Author: Channing in the City

You guise. Can I tell you a secret? When Target shot the commercial for the Fall 2013 collection that they showed three weeks ago on the runway, I was there. I finally got to see the final product last night during the Emmys--Kerry Washington was robbed!--when...

I love this city, I hate it sometimes, too. In an effort to keep track of my feelings about the Big Apple during my time here I try my best to chronicle them in a letter to this crazy place. Welcome to Dear New York--a...

This is my 1000th post. Clap for a writer with her blogging *ss. I have written 1000 things on this site. Literally. Actually, 1002 but I had two delete two post in the move to Wordpress. I've always thought of this site as just something I did in...

I think you should know something. Target and I have been seeing a lot of each other lately. We're practically besties. Two Mondays ago, Target presented its Fall 2013 collection in its very first runway show. Not only did I attend, but I was invited...

Here on The City, we are all about cultivating personal style, luckily, we can look to some of our favorite celebrities for a few style lessons. I need you to know something. I am fully and completely obsessed with Carine Roitfeld. The former French Vogue editor-in-chief...

I haven't done a Dear New York in awhile. I have some drafted and scheduled to post the next couple of months on my anniversary of moving to this resilient city but today's date holds a significant anniversary on its own. Not one that's celebratory...

"What direction are you walking in? North or south?," my Brooklyn Boy asked me. "What kind of question is that? Who knows that sort of thing?" "What do you see? Can you see Manhattan?" "Well, I'm short and there are tall buildings sooo...

The past week has been one big instance of 'is this my life?' I went to a country concert. And I danced a little bit. But mostly, I sipped my beer. I held the can with a napkin and drank it with a straw and tried...

Four weeks ago, today, I had one of those perfect New York moments, that I'm so fond of. I was sent out with the task of interviewing street style legend Tziporah (like the one in the Bible and where Sephora gets it's name) Salamon. Let...

On Tuesday, I took the the high seas, who am I kidding, the East River with Malibu Rum and Glam. I'll tell you, there are worst things in the world than to depart from New York Skyport Marina aboard the Cloud Nine 111 for an...