NYC Gen Z singles are finding love on the subway

Dating in NYC can be a train wreck. Just ask Anastasia Gregory, whose post-pandemic hunt for “the one” was plagued by derailments and dead ends. Swiping far and wide on dating apps — and making the scene at various Big Apple hotspots — all proved fruitless for the elementary school teacher. It wasn’t until the … Read more

Parents hand out ‘playdate business cards’ to children to make friends

Play dates are serious business, now that kids are handing out formal business cards to key in their future encounters with new friends. That’s what mom influencer Vanity Rodriguez discovered after her child came home from school with a playdate business card. “If you’re an extroverted parent with an extroverted kid, I think that’s the … Read more

East Village Pizza fired me – now I own the NYC parts joint

When Frank Kabatas first came to the United States in 1997 when he was 23 years old, he had only seen pizza in movies. A quarter-century later, the Turkish immigrant, now 49, is the proud owner and operator of one of Manhattan’s most beloved pizzerias — the same one that fired him after a six-month … Read more