Sep 19th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
Step onto any Upper West Side sidewalk on a Saturday or Sunday, and you're bound to be swarmed by brunchers – coming from, going to or lingering outside their favorite spots. Though there is no shortage of unknown and overexposed eateries in this neighborhood, it's not unusual to find yourself saddled with a long wait even if you have a reservation. Or, you could score with a great ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Five Upper West Side brunch favorites
Sep 19th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
Step onto any Upper West Side sidewalk on a Saturday or Sunday, and you're bound to be swarmed by brunchers – coming from, going to or lingering outside their favorite spots. Though there is no shortage of unknown and overexposed eateries in this neighborhood, it's not unusual to find yourself saddled with a long wait even if you have a reservation. Or, you could score with a great ...Find a cupcake in New York
Feb 24th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Leave it to New Yorkers to be picky and demanding. Whether it's upscale meals or obscure vodka brands, we want what we want, and if you don't carry it, you're somehow "lesser." Cupcakes are no different. From my window, I can see the Upper West Side's Magnolia Bakery (one of three in the city), and there are many others. In The Atlantic Monthly, a close look is taken at cupcakes, particularly in ...Tour the world's vandalism
Feb 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Eyesore or art, graffiti is part of any culture's public dialogue. Vandalism is visual profanity, and we all swear in our own f---ing ways. I've been drawn to these wall scrawls for a while, probably since I read Holden Caulfield's concerns about the subject in Catcher in the Rye. My fascination gained momentum while I was stationed in South Korea. A soldiers' bar in Tong Du Chon (the Peace Club, ...Iceland by the numbers
Jan 4th, 2009 at 1:30PM: After reading Brenda Yun's piece on Iceland (the most recent Photo of the Day), memories of the Blue Lagoon's warm waters rushed back to me ... as it did yesterday, when I saw Slate's coverage of the country's economic collapse. When I came home from Iceland back in June, I joked that its population was roughly the size of my neighborhood's. Thanks to Slate, I have confirmation. Thanks to Nathan ...Undiscovered New York: 5 reasons to visit the Upper West Side
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Dec 24th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Welcome to Gadling's ongoing series, Undiscovered New York. Ask any New Yorker about their favorite parts of the city to visit, and you're likely to get some fairly common answers. Anybody under the age of 30 will tell you that the neighborhoods south of 14th Street are the happening place to be. Brooklyn is an increasingly popular answer as well, with "cool" neighborhoods like Williamsburg, ...
