Planet of the Grapes

51st Street 7th Avenue The Michelangelo Hotel looks as fancy as it sounds. The lobby boasts fanciful Victorian furniture and frames with Impressionist paintings on the walls (sorry, Michelangelo). Traversing through the marble hallway to the front desk, a staircase on the right will take you across a balcony and straight to the bathroom. If [...]

East 55th Street at Fifth Avenue The Catholic saint, John Francis Regis, established several hostels for prostitutes, and apparently set these ladies up as lacemakers so that they could gain a steady income.  Thus, he is the patron saint of lacemakers. We’re not going to say we couldn’t make that up, because we could. Rather, [...]