- March 9, 2015
- Best Smart-Home Installer
Automating your mood lighting used to be a strictly high-class task, but Paul Bochner’s Electronic Concepts can design and install a system for the relative-bargain starting price of $1,200 (plus equipment costs).
- March 9, 2015
- Best Leather-Couch Repairman
One-man band Saul Shapiro, formerly an engineer and PR guy, pined for a job that would allow him to bike around and get his hands dirty.
- March 9, 2015
- Best Affordable Wall Art
One wall of SVA alum Maria Candanoza’s tiny art-and-objet shop is magnetic white Formica, accommodating a heavy rotation of poster-size photo prints by local artists, for under $30, from Object_ify 139.
- March 9, 2015
- Best Ecofriendly Exterminator
Instead of dousing a pest-infested space with chemicals, Green Apple homes in on the breeding source first, doing top-to-bottom detective work.
- March 9, 2015
- Best Movers
The hyperefficient mom-and-pop team at JP Urban Moving is able to manage an average of five moves a day ($500 for the average one-bedroom), thanks to co-owner John McCutcheon’s high communication standards.
- February 23, 2015
- Best Bets: Week of February 23, 2015
Custom eyeglasses, colorful nightstands, and more new stuff in New York stores.
- February 9, 2015
- Best Bets: Valentine’s Edition, Week of February 9, 2015
Heart-free Valentines, lingerie getups, and more new stuff in New York stores.
- January 26, 2015
- Best Bets: Week of January 26, 2015
Kiddie manicures, statement footrests, and more new stuff in New York stores.
- January 21, 2015
- Dual Relaxation
Five great Valentine's Day spa packages for couples.
- January 20, 2015
- Sealed With a Kiss
Local stationers share their most luxe Valentine's Day cards.