A number of years ago I lived in SoHo, something that I've written about in these pages before, and something that always brings back beautiful memories whenever I visit a friend in that neighborhood or write about one of the people I know who lives there, works there, makes art there, shows art there, or one of the restaurants, boutiques, galleries or other wonderful places that make that part of the city so special.
I've written about the marvelous Photographer Benjamin Oliver in these pages before, and just a few months ago I wrote about him again because I'd happened to see him in SoHo when I was on my way to an art show that one of the Artists who has work at YES Gallery had his work in. That day was such a wonderful day, and it was such a beautiful time, and seeing Benjamin on the street almost right out front of where I used to live made it even more special.
This past week Benjamin had an opening party for some of his work that was being shown at a very special and exclusive custom menswear store in SoHo, this time about a block away from where I used to live, and diagonally across the street. It's always so much fun to see Benjamin and his work is so beautiful and inspiring, and the store was really a wonderful place too. I saw some of Benjamin's friends that night that I'd met at his birthday party he'd invited me to on the day that I'd seen him in SoHo a few months ago. As I wrote at that time, they are all such wonderful people, and seeing them again in this place with Benjamin's photographs all around was a very special experience.
It's times like this when New York still feels like my neighborhood home, when I am reminded of how lovely the world can be when wonderful people gather together in wonderful places to celebrate art and design and fashion. That's the New York I always loved, and that I still love when I experience it. It's the place of dreams that is still a neighborhood, an exciting and inspiring adventure that can still be called home.
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