Barbara Hodes, Author at New York Social Diary

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

The New Normal: Boards Coming Down, Madison Avenue Opening Up

Guest Diary• June 17, 2020.

Barbara Hodes covers The New Normal on Madison Avenue opening up, making an extra effort for their clients... READ MORE

Foraging for Food: Expand Your Idea of Local

Guest Diary• June 8, 2020.

Barbara Hodes, also a great cook, takes us on a tour of where and what you can find for your home cuisines; international in scope and totally fascina... READ MORE

Boarded Up, But Anything But Boring. Artists Lead the Way.

Guest Diary• May 26, 2020.

Boarded up but have a look. Barbara Hodes takes us on one of her unique tours of New York: the art sprung up from the lockdown; life goes on ..... READ MORE

Give Them Shelter, and They Will Rock Your World.

Guest Diary• May 11, 2020.

Almost everyone loves animals. And animals return that love in spades. Rescue animals, and the organizations that save and rescue them, are under pres... READ MORE

Gardens of Urban Delights

Guest Diary• April 28, 2020.

Barbara Hodes takes us on a colorful trip that “reduces her stress and provides the beauty and solace we all need right now.” And it all starts in... READ MORE

Making it Personal: Messaging on Social Stationery, Not Social Media

Guest Diary• March 3, 2020.

Barbara Hodes highlights five purveyors of custom papers and stationery uptown and downtown, and online, too... READ MORE

In a Tulum State of Mind

Guest Diary• February 19, 2020.

Barbara Hodes takes us to a little known and secretly popular oceanside paradise in Mexico. Miles and miles of deserted, pristine beaches, blue skies,... READ MORE

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