When the singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles came to New York from her native California in 2013 and rented what she described as “a really sweet one-bedroom” in the West Village, who knew — certainly not Ms. Bareilles — that she’d soon be crooning a love song to the city? I thought I would only be here for a year,” said Ms. Bareilles, 36, who composed the Tony-nominated score for the Broadway musical “Waitress” and is a five-time Grammy nominee in categories including song of the year and album of the year. That delightful place in the West Village was on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street, “so it was very vibrant in the evenings,” Ms. Bareilles said. “It was years ago,” Ms. Bareilles said. “I tend to love color,” said Ms. Bareilles, whose house in Venice gives full expression to that love.

Source: New York Times September 09, 2016 20:48 UTC