Madison Avenue, New York City
Madison Avenue is home to the bulk of Manhattan’s snobbiest retail establishments, which are packed into a twenty-block stretch between East 58th and East 78th streets. Retail rents here are […]
Leisure Pursuits
Fifth Avenue, New York City
Fifth Avenue, Manhattan’s traditional stretch of luxury retail, has been upstaged in recent decades by Madison Avenue. But Fifth is still home to a relatively short section of high-end shopping, […]
après-ski
ap´-ray-SKEE´ (French for ‘after-ski’) Après-ski describes the activities in which skiers participate after a day (or morning, or afternoon) on the slopes, or pistes. More broadly, après-ski refers to any […]
off-piste
off-peest´ Off-piste refers to being off an established ski run and skiing, instead, on a slope that’s unmarked, unsupervised, and unmaintained. In regular English, this is called skiing the ‘backcountry.’ […]