Café Gitane opened 15 years ago and since then it became one of the busiest spot in Soho. It actually never needed to put out a website ….  It serves a fresh and healthy Morroccan French menu with decent prices : 20 $ for a meal. Gitane has just opened a second location, at the [...]

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Sometimes NYC has very gloomy days where the rain never stops dropping and the city turns also very cold in winter. Mariebelle is a great shelter to feel warmth thanks to its delicious hot chocolate and lovely design which reminds of old Europe. This is one of the best chocolatier in town. RB
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A new Hotel in Manhattan ! Never saw a city where high end and trendy hotels open one after another. Though Crosby Street Hotel seems to be quite different. First and foremost because the staff is nice and welcoming which is not always the case. I remember going to the Cooper Hotel terrasse and couldn’t [...]

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That’s how MTA, Metropolitan transportation Authority, warns its customers on the trains schedule changings. It’s NYC and it’s 2009….

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If you like doughnuts you have to know the Doughnut Plant located in the lower east side. Mark Israel, the founder and the cook, took over his grand father’s recipe and turned it organic. The paste is incredible tasty and light ! This doughnuts have a soul that’s why there are so delicious. Of course, [...]

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This national park opens from June to August and is an easy daily getaway.  A free ferry leaves every hour from the Maritime Building, on the West peak of Manhattan, to Governors Island where cars are not allowed. Within 15 minutes, the endless noise of the city and its perpetual crowd  seem dissolved. A real break [...]

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NYC has many inspiring and resting getaways. Fire Island is one of them -avoid week-ends though-. You need to take the train at Penn Station, then a bus cab to the ferry. It’s a 2.30 hours trip which doesn’t look so long. The island is very narrow but its lenght is very long : 32 [...]

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