Thursday, February 4, 2010

LAX to MPD

Paisley Petunia is just mad about New York City. We love everything about the city and feel like we have the best of both worlds when we visit NYC and then come home to LA. With New York Fashion Week just around the corner the city is getting glam and while sadly, we won’t be able to make it east for FW this year we still like to keep tabs on all the fashion and fabulousness.

J and I usually stay at the W Union Square but we also love the Gansevoort Hotel in the Meatpacking District. It’s such a posh place you can’t help but feel cool when you’re there. I had the good fortune to spend some time in Brooklyn for work a while back and S visited Highline Park this past summer (click here if you missed it) and lord knows we have both eaten our way through alot of yummy in bewteen.  Here is what we’d be doing if we were in NYC right now.

EAT: Breakfast at MPD staple Pastis. The brioche french toast is heaven and Sunday brunch here is a tradition.

SHOP: We love ScoopNYC for a perfectly edited mix of some of our fav designers. I love Rag and Bone and Alice + Olivia and this is a great one stop shop for some of the coolest pieces. Plus, Scoop Kids and Scoop Men are right there so you can tick those gifts off your list all at once.

EAT (again): at 5Ninth. I adore their french dip and the leafy green patio area is a little urban oasis.

WANDER: White Columns Gallery. A beautiful edgy space featuring local and underrepresented artists.

COCKTAIL: Gansevoort Hotel. No trip to the MPD is complete without a rooftop cocktail at the Gansevoort Hotel. The late night scene is a little much for me but a pre-dinner cocktail here is perfect.

PRIMP: Red Market Salon. A truly unique concept of an evening salon with rotating art installations, DJs spinning and a dossier of rockstar stylists to make sure you are appropriately glammed before your big night out. If you are in the neighborhood this Friday check out the invite below for an exclusive event. RSVP to the email address on the invite (note: space is limited so hurry up!)

EAT (again): Perilla. We love Top Chef and winner Harold Dieterle has done a lovely job with this nook of a restaurant.

With that busy of a day it’s likely we’ll be spending at least part of the next morning sleeping peacefully before waking up and starting it all over again. It might be the city that never sleeps but a girl needs her beauty rest. I will be in NY again this spring so if anyone has something outstanding or unknown I should try let me know.

 

Posted by c  at   10:23 AM    1 comment