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New York<br />
NEW YORK<br />
— Jacqueline Detwiler<br />
GO SHOP<br />
BROOKLYN INDUSTRIES<br />
162 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn • 718-486-6464<br />
www.brooklynindustries.com<br />
Stop by the original location of this clothing<br />
retailer for T-shirts, jackets and skinny jeans<br />
with serious street cred. Cropped coats and<br />
signature Brooklyn hoodies are very popular.<br />
CHELSEA MARKET<br />
75 Ninth Ave • 212-243-6005<br />
www.chelseamarket.com<br />
With the Food Network studios upstairs, it’s no<br />
surprise that you can fi nd everything you need<br />
for dinner in this rustic shopping center. Making<br />
a lobster bisque? Pick up the main ingredient at<br />
The Lobster Place, fresh cream at Ronnybrook<br />
Dairy and wine to match at Chelsea Wine Vault.<br />
LE LABO<br />
233 Elizabeth St • 212-219-2230<br />
www.lelabofragrances.com<br />
What with too-sweet scents and pushy<br />
salespeople, buying perfume in a department<br />
store can be a headache-inducing experience.<br />
Try something different at this scent lab, where<br />
every perfume is hand-mixed.<br />
LOVESONG 422<br />
441 E Ninth St • 212-533-5683<br />
www.shoplovesong.com<br />
This store is something many New York<br />
shoppers once considered apocryphal: a chic<br />
boutique in which most items are priced below<br />
$100. Recent fi nds include vintage-inspired<br />
dresses, hot jeans and perfect fall boots.<br />
MCNALLY JACKSON BOOKS<br />
52 Prince St • 212-274-1160<br />
www.mcnallyjackson.com/index.php/fi ction<br />
Even if you don’t take part in the regular book<br />
clubs and Gotham Writers’ Workshops, you<br />
can’t help but fi nd a new favorite among the<br />
artfully curated novels at this bookshop.<br />
UNION SQUARE HOLIDAY MARKET<br />
14th St and Fourth Ave • 212-460-1200<br />
Around the holidays, the artists that normally<br />
populate this avant garde city square—along<br />
with many others from out of town—erect<br />
dozens of red-and-white striped tents to hawk<br />
handmade trinkets, ornaments and T-shirts.<br />
Nov. 25 through Dec. 24.<br />
GO SEE<br />
BIKRAM YOGA NYC<br />
143 W 72nd St• 866-964-2692<br />
www.bikramyoganyc.com<br />
If you’re looking for a quick way to warm up in<br />
the winter weather, you can’t do much better<br />
than a 90-minute class at this hot yoga studio.<br />
No matter how frightful the weather gets<br />
outside, the classroom is always a balmy<br />
105 degrees.<br />
SUNSHINE CINEMA<br />
143 E Houston St • 212-330-8182<br />
www.landmarktheatres.com<br />
This forum for art-house fl icks offers stadiumstyle<br />
seating, a glass annex with gorgeous city<br />
views and gourmet popcorn with eight different<br />
seasonings. The movies are pretty good, too.<br />
“TIM BURTON”<br />
At MoMA • 11 W 53rd St • 212-708-9400<br />
www.moma.org<br />
Puppets, drawings, fi lms and various ephemera<br />
from the twisted mind of one of Hollywood’s<br />
most popular cartoonists will be on display at<br />
this special retrospective, along with several<br />
never-before-seen pieces. Begins Nov. 22.<br />
WHISPERING GALLERY<br />
At Grand Central Station<br />
42nd St and Park Ave • 212-340-3404<br />
www.grandcentralterminal.com<br />
Located in front of the famous Oyster Bar<br />
and Restaurant, this architectural marvel<br />
allows couples to whisper into opposite<br />
corners and hear each other as if they were<br />
standing shoulder to shoulder. Stake out an<br />
inconspicuous spot and watch the locals to<br />
see how it works.<br />
WOLLMAN RINK<br />
In Central Park • East Side between 62nd and<br />
63rd sts • 212-439-6900<br />
Skip the line at Rockefeller Center and head to<br />
this rink under the trees in Central Park. You’ll<br />
have more room to move around, and you may<br />
even see some stars.<br />
GO EAT<br />
MAOZ<br />
38 Union Sq E • 212-260-1988<br />
www.maozusa.com<br />
This vegetarian fast-food spot only serves<br />
one thing: pita pockets fi lled with crispy<br />
falafel balls. Choose additional toppings<br />
from the menu—like hummus, feta cheese or<br />
avocado—or add them yourself at the topping<br />
bar. $<br />
PROSPERITY DUMPLING<br />
46 Eldridge St • 212-343-0683<br />
If the holiday shopping has you tearing up<br />
when you peer into your wallet, stop at this<br />
Chinatown standby for 10 perfectly formed<br />
pork dumplings for just $2. $<br />
ROLF’S BAR AND RESTAURANT<br />
281 Third Ave • 212-477-4750<br />
You may have heard of a Bavarian Christmas,<br />
but you haven’t really seen it until you’ve<br />
enjoyed a smoked brat and sauerkraut in this<br />
ornament-festooned German restaurant. It’s so<br />
fabulously gaudy that people often stare from<br />
across the street. $$<br />
BHATTI<br />
100 Lexington Ave • 212-683-4228<br />
www.bhattinyc.com<br />
When it comes to great Indian food, the<br />
tenderness of the lamb is often the battle<br />
in which the war for supremacy is won. Rest<br />
assured that the rogan josh (lamb curry) at<br />
this cozy date spot will fall apart the minute it<br />
touches your fork. $$<br />
SAZON<br />
105 Reade St • 212-406-1900<br />
www.sazonnyc.com<br />
The Tribeca incarnation of midtown’s white<br />
tablecloth Puerto Rican spot Sofrito, this<br />
enormous Old San Juan-style restaurant is<br />
perfect for a business lunch. Order corn fritters<br />
and a plantain sandwich. $$$<br />
ORGANIKA<br />
89 Seventh Ave S • 212-414-1900<br />
On the trendiest stretch of Seventh Avenue,<br />
this tiny Village restaurant offers a break from<br />
the exorbitant prices and high calorie counts of<br />
its neighbors’s menus. Try the chewy gnocchi,<br />
or ask about the daily specials, which often<br />
include delicious seafood carpaccios. $$$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
123 BURGER SHOT BEER<br />
738 10th Ave • 212-315-0123<br />
www.123burgershotbeer.com<br />
It’s safe to say you won’t be recommending<br />
this joint to that “fi nancially independent”<br />
friend of yours, but if you know anyone among<br />
the legions of the recently laid off, you should<br />
defi nitely inform them of the $1 burgers, $2<br />
shots and $3 beers at this bar. Or bring them<br />
with you—’tis the season, after all.<br />
CAMPBELL APARTMENT<br />
In Grand Central Terminal<br />
15 Vanderbilt Ave • 212-953-0409<br />
www.hospitalityholdings.com<br />
The former offi ce of one John W. Campbell,<br />
fi nancier and railroad magnate, this<br />
mahogany, turn-of-the-century-style bar<br />
(complete with a stone fi replace) inside Grand<br />
Central will make you feel classier than Audrey<br />
Hepburn. What should you order? Why, a<br />
Manhattan, of course.<br />
CONT’D ON NEXT PAGE<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2009</strong> GO MAGAZINE<br />
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