Welcome to Fall 2020 You made it! If you still have your hair, congrats! The NYC market is back. After a slow summer, we are starting to see an uptick in activity, and many of our buyers are cautiously approaching the market, making offers and signing contracts when it makes sense. Digs has remained quite busy advising buyers and sellers in these strange times and closed out the quarter with 15 deals...
Hello Summer, Hello Phase 2! Welcome to Phase 2 – The Great Reopening! I hope everybody made the best of their quarantine and remained healthy, safe and sane. Rebecca and I have been hunkering down with the kids on the Upper West Side for the past three months. During this time, we watched the incredible transition of our great metropolis from the world’s capital of culture and commerce to a beautiful...
Black Lives Matter Where to even begin? I am a white woman who grew up in a fancy building on the Upper West Side in New York City in the 80s and 90s. I was a combative and somewhat rebellious teen and caused my family a lot of agida, but it was easy for me to stay on the path that was paved for me: work hard and get good grades and get accepted to a good college, where I worked hard and got good grades...
Raising Money for NYC Hospital Workers Thank you for all your support. We hope you are all safe and healthy with your loved ones. For those of you who have struggled more personally with this tragedy, our thoughts are with you. We are here in NYC if you need anything. With your help, over the last month, we have donated meals to 400+ front-line healthcare workers throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and...
Raising Money for NYC Hospital Workers We had been feeling a bit helpless through all this covid-19 madness, trapped at home in our wonderful but currently very lonely city. After almost a month of sitting idle, doing nothing to help but stay at home, we wanted to do more for those who are risking their lives every day to save ours. We decided we needed to do something for our NYC hospital workers, and,...
Digs in Vermont Every year over MLK weekend, we take a road trip and head to Vermont. We rent a big house near Okemo Mountain with lots of beds and get a great group of friends together for a long weekend of skiing, snowball fights, food, wine and hot tubbing. This year in Vermont We were supposed to be 5 families, with 9 little boys and 2 little girls. We ended up with 4 families, 8 boys and 1 lone girl...