mini guide: chelsea and the high line...

Posted by cherrypatter in manh: below 42nd street, manhattan, mini guides: new york on 06 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment
  mini guide: chelsea and the high line:  now that chelsea, or at least the far west side of chelsea will be dominated by the huge attraction of the high line, i think we will be coming to hang out here more and more often. unfortunately, much of the recent development that has gone on, particularly...
Read More

scandinavian grace: fine design with tre...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, food, gifts, home, kitchen, scandinavian, shops, snacks, treats, williamsburg on 04 28th, 2009 | 3 Comments
earlier this year, on a side street quite close to one of the best blocks on park slope’s 5th avenue, a little home design shop opened up.  and while 5th avenue does have a lot of great shops – other than matter which is a bit high end and esoteric – there are no real home stores...
Read More

mxyplyzyk: consistently fun, modern and ...

Posted by cherrypatter in gifts, home, kitchen, manhattan, shops, toys, west village on 04 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment
to get the best pulse on what is cool and fun and modern, and for gifts for young and old, i always go to mxyplyzyk.   while i am not really a fan of the service (they have gotten a bit too fancy for their britches) the quality and range of what they have is excellent.  their curatorial skills are...
Read More

apartment 48 home design...

Posted by cherrypatter in chelsea, gifts, home, kids, kitchen, manhattan, shops on 03 18th, 2009 | No Comments
it is amazing, but new york seems to have an endless supply of really excellent, really small and pretty affordable home stores scattered throughout the city.   one of my favorite finds recently, which is not a find to many who are much more in the know in the design world, is apartment 48.  there...
Read More

hasker: always good design, always affor...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, carroll gardens, gifts, home, shops on 03 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
before we lived in brooklyn and i knew anything about smith street, for some reason j, infant k and i had about an hour to kill before needing to venture back to the upper east side. trudging along carroll garden’s main shopping drag, hoping to make headway on my christmas shopping list, i was...
Read More

baby + design + beautiful + educational...

Posted by cherrypatter in kids, shops, toys on 02 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment
for some reason, this winter a bunch of friends have had babies and so we’ve been on a renewed hunt for great toys.   one friend in particular (a new mom interested in only the best for her child) has asked for something for her newborn that is intellectually stimulating.  hmmm, that’s...
Read More

home chelsea home...

Posted by cherrypatter in chelsea, furniture, gifts, home, manhattan, shops on 02 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment
until my recent tour up ninth avenue, i hadn’t really thought of chelsea as a home shopping destination, but between 19th and 21st streets, there are three excellent options for all sorts of home goodies.  the first shop pictured above, nest interiors, is the most modern with lots of dark polished...
Read More

hable construction: patterns, textures a...

Posted by cherrypatter in gifts, home, manhattan, shops, west village on 01 27th, 2009 | 3 Comments
hable construction is one of the great small stores around.  well, hable is really an innovative textile design firm that is well-known for its beautiful modern designs.  their printed fabric is available around the country, and they also sell a variety of home items made out of cotton,  linen,...
Read More

layla: endless iterations of luxury...

Posted by cherrypatter in boerum hill, brooklyn, gifts, home, jewelry, shops, womens' clothes on 01 20th, 2009 | No Comments
the little shop layla just off the main drag of atlantic avenue in boerum hill boasts the most exquisite jewel tones in all its pillows, sheets, duvets, blankets and other linens. many of the goods come from india and europe, and the choices are wide-ranging in high quality cottons and silks.  ...
Read More

dreams in design...

Posted by cherrypatter in kids on 01 15th, 2009 | No Comments
  as usual, i have been coveting something for quite a long time, and while i am still not ready to actually move forward and purchase these gorgeous sheets, i am close.   i have decided that i will wait till s. is big enough to move into a big boy bed (maybe sometime this year) and that will then...
Read More

« Previous Entries