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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!
fuego 718: around the world and back...
Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, brooklyn, gifts, home, jewelry, miscellaneous, shops, williamsburg on 05 20th, 2009 | No Comments
at the beginning of a very fun strip along grand street in williamsburg sits fuego 718, an eclectic, bursting with color gift shop with super affordable and unique goods from around the world. fuego 718 offers some of the usual knicknacks and little books i often see in a gift store, but they...
la superior: the yummiest mexican food a...
Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, cheap, food, latin american, mexican, williamsburg on 05 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment
la superior was really a treat that will keep on giving. i am so glad i finally went to this mexican street food spot after reading all the hype here and here and here since it opened last fall. the restaurant itself is nothing to look at it, and from what i’ve read the service and...
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. ...
franny and roey: a little new mixes well...
Posted by cherrypatter in affordable, bags, brooklyn, gifts, jewelry, mens' clothes, shops, vintage, williamsburg, womens' clothes on 04 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment
so i am loathe to admit it, i cannot claim to be an expert vintage shopper as i am often times turned off by the musty smell and often the super cramped quarters where tons of dresses, shirts and shoes are all shoved together. so when i find a vintage shop that is appealing that is saying quite...
motorino: naples has arrived in brooklyn...
Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, brunch, cheap, food, italian, pizza, williamsburg on 04 9th, 2009 | No Comments
so no suprise, as a pretty diehard pizza fan, a friend and i decided that we needed to try out motorino out in williamsburg especially since it has been getting all sorts of rave reviews lately including an endorsement by mario batali on a tour conducted by grub street as one of the best of the new...
the brooklyn kitchen: much more than a s...
Posted by cherrypatter in brooklyn, kitchen, shops, super useful, vintage, williamsburg on 04 8th, 2009 | No Comments
as a physical store, the brooklyn kitchen is not exactly wow material and so it was kind of hard to understand what all the hype has been about. however, as i spent a little more time there and understood more what the store is about, it is much more than the stuff in the store. with a great...