The Wall Street Journal

"This week MOMA launches a six-week retrospective devoted to Altman, who died in 2006 at age 81. The film series charts the unpredictable output of a Hollywood iconoclast that lasted nearly 60 years."

"Hit the attached cafe, Parka, for cookies and a flight of local milks—two whole and one chocolate."

"This boutique inn has a massive tapas bar. There's exquisite attention to details, like the oyster-shell - and driftwood chandeliers in the restaurant and the terrace bar."

""Hitch a ride on the IKEA ferry to Red Hook to get the tastiest affordable lobster roll. For $9.99, it comes with chips and slaw. Go at dusk to see the Statue of Liberty." -Chef Gabrielle Hamilton"

"Old-time residents still call it South Brooklyn, near Carroll Gardens and Red Hook, but Columbia Street Waterfront District is starting to take on an identity of its own."

"Despite its hefty $20 ticket price, the museum attracted its highest-ever number of visitors, 3.09 million, during its 2010 fiscal year. "Monet's Water Lilies" was the most popular exhibit."