Sandy's Personal New York City Directory

Addresses: How to find addresses in NYC.
Books
- Blockology: experience the blocks in lower Manhattan.
Celebrity NYC: see what celebrities like best in NYC.
Chow Hound: Jim Leff's web site for 'those who love to eat'.
Christmas in NYC
Cooking
- Cappuccino Cheesecake. Nigella Lawson's recipe.
- How to prepare and serve roasted oysters in NYC.
Ear Plugs: if you want release from the noise of the city, consider buying a set of ear plugs.
Essential Kitchen: find out what items are essential in the kitchen.
Hardwood care: One of the many hardwood care products.
Internships
- A cheese intership opportunity.
- Entertaining: Maybe Baily would let me intern with him.
Kitchen Appliances: how to maintain your new applicances, in any city.
New York City Ethnic Guide. Contains complete ethnic restaurant guide and much, much more. Mainly listings, with little critic or commentary.
New York Time's Restaurant Reviews.
Readings
- Hear spoofs of bad writing.
Restaurants
- Bleeker Street, south of 7th Avenue, is one string of restaurants and food stores. Many pizza and italian places, but a mix of others as well. x
- BLT Fish Superb fresh fish.W. 17th. M-Sa, dinner only.
- Counter Organic vegetarian, raw foods. 105 First Ave. Daily for dinner. Weekends for brunch.
- Couvron High-end French. Dinner only, on Greenwich St.
- Dinerbar 24/7 diner in Spanish Harlem. Lexington btn. 100 and 101st.
- Dumpling House Chinese dumplings, cheap and delicious. Eldridge Street.
- Ethnic food in Flushing.
- Giorgione 508 at 508 Greenwich Street.
- Grilling restaurants.
- Indian restaurants.
- Best Hot Dogs.
- Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar 246 E. 5th St. Dinner only.
- Lo Scalco Italian. Tribeca. 313 Church Street. Weekday lunch and dinner.
- Masa Japanese. Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center.
- Morimoto Japanese. 10th Ave. and 16th St.
- Po Italian. Mario Batalli.
- Shake Shack Snack stand at E. 23rd. Burgers, dogs, shakes. Daily for lunch and dinner.
- Spice Market Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center.
- Summer Restaurant Week.
- Surya, just north of 7th Avenue on Bleeker St. Excellent northern Indian food, with 50% off lunch special.
- Time Warner Center. Review of restaurants: Asiate, Per Se, Stone Rose, Masa, Cafe Grey, John-George Vongericten's Steak House, Charlie Trotters Seafood Restaurant.
- Westville Home cooking. W. 10th. Daily lunch and dinner. Weekend brunch.
- Five 2005 newcomers that made the Zagat list. Sushi and tapas included.
Scooters: Two scooters.
Shopping
- Art Museum Shops: There are four museum shops within a few blocks.
- Best chocolate. Jacques Torres has opened a chocolate shop at 350 Hudson Street (king and Hudson). Plenty of other shops exist.
- Best BLT. The City Bakery, 3 West 18th Street. Described in the November 2005 issue of The Atlantic Monthly: "Niman Ranch bacon on mini-brioche hamburger buns from Eli's Bread, with homemade, lightly mustardy mayonnaise."
- Best cookie dough
- Best cupcakes. Magnolia Bakery, 401 Bleecker Street, just South of 11th Street.
- Best Farmers Markets
- Fragrant Flowers.
- Best hot chocolate.
- Best shops in Jackson Hts., Brighton Beach.
- Best olive oils.
- Best perfumes.
- Rugs. www.79thstreetrugshop.com.
- Best salt.
- Best spices.
- Best take-out food.
- Best Used Goods shops.
Spas
- Dashing Diva Nail care.
- Russian and Turkish spa. Co-ed. Must wear bathing suit. Very hot, hot, hot.
- Osaka Health Center, 50 W 56th St. (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). Therapists use ropes suspended above the massage table to hold on to while they walk on your back and dig their toes into your pressure points. Mallika and I did this. I just loved it.
Tours

Sandra A. Mamrak

Last modified: May 5, 2006.