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...
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general and finds: and these are real br...

Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, bags, brooklyn, carroll gardens, gifts, home, jewelry, kids, kids' clothes, shops, vintage, womens' clothes on 05 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment
general and finds (which until very recently had been store518)  joins some of my other favorite little shops and food pit stops (including ruby moriarty and prime meats) concentrated in this great area at the far end of court street in brooklyn.    general and finds is the creation of  designer...
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shop: colors run amok in the lower east ...

Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, bags, jewelry, lower east side, manhattan, shops, womens' clothes on 05 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment
i had seen shop mentioned in a few shopping guides including this one, and thought i definitely should come by as it seemed like my kind of store — fairly affordable yet chock full of interesting, comfortable, and stylish clothes that i would be more than happy to wear for work or for play.  ...
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blue tree: so much to love...

Posted by cherrypatter in gifts, home, kids, manhattan, shops, upper east side, womens' clothes on 05 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment
as i have been on the hunt for great little independent shops all over new york, i was surprised to keep hearing that there is this one must see place on the upper east side.  and, well, i used to live up there (way to the east but still technically the upper east side) andi cannot remember once finding...
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eidolon: a spot for cute shoes and other...

Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, brooklyn, park slope, shoes, shops, womens' clothes on 03 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment
rounding out my review of that very excellent fifth avenue block in park slope is eidolon, a teeny spot owned and run by three local designers — amara felice, andrea fisher and yukie ohta.  while it is small, and the collections don’t rotate super frequently, they consistently have great...
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diana kane: swimsuit weather might be ne...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, jewelry, lingerie, park slope, shops, womens' clothes on 03 16th, 2009 | No Comments
well, i think that swimsuit weather is probably still a few months away (and that is definitely a good thing in my case) unless you have a nice warm vacation planned sometime soon, but this great little store is getting me excited to move past winter with some beautiful bikinis, sexy metallic flip flops...
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boucher: gorgeous yet affordable preciou...

Posted by cherrypatter in jewelry, manhattan, meat packing district, shops on 02 13th, 2009 | No Comments
well before the meatpacking district turned high-end trendy, a tiny little jewelry shop named boucher opened up on a cobblestone street offering affordable hand made necklaces, bracelets and earrings designed by laura mady and her staff.    filled with shades of greens, pinks, golds and purples,...
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