( how it used to be )
If you like gardens and gardens and garden design then the high line is a must.
The high line is an old rail way turned into a park. The high line runs from 34th street west through chelsea and meatpacking down to Gansevoort Street in west village.
The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets. Section 1 of the High Line is open as a public park, owned by the City of New York and operated under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Friends of the High Line is the conservancy charged with raising private funds for the park and overseeing its maintenance and operations, pursuant to an agreement with the Parks Department.
When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features arelso included in the park.
http://www.thehighline.org/
I wanted to buy a flash for my camera for quite some time, with the dollar so low I checked online and found B&H. Knowing that I'll be in New York soon I did not order. But my alacartemap also had B&H on it and since we were on our way from 42th to 4 th Street we thought we pass here.
B&H is not a normal camera shop in fact it's one of the craziest things I have seen in new York so far.
You enter through a rather small door but behind opens up a huge space there's signs everywhere telling you where the telescopes are, the cameras the video stuff the .... On the selling is a railway system with green boxes driving around.
Totally lost I asked one of the jewish men working here where I would find ricoh stuff and he directed me to the second floor where I had to cue at the line for one of the 60 desks. Didn't take long and the light above desk 10 started to flash and a nice lady asked me what I was looking for.
She search her computer found my flash told me the they have a great deal for rechargeable batteries and of course the also have a very good european adaptor... I was asking for the mount and she said I could pre-order it and they would send it to me ... Which I did not do.
Ok then I had to be entered into the system she asked if I was sure that I am a new customer because she has 8 sarah huber in her system.
After she finishe my registration she bend down to pick up a green box with all my stuff in it! Now I was really confused but she told me to check the bottom of the counter - there it was again the conveyor. So while we are talking some one somewhere packed my stuff and sent it here. She checked everything then I got a big paper and said now I could continue shopping and when I'm done I could go down to the cashier with all the papers and pay and collect my stuff. Off went my little green box again.
By the way The flash was 200.- less than in switzerland.
www.bhphotovideo.com/
Sunday:10:00am - 6:00pm
Monday - Thursday:9:00am - 7:00pm
Friday:9:00am - 2:00pm
Saturday:Closed
9th Ave. @ 34th St. New York, NY 10001
I love Isabel Marant's Fall Winter 2011 Collection - Such a great designer!
( pictures from stuart and wright in Brooklyn )
This is the sort of product thats get's me very excited even though I couldn't try it yet. Hand made chocolate from Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The two mast brothers have a keen eye for details one can tell from the in-house handprinted wrapping of the bars to how the shop looks.
foto by oh joy!
They only use the finest products from very special farms and their community link list seems to be one of the most intresting ones I came across in a long time - on there The blue hill farm one of my favorite restaurants in New York.
So I guess the chocolate can be nothing but delicious! But as soon as I'm back in NYC I'll find out and let you know.
Have a look at this:
The Mast Brothers from The Scout on Vimeo.
Mast Brothers Chocolate Factory
105A North 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 388-2625 phone
(718) 228-5805 fax
www.mastbrotherschocolate.com
My favorite art book shop in Paris is Yvon Lambert. The contemporary art gallery on who's rooster are artist like Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, David Shrigley runs a small but brilliant art book store. Beside a very distinct selection of contemporary art books, they sell dvd's and some great limited editions.
108 Rue Vieille Du Temple
75003 Paris
+33142710933
www.yvon-lambert.com
Tue-Fri, 10:00-13:00 & 14:30-19:00; Sat, 10:00-19:00
Right next to to A.P.C is the new surface to air flagship store. An other one of our "favorite french brands" less basic more rock'n roll.
Their flag ship shop is really cool, we loved the dressing room so much we tried more than we wanted and of course ended up buying lot's.
They also have a lovely kids collection .
108, rue vieille du temple
75003 Pris, France
Monday to Saturday 11.30 - 19.30
Sunday 12.00 - 18.00
www.surfacetoair.com/
A.P.C our favorite french label has one of it's lovely made shops at the rue vieille du temple.
Sophisticated basics - a must. They also have a nice selection of music and their own range of perfumed candles is just divine.
112 rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris
www.apc.fr
Les caprices de l'instant is a very nice vine shop just of "la bastille". They have an impressive selection of french vine , many of them from smaller, less known vineyards.
They give you very good advise and are keen to make sure you get what you were looking for.
Les caprices de l'instant
12 Rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris
Tel : +33 (0)1 40 27 89 00
Openings:
Everyday from 10h to 13h and from 15h to 20h
Working in a fashion shop myself, I'm not so easy to be pleased. But this one did. A nice selection of products you don't see in any other shop.
They have some of the popular brands like acne, filippa k, our lecacy and such but I found several brand I've never heard of and which I liked ( a rare thing as I'm a professional fashion buyer ;-) ) which means that behind these shops are people with a passion and big commitment ( an other rare thing these days). The presentation and shop windows are very inspiring too.
French trotters is three different shops : men, woman and kids. We only went to the mens but I checked the others and they look very nice to.
Highly recommended!
French trotters femme homme
30 rue de Charonne
Paris 11 ème
T. +33(0) 147 008 435
Lundi 14h30 - 19h30
Mardi - Samedi 11h30 - 19h30
Boutique hommes
116 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3ème
T. +33 (0) 144 610 014
Lundi 14h30 - 19h30
Mardi - Samedi 11h30 - 20h00
Dimanche 14h00 - 19h00
Little french trotters
28 rue de Charonne
Paris 11 ème
T. +33 (0) 143 570 409
Lundi 14h30 - 19h30
Mardi - Samedi 11h30 - 19h30
http://frenchtrotters.fr
After walking from rue du rivoli all the way up to rue de bretagne we would have been ready for a drink and a little snack - and right here in the corner of rue du temple and rue de bretagne we found a nice bistro packed with people sitting outside chatting.
Posters on the windows told us that they hold philosophic talks and music evenings here to. Unfortunately we did not have the time, but I will next time I'll pass here. If you pass here and are not in a hurry please test it and let me know.
Cafe Le Progrès
1, rue de Bretagne
75003 tel:01 42 72 01 44 from Monday to Saturday open 8am to midnight
