Searching for Sugar Man - Tribeca, New York

Being at the Tribeca Film Festival for Searching for Sugar Man was a trip. And, at the risk of sounding desperately name-drop-ish, we were absolutely starstruck when we spotted Michael Moore in the audience. He stayed to chat to us specifically. What an approachable, down-to-earth, sweet, awesome and genuinely humble person. 

Here is a short photo-essay of the whirl-wind 36 hours we spent devouring as much as we could... of the big apple.

Chelsea Market

Doorway near Chelsea Market

Graffiti on Perry (West Village)

Porthole to the rooms - The Jane Hotel

Bottle, coasters and glasses in rooms - The Jane Hotel

Malik Bendjelloul, Michael Moore and Craig Bartholomew Strydom (husband)

Opted for vintage safari dress in honor of heritage (and 'cause it isn't too tight!)

Luggage ready for car

A portion of the High Line in the West Village

Lunch at Republic, Union Square (with daughter)

Classic Soho

Detail - Soho

For those with more ‘dash than cash’…

We stayed at The Jane Hotel in the West Village this weekend, and what a visual feast it was. If you’re into Taxidermy (check), faded grandeur (check) and general bohemia (triple check), then this would be your stomping ground. Originally built as a seaman’s hotel (and hosting survivors of the Titanic until the end of the American enquiry into the ship’s sinking), it was transformed into its current incarnation in 2008 by the same owners as The Maritime and The Bowery Hotel. The wonderful Morrocan-flavored Café Gitane is right in the hotel, and the authenticity of the décor transports one to Marrakesh with a hint of Cuba or Brazil (they have avocado toast, people!). The crowd is painfully hip accompanied by a you-are-rather-lucky-to-be-in-the-same-room-as-me attitude. I heard the hotel interior described as the type of living room where The Royal Tenenbaums would host their family reunion. Perfect.

Photographs by Craig Strydom, Katie Sokoler and Ian Ference.
Contributor: Philippa Berrington-Blew