Shira Levine is a journalist based in New York City. She is a weekly columnist for Metro New York. Her column is called "The Real Estate Voyeur" and is available Wednesdays. She has contributed to a plethora of publications and news outlets including: Metro New York, Forbes, New York, Portfolio, The Street, Radar, Inked, Tokion, Accent, Forum, Maxim, Metropolis, The Forward, Men's Fitness, amNewYork, Court TV, ABC Network Radio, Star, OK!, Life & Style, StyleHive, SustainLane, and the Tico Times in Costa Rica.

Blog Entries by Shira Levine

The Miracle Berry: A Food Orgy that Tantalizes the Tongue

Posted July 8, 2008 | 10:34 AM (EST)


Sour Patch Kids tasted just like gummy bears. I popped one into my mouth. A Swedish Fish even, but by no means the tres tart Sour Patch Kid. Not even the slightest reflexive mouth pucker thanks to the miracle berry I swallowed moments before. Miracle berry, you ask? Didn't you...

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Throw Obama and Clinton Into the Cage for Some Mixed Martial Arts, and Never Mind About Old What's-His-Name, McCain!

Posted May 7, 2008 | 02:15 PM (EST)


Yesterday's headlines and news teasers swore that the Indiana and North Carolina set of primaries could truly change the game for the Democratic presidential nomination, but alas, it looks like the battle continues.

Forget the superdelegates, says actor John Leguizamo. There's a quicker and less painful solution to choosing the...

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Paraiso Travel Reopened My Eyes to the Immigrant's Plight - Illegal and Legal

Posted May 1, 2008 | 04:27 PM (EST)


I saw the film Paraiso Travel last weekend and was incredibly affected by Colombian director Simon Brand's authentic adaptation of Jorge Franco Ramos' story of middle class Colombians making an illegal immigration to the United States. Paraiso, produced by Jonathan Sanger is playing at the TriBeCa Film Festival and...

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Denise Rich for Obama?...Sorry Rosie: Hasselbeck Here to Stay

Posted April 23, 2008 | 06:49 PM (EST)


Before Senator Hillary Clinton inched ahead of Senator Barack Obama for Pennsylvania's Democratic vote Tuesday, I stopped by the Conde Nast Traveler's 8th Annual Hot List party at Mansion where a slew of celebrities were in attendance. There was the pregnant or not pregnant press magnet Ashlee Simpson, along with...

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