Hotels

Independent and easy
The Bowery Hotel
335 Bowery
+1 212 505 9100
theboweryhotel.com

Dependable
Four Seasons
57 East 57th Street
+ 1 212 758 5700
fourseasons.com/newyorkfs

Premium
St. Regis
2 East 55th Street
+ 1 212 753 4500
starwoodhotels.com/
stregis

Dining

Fast breakfast
Café Gitane
242 Mott Street at Prince
+1212 334 9552

Business breakfast
Balthazar
80 Spring Street
+ 1 212 965 1414
balthazarny.com

Mid-morning coffee
Abraco
Samedan
86 e. 7th st (near 1st avenue)
+1 212 388 9731
abraconyc.com

Working lunch with colleagues
Fatty Crab
643 Hudson St
+ 1 212 352 3590
fattycrab.com

Lunch on your own
Quartino Bottega Organica
11 Bleeker Street
+ 1 212 529 5133

Afternoon tea/drink
Norwood Club (private)
241 West 14th Street
norwoodclub.com

Dinner on your own
10 Downing Street
+ 1212  924 9089
10downingny.com

Dinner with friends
MAS (farmhouse)
39 Downing Street
+ 1 212 255 1790
masfarmhouse.com

Private dinner
Bar Jamon
125 E. 17th St
+ 1 212 253 2773,
casamononyc.com

Big dinner with partner clients
MASA
10 Columbus Circle, 4th floor, Time Warner Center
+ 1 212 823 9800
masanyc.com

Late drinks
Sway
305 Spring Street
+ 1 212 620 5220

Late bite
Smith & Mills
71 N Moore Street
smithandmills.com

On the tiles
The Back Room
102 Norfolk Street
+ 1 212 228 5098

Reading

News
McNally Jackson Books
52  Prince Street,
+ 1 212 274 1160
mcnallyjackson.com

Bookshop
Strand Book Store
Corner of 12th Street and Broadway
+ 1 212 473 1452

Thank yous

Flowers
Belle fleur
134 Fifth avenue, +1 212 254 8703
 bellefleurny.com

Shopping

Something you can't get anywhere else
American farmhouse cheese from Saxelby Cheesemongers
Essex Street Market
+ 1 212 228 8204,
saxelbycheese.com

Lost luggage - where to buy dress shirts, socks and undies
Century 21 Department Store Manhattan
22 Cortlandt St,
+ 1 212 227 9092
c21stores.com

Something for the kids
A seesaw from BDDW
5 Crosby St
+ 1 212 625 1230; bddw.com

Something for someone you love
Isamu Noguchi lamp from the Noguchi Museum store
32-37 Vernon Boulevard
Long Island City, Queens
+ 1 7230 217 7088
 noguchi.org

Something for yourself
Vintage rolex from J Crew’s Liquor Store Bar
235 West Broadway
+ 1 212 226 5476

Two hour tour

Precision Limousines
Ozo Car New York
+ 1 866 696 5966

Transport

Buy a pass
MetroCards are the cheapest way to travel (daily, $7/€5; weekly $24/€18).

Rent a bike
In Central Park, but only for recreation. Only ride a bike through the streets of New York if you want to get killed.

Fitness

Good Gym
Equinox
Great classes, equipment and locations and good-looking clientele.
equinoxfitness.com

Best yoga class
Ragunath at Kula Yoga Project,
28 Warren Street, 4th floor
Kulayoga.com