When my friend Barbara gave an informal dinner honoring an acquaintance from Argentina, she planned to have some fun and serve her guests typical North American hot dogs and hamburgers. When her pal Kai Loebach, an L.A. caterer and event planner heard about the menu, he had a one-word reaction: No!
Then Kai stepped in and [...]

Move over Kip’s Bay. A group of 15 premier New York interior designers combined talents in a unique showhouse event to launch a new condominium building on West End Avenue, a street that hasn’t changed so much in 30 years or perhaps longer.
As it happens it’s in my neighborhood, Manhattan’s Upper West side, best known [...]