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where to shop and eat at the best little places in new york city
and great ideas for what to do too!
and great ideas for what to do too!
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...
mini guide: west village at 6th avenue a...
Posted by cherrypatter in manh: below 42nd street, manhattan, mini guides: new york on 05 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
the ifc center, located at the intersection of 6th avenue and west 3rd street is kind of in the middle of the west village just bordering on what i think of as the “central” village — the grungier, super touristy part of the village. the actual location of the theater is villagequite...
lan zhou handpull noodles: a taste of th...
Posted by cherrypatter in asian, brooklyn, cheap, chinese, food, sunset park, take out on 05 18th, 2009 | No Comments
having spent a year travelling throughout china trying all sorts of amazing (and not so amazing) food, i definitely crave the local chinese specialties that are found at the hole in the wall spots. not so clean, but oh so interesting and often tasty. since my travels were long ago, my memories...
taste of tribeca: a downtown food feast...
Posted by cherrypatter in manh: below 42nd street, manhattan, mini guides: new york, shops, tribeca on 05 15th, 2009 | No Comments
i don’t know that i really need an excuse to hang out outside and eat in this 70 degree weather (assuming no rain of course), but just in case you’re looking for one, taste of tribeca is a great event that is going on tomorrow, saturday, may 16th. held on tribeca’s cobblestone streets,...
doughnut plant: churros anyone?...
Posted by cherrypatter in bakery, cheap, doughnuts, food, lower east side, manhattan, treats on 05 13th, 2009 | No Comments
for anyone who follows the new york donut scene even a little bit, the doughnut plant does not exactly need an introduction. having been around since 1994, mostly known for their super large yeast and cake donuts in all sorts of interesting flavors like vanilla bean, creme brulee, valrhona chocolate...
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...
streb at slam: catapult: defying gravity...
Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, brooklyn: north, dance, ideas, kids, mini guides: new york, williamsburg on 05 1st, 2009 | No Comments
while streb is officially a dance troupe, their work seems to focus on what some call “aggressive physicality” where the dancers — or maybe really they should be called acrobats — take on a lot of risks to perform actions that maybe the normal human just wouldn’t tackle. ...
jenny holzer: the whitney museum LED spe...
Posted by cherrypatter in manh: above 42nd street, manhattan, mini guides: new york on 04 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment
i have seen jenny holzer’s work on occasion but this whitney exhibit “protect protect” looks great because it is pretty substantial and is her biggest retrospective in the united states in more than 15 years. now since i could not understand a word of the whitney’s description...