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Reports efforts to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to residents of Washington Heights and Inwood in Manhattan, New York City. Neighborhood's love for vegetables; Public meeting about potential greenmarket sites.

A review is offered for several establishments located in Manhattan, New York including the International Center of Photography Museum, the Russ & Daughters Cafe, and Turntable Chicken Jazz bar and restaurant.

The article offers travel tips for the Upper Manhattan, New York City and includes recommendations for dining, hotel and restaurants.

TO the long list of things I do horribly -- break dancing, dusting and gardening, among them -- I can now add one more: shaving with a straight razor. So it became clear as the blood dripped -- no, let's say flowed -- down my cheek one recent Sunday morning inside F.S.C. Barber in the West Village in Manhattan. It was less than a minute after my five fellow students and I -- all in our 20s and 30s -- took blades to our faces at Cut Throat 101, the appropriately named, $70 shaving class given on the first Sunday of every month at 10:30 a.m. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MANY rookie tourists stick to Midtown Manhattan, where they can easily get the impression that in New York City everyone is always rushing, that you can barely see the sky and that nature is virtually absent. In fact, its most storied natural phenomenon, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, is ''evergreen'' for just over one month a year. But even New Yorkers who work or live in Midtown do find time and green space to escape from their tall buildings and take a break. And not just by hitting Bryant Park or taking advantage of the cool new plant-enhanced seating plazas on Broadway near Times Square. Also nestled into much of Midtown -- especially the East Side -- are hidden parks and peaceful spaces generally not visible from the main avenues, and thus easily missed by nonregulars. There, those in the know relax on benches, take in the waterfalls and in one spot, even buy a slice of apple pie. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE'S something about stumbling upon a manicured garden hidden somewhere in Manhattan. With the city raging just beyond the hedges, you claim a piece of bench or spot of grass and relax, let the perfume of flowers and a bumblebee or two drift over you with the breeze. It's a stillness visitors rarely expect to find in the city (and one that New Yorkers with small apartments and roommates otherwise find only by locking themselves in the bathroom). It's more about peace than quiet: the gardens are still, after all, in Manhattan, and taxi horns, squealing brakes and sirens find their way in. In a way, though, that aural versus visual dissonance makes the pleasure even greater. You're so close, and yet so far (but in a good way). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information related to places in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City and Manhattan, New York City that cater to the needs of Russians in the city. Several clubs in Brighton Beach offer facilities for celebration of weddings, birthdays and other occasions. They also offer Russian food, wine and vodka. Restaurant offering Russian cuisines in Brighton Beach includes Imperator and Rasputin.

The article presents information on various events that are to be held in various places of New York City, and various street food vendors of New York City, New York. The second Vendy Awards, a competition for street vendors providing food services, is to be held on October 22, 2006 at New York City, New York. Dean & DeLuca Coffee Shack in SoHo, New York City, New York, offers pastries.

The article reports on rivers playgrounds of Manhattan, New York, and provides several other details of tourist interest.

Reports on the probable closure of Starbucks coffeehouse in Manhattan, New York City. Penetration of the enterprise to undeserved communities; Disapproval of the residents on the planned closure of the coffeehouse; Reconsideration of the decision of Starbucks.