We asked the Wimbledon ladies champ—the first ever to receive the same jackpot as her male counterpart—to blow her prize money in a New York shopping spree.

First-rate kid zone off Madison Square.

Small boutiques run by young women with very decided tastes are guiding the look of the city.

Ten years ago, David Page and Barbara Shinn walked away from three West Village restaurants for a North Fork vineyard. Now they’ve added a B&B, and if you want, you can harvest breakfast.

Julie Rice, Ruth Zukerman, and Elizabeth Cutler wanted a spinning-only oasis with no thumping techno and no screaming instructors. It’s called SoulCycle.

Some of New York’s most memorable weddings: from Alfred Hitchcock’s daughter’s at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Cynthia Rowley’s in a Brooklyn airplane hangar.

Sleep deprivation made Nick Ronco crazy. So crazy that he opened a space-age sanctuary for power napping on West 57th Street—the first, he hopes, of many.

For decades, locals and visiting celebrities alike have circled beneath the pink neon palm trees at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Skating Center. A final look.

Eight years ago, ceramicist Jono Pandolfi was teaching high-school kids how to make birdbaths and cookie jars. Now, he’s selling at MoMA, making dishes for Eleven Madison Park, and designing for Crate & Barrel. Here’s how he got there.

She’s happy to model spring’s pretty dresses, but Claire Danes prefers the comforts of jeans and her Soho bistro.