Amigos-of-the-heart called up the other night, in part to check out travel tips for them to recommend to friends who will be visiting NYC. Hard to do, since we don't know their interests, but if John & I were heading up to Manhattan, here are a few of our favorite things...
BOOK STORES
Books of Wonder 18 West 18th Street 212-989-3270 www.booksofwonder.com
Kitchen Arts & Letters 1435 Lexington Avenue 212-876-5550 www.kitchenartsandletters.com
Rizzoli Bookstore 31 West 57th Street 212-759-2424 http://www.rizzoliusa.com/bookstore
Shakespeare & Co. locations throughout NYC (but still independent!) http://www.shakeandco.com
Strand Book Store 828 Broadway (at 12th Street) 212-473-1452 www.strandbooks.com
FOODIES UNITE! (managed to hyperlink these - go figure)
seriouseats blog is an invaluable resource for all things foodie in NYC
Union Square (area) - Could spend an entire day in & around Union Square! (Tom Hanks bought flowers here for Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail); not far from Grammercy Square, a private mini-park (similar to the one in Julia Roberts/Hugh Grant flick, Notting Hill), ringed with wonderful brownstones
Zabar's – legendary Upper West Side food emporium (Tom Hanks saved Meg Ryan from infamy at the "cash only" aisle in You’ve Got Mail)
Serendipity 3 and/or Dylan’s Candy Bar - sheer unadulterated inner child FUN
Dean & Deluca – must include as it is mega popular, but my heart belongs to Zabar’s
HIGHLY RECOMMEND... (most hyperlinked)
Newyorkology - one stop blog for all things NYC
Beast Speed Boat tour of New York Harbor
Cocktails at Peacock Alley, The Waldorf-Astoria – ultra luxury hotel experience www.waldorfastoria.com/
Cocktails at the Algonquin Hotel, in the lobby – small, intimate, clubby, heavy literary & theater history; when you head out of the Algonquin (be sure to say good-bye to Mathilda, the current Algonquin Cat), cross 44th St and head east toward 5th Ave for about 20 feet - look back across the street at the remarkable facade of the 110 years old New York Yacht Club
We enjoy dining at Un Deux Trois, off Times Square
Best place for afternoon tea WAS The Plaza, before they gutted the spirit to make way for condos – suggest doing an online search & see what appeals most
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