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One of my favorite SoHo restaurants, Peep (177 Prince Street) features Thai-fusion food at reasonable prices. They serve a mussel-curry soup—with white wine, spinach, caramelized onion and wild ginger—for just $5. Grilled chicken with a Thai ...

Thank goodness it is Spring Break! While I wish I was spending it in some exotic locale, I am planning to have fun this week, as my friend from St. Louis is coming to visit. We met during our freshman year at LIM College, but she decided to transfer ...

Living in New York City was something I never really thought I would just “get used to.” This city is so enormous and full of life and people and action. Sometimes, as I’m walking down 5th Avenue to class or to a store in SoHo, or a restaurant in ...

I am one of three students from Washington State who go to LIM College. I knew going into this that I would be one of a very small number of students that are coming from so far away. This is completely fine with me. I chose this college because it ...

So, in my last entry, I said I would write about internships and give some advice, but I decided to take a little detour this week because it’s my birthday weekend! Yes, I have officially turned 21, so now I can approach the menacing doormen that ...

Alexander McQueen--sometimes called "the hooligan of fashion"--swiftly moved from a humble background as the son of a cab driver to become a fashion emperor after formal training at Central St. Martin’s, business experience on Saville Row, and the ...

The first day of Fashion Week was already off to a bitter start, what with the “Blizzard of 2010” taking place one day prior. Editors, stylists, and celebrities were gearing up for what would surely be a grueling day. No one was expecting to ...

Before coming to LIM College, I had some idea about the many occupations and businesses related to the fashion industry. Fashion forecasting captured my heart when Sharon Graubard, who was then the Vice President and Creative Director of ESP ...

Our country was founded by immigrants and has depended on immigrants ever since. For the first time since the 1920s, immigrants coming into the U.S. illegally have outnumbered those who did so legally. During the recent campaign for the presidency, ...