Left Bank Books closed at the end of the year – the website has not been changed yet- and reopened recently. The lovely bookshop specialized in Modern First Editions, Photography, Art, and Film is also interested in used books especially when they are signed ones. I can say that is the best way to seduce [...]

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Gitane, at the very trendy casual style Jane Hotel,  is now open for dinner service. Meet a new NYC scene in the meatpacking. Fashion week is coming and it’s a safe bet that it will become one of its spots. RB©Timothée Verrecchia

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Just recently I had three friends visiting from out of town and they asked me to take them to somewhere amazing in the Meatpacking District, I insisted on Scarpetta, a great Italian restaurant that I discovered during the New York City Food and Wine Festival, and judging by their reactions I made the right decision.
The [...]

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Bagatelle, a restaurant/lounge nestled in the Meatpacking district, is run by, Aymeric Clemente and Remi Laba,  two French guys along with investors. As soon as it opened last year, it became a place to go for partygoers who felt they were home but could enjoy the service of a good restaurant with decent prices. Last [...]

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The Standard Hotel opened one year ago.  It was an event in NYC. Andre Balazs owns it !  The building itself is tasteless but its location is unique. The hotel is built  in the Meatpacking district right on the river -you can see the sunset reflecting on the hotel’s windows- and on the Highline where [...]

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Boom Boom Room is the Standard Hotel night club. A penthouse bar with an amazing view on the river and the city : 360-degree from floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as a few vertigo-inducing smoking balconies with glass floors. Boom Boom Room is where all the celebrities gather from Madonna to Lindsay Lohan. Of course it’s [...]

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Food, café, restaurant

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Good and reasonnable Japanese restaurants are maybe the most difficult place to find. Naka Naka is one of them. Not only the food is fresh and tasty but the people are tactful and extremely delicat. Not to mention that the spot is quiet and have no loud people or loud music. Not bad isn’t it [...]

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Rooftops are where the most fun and amazing parties take place in NYC. Here the very exclusive Soho House’s rooftop. I’m not sure why people gathered.
But for the background, it could be in La, couldn’t be ?:) RB©RB

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Located right on the Meatpacking district looking on the West Village, Incentra Village House is a lovely, old england flavor and convenient townhouse renovated as a bed and Breakfast. The rooms are cosy and super neat and have a little kitchen. The price are also truly reasonnable. From $169 for a single up to $279 [...]

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