WAIT OMG IDK WHAT TO DO IN NYC. I DON’T WANT TO GO TO SARABETH’S AGAIN!!!!

You’re in New York. 

It’s your first time. 

And it’s your 678 millionth time. 

You live in the city, in one of the burb areas that’s technically considered a “borough” of NYC these days, one of the fake boroughs… Hoboken, Jersey City, Astoria, or you’re a “bicoastal” babe. 

You’re in a neighborhood you don’t know that well and you’d like to go somewhere for #HAPPYHOUR 

or have an hour to kill before the girls show up for dinner so you want a cool store or art gallery to browse so you have something to talk about besides last week’s episode of “Love Island”, 

or you’re lost and your phone’s dead #again and you’re too afraid to ask the homeless person for deets. 

And you’re in a neighborhood you adore and visit on the reg and you’re sick of having brunch at the same 3 kid-proofed places with your sis and 6-year-old niece. 

I’ve got you. 

Bringing you much of the city we all love so much, (sung to the tune of Alicia Keyes) 

YOU’RE IN NEW YORK : 

FIDI 

Things to do: Wall Street, Stock Market Bull 

Coffee: Financier 

BATTERY PARK / TRIBECA 

Work out spot: Soul Cycle 

Grocery store: Whole Foods 

Home goods & other basics: Target 

High-end shopping & food court vibes: Brookfield Place 

Free concerts, art installations, & seasonal attractions:  Brookfield Place 

Brunch spot: Bluestone Lane 

Coffee: Kaffe Landskap NYC & Maman (all over NYC chain) 

Parks: Hudson River Park, kid’s gyms, & sunmaxxing deck

‘nough said. 

SOHO 

To do: the place to shop & bop

Kid spot: Museum of Ice Cream 

LOWER EAST SIDE 

Late night eatery: Kat’z Delicatessen 

Fun to do: Walk / bike the Williamsburg Bridge 

Food hall & movie theather: Essex Market 

EAST VILLAGE 

Ukrainian food staple: Veselka 

Place to see & be seen: Tompkins Square Park 

Vegan/GF food: Caravan of Dreams 

Yoga/Dance: St. Mark’s Yoga 

GREENWICH VILLAGE 

THE PLACE TO PEOPLE WATCH: Washington Square Park 

WEST VILLAGE 

NYC’s best slice of ‘za (BUT LIKE THE ACTUAL BEST SLICE): Bleecker Street Pizza & Joe’s Pizza 

Brunch: Extra Virgin 

Bakery: The (original) Magnolia Bakery 

Dinner: Little Owl 

Fun thing to do: more shops … 

UNION SQUARE 

Place to people watch: Union Square 

Fun things to do: Farmer’s market, large retail chain shopping (DSW, 5 Below, Sephora, etc.), & spontaneous multi-block food cart fairs

If you’re a book worm: The Strand 

Coffeeshop: The Bean NYC 

Neighborhood Cafe: The Grey Dog 

If you’re that vegan in the friend group: Peacefood 

MEATPACKING 

Best place to #doitforthegram: Little Island 

Museum: The Whitney Museum 

Outdoor walk & art installation: The High Line 

Place to shop: Hudson Yards 

Foodhall: Chelsea Market 

CHELSEA 

THE PLACE FOR ART GALLERIES – like all over – just go on any Thursday evening and the throngs of iPhones will guide you 

UPPER WESTSIDE 

Fun things to do: Central Park & Hudson River Park 

Museums / Kid Zone: American Museum of Natural History 

Donuts: Super Nice Coffe & Bakery 

Community Garden: Mobilization for Change 

UPPER EASTSIDE 

Fun thing to do: Central Park & Ferry to Brooklyn/Queens/Roosevelt Island

The place to shop: Bergdorf Goodman’s 

Museums: Guggenheim & The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

If you need any more recs, shoot me an email at victoria@cconscious.com.

Would love to help guide you in a city that raised me.

All my love x 

VICTORIA WEBER

Victoria is a copywriter and artist based in LA and New York. 

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