn't be happier. Here are our top picks on where to enjoy all the salty goodness in NYC.

The flavors, the smells, the taste of bacon are so beloved that bacon now has its own holiday to celebrate and, of course, indulge. August 20 is Bacon Lovers Day, a day that gives pure unadulterated license to gorging yourself on this tasty treat and to ignoring any plant-based, fat-free fantasies for at least one day.

The Original Place for Bacon Lovers
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Girl power runs strong in the windy city and these female entrepreneurs won't let the pandemic stop them from sharing their love for Chicago.

Sometimes you just need a woman’s insight. When it comes to travel, a female perspective can direct you to things you might never have noticed. Like the colors on a building or faces carved into cornices. Or perhaps the tastes of a city in food & drink and attitude.

Discover Chicago's Top Woman Run Tours

From award-winning art and architecture to graft ...

Updates! For the Caribbean and Restaurants Reopening Caribbean and restaurant Updates!! Do you have the stay at home blues? Are you ready to get out and about? Well, my guests on the show shared all the latest news and information about the Caribbean and what’s open and the new guidelines for entering. And, we all enjoy sampling the local cuisine, but are restaurants open and what are the protocols for dining in or take out? My guest answers the questions. So get ready to take notes, and make...