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spring: little bits of high and low fun...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, dumbo, gifts, home, miscellaneous, shops on 09 9th, 2009 | No Comments

checking out spring is a seasonal ritual for me. when we come down to dumbo, which is not all the time and usually more during the nicer months as that fantastic ship playground can get might cold and windy in the winter times, we usually focus on some kind of food treat (jacques torres or the brooklyn...

cobblestone foods: surprising spot for s...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, cobble hill, food, market, sandwiches, treats on 09 8th, 2009 | No Comments

a year and a half ago i was subjected to two straight weeks of the great grand jury experience for new york state. the highlight was that we all got to sit around in a very fancy building well stocked with delightful vending machines. among the downsides — other than a lot of wasted time (why...

mother & son: the caribbean right o...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, cheap, food, latin american, park slope, snacks on 08 25th, 2009 | No Comments

other than super easy access to the r train, which is a much underappreciated train i now realize, there is not much to like about 4th avenue. this is especially true after nyc brilliantly rezoned this strip of nyc yet failed to put any design requirements on the buildings. the result is something...

levain bakery: the gold cookie standard...

Posted by cherrypatter in bakery, food, manhattan, sandwiches, treats, upper west side on 08 24th, 2009 | 4 Comments

so we’re entering into the very last weeks of august and things are slowing down. i love this time of summer when there is just a hint of fall but new york is still incredibly mellow. everyone is out of town it seems, parking is no problem, and we can eat wherever we like (well almost) without...

waterpod project: an environment onto it...

Posted by cherrypatter in happenings, ideas, public spaces on 08 21st, 2009 | No Comments

the waterpod projecthas been floating around new york since the beginning of the summer, and last week i got to take grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins aboard to check out this self-sustaining art colony when it was docked off of joralemon street in brooklyn. the waterpod project is an...

bjorn borg: knickers for the tennis obse...

Posted by cherrypatter in lingerie, manhattan, nolita, shops on 08 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

björn borg is one of the more eccentric underwear shops i have checked out lately but the whole nostalgic tennis thing definitely made me want to check it out. my summers as a kid were spent playing tennis. a much older guy in our neighborhood, david freed, who coached davis cup in 1960 and...

oms/b: midtown lunch so much better than...

Posted by cherrypatter in asian, cheap, food, japanese, manhattan, midtown east, snacks, take out on 08 18th, 2009 | No Comments

it’s been a long while since i worked in midtown, and i don’t think i have ever missed the food scene there — until last week that is. in addition to crazy work hours, all i can remember of midtown life was lots of chain food, super cheap pizza and periodic high end lunches...

people’s pops: a frozen necessity...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, dumbo, food, fort greene, ice cream, treats on 08 17th, 2009 | No Comments

with temperatures reaching 90 degrees and lots of humidity thrown in yesterday, the popsicles from people’s pops were the perfect antidote to the heat — if only for a few minutes. the latest flavors this weekend included the roasted apricot and lavender (pictured above) which was super...

bryant park film festival: close encount...

Posted by cherrypatter in ideas, manhattan, midtown west, public spaces on 08 14th, 2009 | No Comments

one of the great new york summer traditions started in bryant park 17 years ago, and it was and is a great treat to see movies at that beautiful little garden set in the middle of midtown. now that there are outdoor movies all over the city — central park film festival (starting next week), river...

mini guide: bryant park...

Posted by cherrypatter in manh: above 42nd street, manhattan, midtown west, mini guides: new york on 08 14th, 2009 | No Comments

bryant park is another one of those beautiful small oases in new york where you can go and disappear at least when there are no major events going on (like fashion week). one of my favorite things in the park is their beautiful le carrousel which is rarely busy, is super affordable and goes round...

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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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spring: little bits of high and low fun...

cobblestone foods: surprising spot for s...

mother & son: the caribbean right o...

levain bakery: the gold cookie standard...

waterpod project: an environment onto it...

bjorn borg: knickers for the tennis obse...

oms/b: midtown lunch so much better than...

people’s pops: a frozen necessity...

bryant park film festival: close encount...

mini guide: bryant park...

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