interview: ann cantrell, annie’s b...

Posted by cherrypatter in boerum hill, brooklyn, brooklyn heights, carroll gardens, interviews on 10 8th, 2009 | No Comments
i’m very happy to announce addition number two to cherrypatter (last week was the long awaited map) – again a long time in coming — will be a series of interviews to find out where some of the people behind my favorite places like to eat and shop.   i’ll also be featuring...
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dear fieldbinder: the beauty on smith st...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, carroll gardens on 10 8th, 2009 | No Comments
although atlantic avenue has a bunch of fancy clothing shops, the rest of south brooklyn doesn’t really see that much in the high end range, or at least my interpreation of high end which is where the range is often around $200 or more.  for me, especially that i no longer work in a law firm...
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posteritati: for the film obsessed...

Posted by cherrypatter in art, chinatown, gifts, home, manhattan, shops on 10 7th, 2009 | No Comments
posteritati is an unassuming shop at the very bottom of chinatown (or soho according to some) just where it starts to bleed into the city hall and wall street area.  usually, i wouldn’t think of roaming around there but there actually seem to be quite a few cute shops there including saturdays,...
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yerba buena: great cocktails, good latin...

Posted by cherrypatter in brunch, cocktails, east village, food, latin american, manhattan, west village on 10 6th, 2009 | No Comments
yerba buena has been on my list since it opened last year, and we finally made it — en famille - just a few weeks ago.  we came at an ungodly hour (i won’t admit how early) but it’s a good thing we did as it’s not really a child-friendly restaurant though the waiter did a really...
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der schwarze kolner biergarten: almost l...

Posted by cherrypatter in beer and wine, brooklyn, food, fort greene, german/austrian, snacks on 10 5th, 2009 | No Comments
j. spent more than 7 years living in germany before i met him, and understandably he was very excited for me to visit his adopted homeland.  i, on the other hand, couldn’t have been less enthusiastic.  of all the european countries, we were going to spend lots of time in stuttgart and frankfurt ...
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atlantic antic: amazing, a street festiv...

Posted by cherrypatter in boerum hill, brooklyn, brooklyn: south, happenings, ideas on 10 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
  i am no lover of street fairs, and usually when i see them coming i run the other way. i don’t actually understand why new york city supports them. the same stuff all the time, blocking up the streets, producing lots of garbage and i don’t actually know who enjoys them. i know, this is...
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mini guide: atlantic avenue...

Posted by cherrypatter in boerum hill, brooklyn, brooklyn: south, mini guides: new york on 10 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
photo from auster*events there will be plenty going on along atlantic avenue with the atlantic antic, but just in case the street fair shopping is not doing it for you, there are so many excellent shops lining atlantic avenue within boerum hill that it was very difficult to pick which ones to highlight.  ...
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goldy + mac: a quick and affordable pick...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, park slope on 10 1st, 2009 | No Comments
when we moved back to park slope way back in 2004 and we were living at the corner of 4th avenue and president, it was bizarre.  definitely not like the old hood had been in the late ’80s, and it was all good. instead of passing by the incredibly expensive but alluring anik or searle, i had diana...
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john derian: maybe my favorite store eve...

Posted by cherrypatter in east village, furniture, gifts, home, kitchen, manhattan, miscellaneous, shops, stationery, super useful on 09 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
i know it may be hard to believe, since i do try to talk about the best this or that, but the john derian company inc. is really truly one of my very very very favorite stores of all kinds. i think that i have only held off writing about it for so long  because i was worried the shopkeepers wouldn’t...
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saraghina: a very pleasant pizza adventu...

Posted by cherrypatter in american, bedford-stuyvesant, brooklyn, cheap, food, outdoor dining, pizza on 09 29th, 2009 | No Comments
as i’ve mentioned before, our family has this pizza friday tradition.  while sometimes it has to be local (and last friday i endured two boots which while extremely family friendly really leaves something to be desired in the taste department), we try to make a bit of trek out of it both for...
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