-New York

  • Destination Info

    About -New York

    New York is by far my favourite city in the world. I just love the energy there and seeing all of the iconic landmarks. The food is outstanding, the shopping is amazing, there are some of the top museums in the world and I love musical theatre so catching a Broadway play (or two) there is heaven.

    It might seem overwhelming at first but New York is actually set up in a grid system and the neighbourhoods are clearly defined. I would say choose a few ‘hoods each day that are close to each other and just wander the streets and get lost. You definitely need to check out Soho, Nolita and Greenwich Village.

    I highly recommend taking the subway in New York. It’s really easy to navigate, safe and has the best people watching. You can also Uber in New York which is a great option if you are a big group (we are a family of 5 so we do Uber XL), if it’s raining or if it’s rush hour.

     

  • Eat / Play / Shop

    Eat / Play / Shop

    Favourite Stores:

    10 Corso Como

    3.1 Philip Lim

    AG Jeans

    Ahn Ann

    Alice & Olivia

    Anne Fontaine

    Artist and Fleas

    Ash (shoes)

    Astro Fossils

    Badichi (belts)

    Bag

    Barney Coop

    Barney’s

    Bergdorf Goodman

    Bloomingdales

    Camper (shoes)

    Claire V.

    Clyde’s (pharmacy)

    Dover St. Market

    Dylan’s Candy Bar

    EAT Gifts

    Eileen Fisher

    Elie Tahari

    Ermine New York

    Etro

    Flying Tiger

    Haute Hippie

    Helmut Lang

    Henri Bendel (accessories)

    High Design

    Highway

    Intermix

    Iro

    Issy Miyake

    Jennifer Miller (jewelry)

    Joseph

    Kempton & Co.

    Kith

    Kirna Zabete

    KMO

    Lilith

    Love Adorned

    Ma Non Troppo

    Manhattan Art and Antique Centre

    Metaliforous

    MOMA Store

    Montmarte

    Muleh

    Museum of Art & Design

    NBA Store

    NHL Store

    Osklen

    Other Stories

    P!Q

    Rag & Bone

    Rebecca Taylor

    Ricky’s

    Roundabout (consignment)

    Scoop NYC

    Shoe

    Story

    Street Market on Prince

    This is Story

    TJ Maxx

    Totokaelo

    Uno de 50

    Y3

    Zitomer

    Good sites to check out for shopping:

    Best shopping neighbourhoods: Upper East Side (Madison Avenue from 57th to 79th) ; Upper West Side (on Columbus from 65th to 83rd); 5th Avenue (from 40th to 57th); Lower East Side (from Houston to Canal along Allen, Orchard, and Ludlow streets, spreading outward along both sides of Delancey Street); Soho (from Broadway west to Sixth Avenue, and Houston Street south to Canal Street); Nolita (Elizabeth and neighboring Mott and Mulberry streets are dotted with stylish shops between Lafayette Street and the Bowery, below Houston to Kenmare); Greenwich Village (Bleecker Street west of Sixth Avenue; Christopher St); Meatpacking; Brooklyn (some of the most interesting things can be found in Park Slope, Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens, DUMBO);

    Favorite Restaurants:

    ABC Kitchen

    Babbo

    Balthazar

    Bar Pitti

    Beauty and Essex

    Bill’s Bar & Burger

    Blue Fin

    Bread

    Brooklyn Diner

    Buddakan

    Café Habana

    Casa Mono

    Catch

    Canal St. Mkt

    Craft

    David Burke

    Dean and Deluca

    Delicatessen

    Dirt Candy

    Eataly

    Essen

    Fig and Olive

    Gotham Bar and Grill

    Gramercy Tavern

    Hill Country BBQ

    Il Buco Alimentari

    Ivan Ramen

    JG Melons

    La Esquina

    Locanda Verde

    Mercer Kitchen

    Miss Lily’s

    Momofuku Noodle Bar

    New York Luncheonette

    Nishida Sho Ten

    Olive’s

    Piccolo Angolo

    Perla

    Red Farm

    Red Rooster

    Rice to Riches

    Sadelle’s

    Spice Market

    STK

    Sylvia’s

    Tacombi

    The Dutch

    The Little Owl

    The Nomad

    The Standard Grill

    Toloache

    Urbanspace

    Viand Coffee Shop

    Virgil’s Real BBQ

    Westville

    *Italic means I haven’t eaten there yet but it’s on my list

     

    At Night:

    Maria’s Crisis (sing Broadway songs with fellow patrons to live piano)

    The Duplex

    Cafe Carlyle

    The Slipper Room Burlesque

    Comedy Club in Time Square

  • Itinerary

    Itinerary

    Things to do in NYC:

    -High Line

    -Brooklyn Bridge

    -Times Square

    -9/11 Memorial

    -Top of the Rock (I have never done this but hear it’s great)

    -New York Library (sounds lame but the architecture inside is mind-blowing)

     

    Museums:

    -Metropolitan Museum of Art

    -Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) -one of my favorites

    -Guggenheim

    -Whitney

    -The New Museum

    -Neue Gallery

    -Met Breuer

    -Jewish Museum

    -Tenement Museum

    -Howard Greenberg (photography)

    -International Centre for Photography (one of my favourites)

     

    Parks/Squares:

    -Central Park (rambles; Belvedere Castle; zoo)

    -Bryant Park (great in Fall for Christmas Market)

    -Union Square (great on weekends for the Farmer’s Market)

    -check out some quirky museums

     

    With Kids:

    -Natural History Museum

    -Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (museum in old Navy ship with fighter jets on top)

    -Nintendo World

    -Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art

    -Museum of Moving Images

    -Gazillion Bubbles Show

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