Barbara Hodes, Author at New York Social Diary

SoHo Still Surprises

Guest Diary• January 19, 2021.

Barbara Hodes discovers how retail in SoHo still surprises and is now demonstrating its resilience in recovering from the last ten months... READ MORE

New Year, New Life in MePa and the Village

Guest Diary• January 6, 2021.

Barbara Hodes takes us downtown to MePa where a host of leading retailers are establishing roots in the latest (and the greatest) fashions in New York... READ MORE

Sea, Sand and Freedom — Our Escape to St. Barths, Part II

Travel• December 16, 2020.

Barbara Hodes escapes New York for the sea, sand, freedom, and shopping (!) of St. Barths, Part II of II..... READ MORE

Sea, Sand and Freedom — Our Escape to St. Barths, Part I

Travel• December 15, 2020.

Barbara Hodes escapes New York for the sea, sand and freedom of St. Barths, Part I of II... READ MORE

Hudson — Two Hours and A World Away

Guest Diary• November 24, 2020.

Barbara Hodes takes a weekend out of town to visit the historic town of Hudson, NY... READ MORE

Bright Stores. Our City.

Guest Diary• November 12, 2020.

Barbara Hodes takes her eye for the impeccable downtown, shopping autumn in New York... READ MORE

Celebrating a Highly Unusual Halloween with Attitude

Guest Diary• October 27, 2020.

Barbara Hodes takes us on a tour of where you get the best (and other) stuff for your Halloween — decor, dress, super scary and even gruesome — he... READ MORE

SoHo Redux. So What’s New?

Guest Diary• October 16, 2020.

Barbara Hodes takes us on an informative tour of SoHo, where people are back on the streets looking for what's new... READ MORE

Madison’s Miracle Renaissance

Guest Diary• September 24, 2020.

Barbara Hodes covers some of the newest shops on Madison Avenue with her impeccable eye for fashion, style, and taste for the second iteration of Welc... READ MORE

Going Green Is The Only Way to Grow

Guest Diary• August 25, 2020.

Barbara Hodes is back with a review of outdoor greenmarkets all of over the city if you’re looking for tasty fresh food (and to support local farmer... READ MORE

Marketing Essex: From Push(carts) to Showplace

Guest Diary• August 11, 2020.

Barbara Hodes takes on an impeccable food shopping adventure at the Essex Market in the Lower East Side where one look and you’ll want to go there r... READ MORE

It’s Great To Be Gilded Again

Guest Diary• July 27, 2020.

Want to get out of New York for a weekend, a week or two? Barbara Hodes rented a house in Lenox, Mass., and took in the sites and the towns and the pl... READ MORE

The State of the Store: A Taste of Shopping Uptown and Down.

Guest Diary• July 7, 2020.

Barbara Hodes offers the NYSD readers her latest coverage of retail openings both uptown and down. Perfectly curated... READ MORE

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