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Manhattan

Edible Estates

Last night I went to the grand opening of the Lenape Edible Estates in Manhattan. This was a fun-filled event with tastings of food from the garden, a film about the creation of the estate, and a discussion with the creator of the Edible Estates. The Edible Estates project was started by the architect and artist Fritz Haeg to replace…

Thin City

Yesterday news broke that Manhattan is the thinnest county in New York State, with 42% of Manhattanites overweight or obese as compared to 58-62% of the city’s outer boroughs. As a follow-up to this news, there’s an article in today’s NY Times about why people in Manhattan are thinner than the rest of the state. “Where Thin People Roam, and Sometimes…