Annie's Features
The Chelsea Hotel: A Rest Stop for Rare Individuals

I remember YOU well at the Chelsea Hotel: The bright walls, (in)famous residents; storied, bloody history and laundry list of guests and tenants literary, musical, artistic, exploratory. The Chelsea Hotel may be known for its eccentricities and monumental happenings, but did you know: It was built in 1883. It's true!
   
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Cathedral of Saint John the Divine

What does this church have in common with a John Waters drag star? One word: Divine. That's pretty much all you need to known about this Morningside Heights landmark claiming to be the fourth largest church in the world. But let Annie Karni tell you the rest.
   
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Protecting New York Underground

Following London's tragic underground bombings, Police Commissioner Kelly and the NYPD reacted locally to the terror overseas by beginning the practice of "randomly" searching the backpacks, suitcases, and large parcels of NYC's straphangers. Read Annie Karni's take on the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of the new procedure.   
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Annie's Radars Good World
Good World Bar & Grill

2/23/2006 Nightlife, Lower East Side — A perennial favorite for birthday party get-togethers, this Swedish bar and restaurant has many orig...

Old Devil Moon
Old Devil Moon

2/23/2006 Restaurants, East Village / Lower East Side — Southern cuisine is Old Devil Moon’s specialty, but what you’ll find here that you won’t find in Dix...

La Mela Ristorante
La Mela Ristorante

2/23/2006 Restaurants, City Hall / Chinatown — La Mela is so over-the-top touristy that it just might make it full circle and back into the realm o...

Strand
The Strand

2/2/2006 Bookstores, Washington Square / NYU / NoHo / SoHo — While most independent bookstores, like all of the above, fall into the categories of “charming” and...

Three Lives and Co
Three Lives & Company

2/2/2006 Bookstores, West Village — The business model for most stores is such that “browsing” is the means and “purchasing” is the ends...