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convivio: maybe best for lunch...

Posted by cherrypatter in fancy, food, italian, manhattan, midtown east on 04 1st, 2010 | No Comments

in our wintery round of fancy restaurants, beginning with marea for my birthday, we went on to convivio for our anniversary in february. we had been here many moons before for a j. birthday dinner when it was l’impero, and we liked it then though it felt a bit stuffy and corporate. that feeling...

affordable art fair: for just a little, ...

Posted by cherrypatter in ideas, manh: below 42nd street, manhattan, midtown east, mini guides: new york on 05 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments

well maybe the works on offer here are not quite cheap, but the affordable art fair new york city has always had lots of gorgeous, interesting art for relatively affordable prices (starting at $100). j and i don’t know too much about art, and we are definitely not experts, but the few times...

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with two small and darling kids and one lovely husband who all occasionally need some amount of tending to as well as a full-time job, this blog is an excuse for me to explore the streets of new york, with a focus on brooklyn -- my home -- and manhattan, for those great little finds that seem to appear randomly on all sorts of blocks around new york but are sometimes hidden from plain view. i gravitate toward small, beautiful, independent places with interesting things, fantastic and friendly service and mostly affordable stuff (or at least an excellent value) and food that is extremely tasty, reasonable and in a great space -- though taste will trump design every time. to help put all these ideas in one place, i also will provide a series of new york mini-guides. in each of these, i will highlight something fun to do and then give some food, shop and doing suggestions nearby. these mini-guides, soon to be accompanied by mini-maps, will help to fill an afternoon -- where to pick up a snack, what shops to check out nearby and is there a really sweet little park along the way for a much needed rest. and i am always looking for ideas -- so if you have any suggestions for where to eat and shop or what to do please let me know. . you can also follow me on twitter at cherrypatter.

and for those of you more interested in the photos, i have absolutely no photography training and while i have been picking up a few tidbits here and there, mostly i think the credit for the photos goes to my lovely camera. it is a canon rebel xti, and the lens i use most of the time is the 50 mm 1:1:8. i also have a 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 for longer views.

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