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glass shop: aussie style brew comes to b...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, coffee, food, prospect heights, sandwiches, snacks, treats on 06 22nd, 2009 | 3 Comments

my weekends with j are usually filled with some coffee quest. since we’re in the middle of park slope, our 5-block radius leaves something to be desired in the coffee department so we are pretty willing to go out and try whatever is a little bit further away. a few weeks ago, we made it to...

coney island and the mermaid parade: an ...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, coney island, happenings, ideas on 06 19th, 2009 | No Comments

i haven’t been out to coney island in a while, and this weekend is a perfect excuse as the weather is supposed to finally be decent (maybe) and it is time for the annual mermaid parade. this year’s king neptune is harvey keitel with his queen mermaid daphna (whoever she is) leading...

enchanted, back to basic toys on the upp...

Posted by cherrypatter in kids, manhattan, shops, toys, upper east side on 06 18th, 2009 | No Comments

despite thinking that i have explored every nook and cranny on the upper east side for interesting, not crazily priced stores, i was surprised to learn from my friend in silver spring, maryland that i might have missed a special spot. and it’s true. enchanted is a really wonderful toy store...

saxelby cheesemongers: the essence of ar...

Posted by cherrypatter in cheese, food, lower east side, manhattan, sandwiches, snacks on 06 16th, 2009 | No Comments

we are definitely a cheese-loving family. j and i used to have cheese only dinners, and even now we sometimes resort to that when we are just too tired, or lazy, and i will say it is always a very very popular choice with the kids (though i think they just use cheese as an excuse for crackers but...

lucali: good enough for gq, pretty good ...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, carroll gardens, food, pizza on 06 15th, 2009 | 3 Comments

yes, i’ve been visiting a few too many pizza spots the last few weeks, but given that we have “pizza” friday in our house, and it is one of the few foods k eats without much complaint, it is no wonder. so on my list for a while has been lucali. with the never ending chatter about...

governors island: definitely a strange w...

Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, dumbo, ideas, manhattan, public spaces, wall street on 06 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment

i finally visited governors island for the very first time last year, and it was one weird experience. although technically part of new york city, this 92-acre island that is just 800 yards from downtown manhattan, just feels like someplace else. full of now empty and abandoned army residential...

mini guide: a kind of desert at the tip ...

Posted by cherrypatter in manh: below 42nd street, mini guides: new york on 06 12th, 2009 | 3 Comments

a couple big tourist destinations leave from the very southern tip of manhattan including the statue of liberty/ellis island adventures, the staten island ferry (a great way to see the statue without having to wait in huge lines or pay a cent) and governors island which i just posted about above. ...

journelle: pretty little things...

Posted by cherrypatter in lingerie, madison square park/union square, manhattan, shops, womens' clothes on 06 11th, 2009 | No Comments

although i tend to be quite particular about my clothes and shoes, i have not treated my underthings as kindly, mostly because i am just less willing to splurge in the lingerie department. however, i am slowly but surely coming around and gaining the understanding that yes, it is equally important...

cloth: an affordable stylish treasure in...

Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, bags, brooklyn, fort greene, shoes, shops, womens' clothes on 06 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments

i had heard of this place cloth mentioned a few times, but never knew quite where it was or what it was — some kind of crafty place is what i thought so maybe i just wasn’t that interested. when i finally stumbled upon cloth recently in quest for other clothing stores in fort greene...

wings at bonnie’s grill: spicy, ch...

Posted by cherrypatter in american, brooklyn, cheap, food, park slope, take out on 06 9th, 2009 | No Comments

i am not a buffalo style chicken wing expert (and there are lots of opinions on this topic: see here and here for starters). nonetheless i think i can wholeheartedly recommend the wings from bonnie’s grill in park slope. bonnie’s wings show up regularly on the wing rankings, and...

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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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