NYC Fashion Find: La Garçonne Boutique
It still surprises me to see fashion e-tailers put so much energy into clever merchandising, shrewd marketing and beautiful web design and then fall short when it comes to visually presenting their wares in the most “Pinnable” way. But this isn’t so for La Garçonne, an online shopping destination for lovers of minimalism. Here, they’ve […]
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NYC Bar Find: Wise Men
Wise Men, a dark and moody watering hole owned by a trio of fashion and restaurant industry pros (who despite what the name suggests are not men) is where to go when you’re on Bowery, need a drink but don’t have the energy to battle the crowds at the bar. There’s plenty of fashion industry […]
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NYC Hidden Bar Find: The Roost
Maybe you’ve already been to The Roost for coffee, but only inquisitive coffee drinkers will know that there is a reward for stepping through the door situated just past the coffee counter. Behind it is an inviting bar about 3x the size of the quaint coffee shop and it’s where the local Alphabet City crowd […]
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NYC Interiors Find: Paula Rubenstein
Paula Rubenstein, the revered collector and authority on the 19th and 20th century antique space is the gold standard when it comes to good taste. Her namesake store in NoHo offers shoppers and inspiration seekers the most tightly edited collection of vintage home décor gems. Inside you’ll covet her well-preserved furnishings, unexpected oddities, photography books, […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Sakagura
Sakagura is not the kind of restaurant you just happen upon ”“ it’s one that you need to spend time seeking out. Enter through the lobby of a stark Midtown office building and make your way into the basement. You’ll open the door to the restaurant’s expansive underground space and think to yourself, “How is […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Northern Spy Food Co
Northern Spy Food Co is a beloved East Village neighborhood gem of the un-hyped, understated variety. Rather than focusing on PR, the restaurant puts its energy into pleasing the city’s locavores with a farm-to-table menu made from ingredients that have been curated from local providers. Food is cooked to a high standard and enjoyed inside […]
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NYC Cocktail Bar Find: Employees Only
Employees Only is a classic neo-speakeasy bar hidden in the West Village behind a door displaying a deceptive neon “psychic” sign. Inside, deco details and a serious cocktail list take us back to that arousing time during the depraved prohibition era of shrouded debauchery. Having opened in 2004 in a city filled with fickle bar […]
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The Curators: Wallflower’s Xavier Herit on Working for Daniel Boulud & NYC’s Best Cocktail Bars
It’s hard to progress much further when your 15-year career has already been spent working for the very best. But this isn’t so for Xavier Herit, the owner/cocktail guy responsible for Wallflower, the West Village’s latest restaurant darling. Herit undoubtedly boasts an esteemed career having worked as head cocktail consultant at the world’s finest establishments […]
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NYC Food Find: Prohibition Bakery
Prohibition Bakery turns the speakeasy concept upside down with its basement store tucked away on the Lower East Side. Here, booze meets bakery, where a range of miniature cupcakes are injected with a cheeky dose of liquor. The Pretzels & Beer cupcake is a best seller, and combines ale, Nutella, pretzel and white truffle to […]
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NYC Café Find: Happy Bones
For 3rd wave style coffee that represents how they do it in New Zealand, head to Happy Bones – a Soho café with a simple concept of good coffee, art and well-curated art books to flick through and even buy. Light streams through this clean, minimalistic style café making each and every one of your […]
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