Date Night at Wegmans Astor Place? 🤯

May 7, 2025

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Now, let’s get into your weekly dose of real estate, culture, and wisdom—all in three minutes or less. 

 

Real Estate Remix 

Texture Is the New Trophy

In a world where “open concept” and “clean lines” have ruled the resale conversation for years, we’re seeing a shift—finally. Design-savvy buyers and sellers alike are leaning back into texture as a mark of sophistication. Think: hand-troweled lime plaster walls, reclaimed wood ceilings, unlacquered brass that ages with grace, and linen everything.

The new luxury isn’t sterile—it’s tactile. It invites you to feel something. That kind of emotional connection isn’t just aesthetic—it translates. Homes that carry material soul stand out in showing rooms and on listing pages. They photograph better, they linger longer in a buyer’s mind, and frankly, they feel more human.

If you’re staging to sell or renovating to stay, think less cookie-cutter, more craftsmanship. Texture tells a story—and stories sell.

 

NYC Insider: What’s Happening This Week 

🎬Low Cinema – Ridgewood

John Wilson, the quietly brilliant mind behind How To with John Wilson, has opened Low Cinema—a 44-seat micro-theater tucked into a former warehouse on 60th Street in Ridgewood. It’s a love letter to analog oddities and forgotten formats: 16mm military reels, rom-coms, and the kind of ephemera you’d expect from someone who once turned a Burger King E.T. statue into lobby art. The space is maximalist, handmade, and deeply local—right down to the bathroom wallpapered in tabloid headlines. It’s the first cinema in Ridgewood in nearly a century, and it feels like the kind of place that could only exist here, now.

 

Weekly Gem 💎

Show Up Like It’s Working

Sometimes the results are quiet. The growth is subtle. The momentum is building underground, not on your timeline—but on purpose.

In those seasons, the temptation is to shrink. To wait until it “makes sense” or looks successful enough to justify showing up loud. But that’s not how alignment works.

You don’t wait until the blessing arrives to believe. You move like it’s already unfolding.

This week, I want you to show up like it’s working—because it probably is. Just not in the way you can measure yet.

Stand tall. Speak clearly. Post the thing. Pitch the idea. Follow up again. Energy meets intention in motion.

And motion always attracts more.

 

The Best Homes on the Market This Week  

Switching things up, this week’s edition features three townhouses in neighborhoods we know and love: two in Manhattan, one in Brooklyn. Each one offers architectural brilliance and lifestyle flex—ranging from iconic to straight-up legendary.

 

	241 E 48th Street $11,500,000   5 Beds / 6 Baths    Midtown East This 20′ wide, Georgian townhouse spanning 5,500 SF offers 5 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. Features include an elevator, finished cellar, smart home system, and access to a private communal garden. Priced at $11,500,000, it’s a turnkey masterpiece in a historic enclave.  Listed by Nikki Field
	219 Kane Street $9,950,000   6 Beds / 4 Baths    Cobble Hill  First off, I saw this in person and it is all that and then some. An impeccably restored, gut renovated 22-foot wide home that has four stories plus a cellar, three levels of outdoor space, and a coveted private parking garage! I love the attention to period details throughout. Listed by Lindsay Barrett
	51 W 73rd Street $10,495,000   7 Beds / 8 Baths   UWS Designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh in 1885, this Queen Anne-style townhouse spans five stories and includes original woodwork, stained-glass windows, a dramatic spiral staircase, and an ivy-covered rear garden. At this price point, it’s a rare architectural gem. Listed by Dexter A Guerrieri

 

Who wants a tour?

Before you go…

🚗 Rivian’s Concept Experience in Meatpacking is less car showroom, more adventure dreamscape—think curated design meets outdoor spirit.

🖼️ The Other Art Fair at ZeroSpace gets delightfully weird, complete with on-site, hand-poked tattoos.

🛼 Xanadu in Bushwick is spinning disco nights on roller skates again. Cue my era…

🍾 Not on my bingo card, Next Door at Wegmans Astor Place—yes, Wegmans—serves up sushi, Champagne, and serious date-night energy.

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