The Brooklyn Museum of Art’s current showcase of treasures, "Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum," focuses on the unique artistic style that is the ancient culture’s enduring legacy. It also complements the museum’s own extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Comment.

Last year, 718 become the new dining 212. After years of eating middle-of-the-road, local fare with an air of resignation, as if to say - "this’ll do until I can get a real meal in Manhattan" - we now have places that welcome us, coddle us, and best of all, feed us with inspired dishes that are every bit as good, and sometimes better, then our Manhattan competitors. Comment.

Watch out Seventh Avenue. Comment.