Her Future Destination: A Local's Guide: New York City Weekend

A Local's Guide: New York City Weekend

Stay: Chambers Hotel 15 W 56th Street, $$$ http://www.chambershotel.com/

( right off 5th avenue, lots of restaurants and shops near by, not in the thick of times square, close walk to 4,5,6 train and N,Q,R. )

Friday Afternoon

The Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, Admission $ (Walk down 56th to Broadway and then walk up three streets. You will see it immediately.) http://www.madmuseum.org/

Bianca Restaurant, Italian, 5 Bleecker Street, Soho, $$ (Walk out of MAD museum and go to the B, D subway station. Take the B train to the Broadway/Lafayette station. Walk down Lafayette to Bleecker street and turn right. Then it will be on your left right past Elizabeth street.) (Have to try the Gnocco Fritto, fried dough with melted cheese or cold cuts) (Also make sure to get there before 6:15, it will get busy within five minutes after 6:30.) http://biancanyc.com/

McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street, Books $-$$ (Walk down Bleecker to Lafayette. Then walk south on Lafayette to Prince street. Make a left at Prince and it will be on your right.) (They have lots of awesome books and magazines you would not find in Barnes and Noble or Walgreens!)http://mcnallyjackson.com/

Spring Street, Soho, $-$$$$ ( Walk down Prince to Broadway. Then turn left on Broadway and walk to Spring. Turn right at Spring. There will be many shops like Chanel, Burberry, LF Stores, Kate Spade Saturday, Sam Edelman, DASH, Theory and many more.)

Milk Bar at Chambers Hotel, 15 W 56th Street, $ (Walk back to the Broadway-Lafayette subway station. Take the 6 train to 59th street station. You will end up on Lexington. Walk west on Lexington, all the way to 5th. At 5th and 59th turn left and walk three blocks. Then turn right at 56th and walk west. Milk Bar will be on the right.) (It is great for light night snacks, cereal milk flavor ice cream, cookies, cake truffles, candy pie and tons more!) http://milkbarstore.com/

Saturday

Sarabeth's Central Park South, 40 Central Park S, $$ (From the Chambers, walk right to 6th avenue, walk towards Central Park on 6th. At 6th and 59th turn right and walk a little bit. When it is nice outside there is outdoors seating.)http://www.sarabethsrestaurants.com/central-park-south

Mood Fabrics, 225 W 37th Street between 7th and 8th, $$ (From Sarabeth's walk east on Central Park South, to fifth avenue. Walk down fifth avenue to 42nd street. Walk along Byrant Park to 6th Avenue. Walk south on 6th avenue to 37th street. Walk west on 37th street. Mood will be on the right, you have to go in a building and take a elevator up. From the outside of the building you can see MOOD FABRICS signs in the windows of the third floor.) (You might even run into Tim Gunn and will most likely see Swatch the dog.) http://www.moodfabrics.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQjw6deeBRCswoauquC8haUBEiQAdq5zh7iMNS7tPMHIun8Yppo9-YNLbcAABRFFhmAdq9i1YYUaAjbZ8P8HAQ

The Highline, W 30th Street and 10 Ave, free (From Mood Fabrics, walk to 8th avenue. Then walk south seven blocks to 30th street. Then walk right two avenues to 10th avenue. You will see a big train overpass, there are stairs on the other side. Walk up and you will see a long walk way and greenery. I would recommend doing this when it's warmer and sunny. Its gorgeous with all the plants and scenery.

Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue, $-$$ (Great place for lunch, they have tons of restaurants to choose from pizza to sushi to doughnuts. From the Highline, you can walk down stairs at 16th street and Chelsea Market is basically right there. It's the huge industrially looking building. They also have normal store and their own flea market. The flea market has amazing jewelry and art steals!) http://www.chelseamarket.com/

Bleecker Street, West Village, $-$$$ (Walk south on 9th avenue, then walk down Hudson street. Then Hudson will merge into Bleecker street right after 12th street. Once you get on Bleecker there are so many designer boutiques like Maje, Sandro, Kurt Geiger, Lulu Guinness, James Perse and many more. They have some of the same shopping as Soho, but a little more neighborhoody and less touristy. There are also a bunch of small cafes and coffeehouses to stop at. Ice cream on the street and of course the original Magnolia Bakery at Bleecker and 11th street. )

Unami Burger, West Village, 432 Avenue of the Americas, $-$$ (When done with shopping, walk back to Bleecker and 10th street. Walk east on 10th street until Avenue of the Americas. Walk across the stop walk and it will be on the right. ) (Try the Truffle Burger and Smushed Potatoes. They're both unreal!) (Try to get there before 6:30, there will be a wait) http://www.umami.com/umami-burger/

Washington Square Park, free, (Walk out of Unami Burger and turn left. Walk until you see the street Washington Square Park North. Make a left there and you will see a sign for the park within minutes. Then when you walk into the park, you have to go to plaza by the fountain. There you can see the World Trade Center from one side. On the side with the big Arc you can see the Empire State Building. )

To get back to the hotel, walk north on University Place to 14th street. Then walk east on 14th street to Union Square. Take the 4,5,6 subway back to 59th street station.You will end up on Lexington. Walk west on Lexington, all the way to 5th. At 5th and 59th turn left and walk three blocks. Then turn right at 56th and walk west.

Sunday

Wake up late and then walk over to Europa Cafe for a small breakfast.

Europa Cafe, 717 5th Avenue, $ (walk to 5th and then walk south one block. Then walk across and east on 55th. It will be on the left.)

Brooklyn Bridge, free (Walk to the 59th street subway station. Take the 6 train until the last stop which is Brooklyn Bridge. When you get out of the station you will see the Brooklyn Bridge. Just walk a few minutes and you will be there. I know this is touristy but it is such an AMAZING view. )

Smorgasburg, Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5, $ (Walk down to the street off Brooklyn Bridge, make sure to turn right. Walk past the Promenade, it is about a 15 minute walk but its really pretty. Finally you will see a big open park with over a 100 white tents. You don't want to miss this! They have doughnuts, grilled cheese, burgers galore! My favorites are grilled cheese with bacon from the Milk Truck and Dulce de Leche Doughnut from Dough. )http://www.smorgasburg.com/

Dumbo Neighborhood, Brooklyn, $-$$$$ (Walk back towards the Brooklyn Bridge and then keep walking along the water. There is another park on the other side of the bridge. You will see a big glass box with a carousel in it. Walk along that park until you see streets. Walk to Washington street and you will see a bunch of stores. There's a book store and many boutiques. Zoe is a women's designer boutique. Definitely worth seeing, just to look. )

From Dumbo you can either walk back on the Brooklyn Bridge, take a cab, or take the subway from Borough Hall which is like a 20-25 minute walk from Dumbo.

Sunday Dinner

For your last meal in the city go to Patsy's!

Patsy's Pizzera, 206 E 60th Street, $$

(From the hotel, walk to 5th avenue and turn left. Walk up 4 blocks to 60th. Then turn walk east on 60th until 3rd Avenue. It will be just past 3rd avenue on the right. I would recommend getting there pizza, it's the restaurants specialty. Plus it's really good!) http://www.orderpatsys.com/