When Greenwich Village resident Aimee Bell, a Vanity Fair editor, was asked by another parent where her daughter, then in fifth grade, would be attending High School, she jokingly answered that she was starting one herself. That was two years ago, and since then the wisecrack has turned into a reality. With a little help from Bell's well-connected friends (Graydon Carter! John Leguizamo! Bob Kerrey!), Greenwich Village High, a private academy, will accept 45 freshman......

Bushwick residents Jan VanDamme and Paul Nicholson surely weren't the first roommates with an ambitious dream of transforming their apartment into something special, but hot damn if the duo didn't follow through on it. As the story goes on their website, last April Nicholson "walked into the backyard of his Harman St. first floor apartment and stated, 'We have to build a beer garden.' Without a word, Jan nodded. The next three months would be......

Get excited: There’s going to be an “exclusive” lounge opening any day now on the Lower East Side! It’s called The Eldridge (named for the street it’s on) and it promises to fabulously fill the void left by Luv 24/7, the previous lounge at the address. But what’s going to make The Eldridge sail where Luv 24/7 foundered? Owner Matt Levine tells Grub Street that, for starters, his 13-table room is going to have movie......

There's a lesson that parents should learn before signing contracts for a private school: always read the fine print. The NY Times tells the story of a Soho couple (David and Michele Bender) whose daughter won a coveted, if pricey--$26,000/year--spot in the kindergarten program at the West Village's Little Red School House (pictured). The Benders put down a $2,500 deposit and another $7,500 towards the tuition, but then three months later, their daughter was accepted......