Thursday, August 16, 2018

111 Shops in New York That You Must Not Miss: Unique Finds and Local Treasures Paperback – April 13, 2016 by Susan Lusk and, Mark Gabor (Emons Verlag / Emons Publisher)



For most visitors to New York, shopping is a major part of their itineraries. But this periodic visitor is more interested in New York's architecture, parks and water scenery than shopping, and thus this book was a major eye-opener. It is astonishing just how many interesting stores there are in New York, even for those who have no intention of making any purchases. New York actually has shops devoted exclusively to items as specialized or as far-out as porcelain, peanut butter, pickles, sexy lingerie, macabre oddities, sportswear, bizarre musical instruments, anti-establishment books, chopsticks, Gothic wear, sake, fountain pens, Scandinavian candies, vintage cash registers, smoked fish, magic paraphernalia and supplies for magicians, dollhouses, cheeses, chess, coffee and tea, rubber stamps, model trains, cookbooks - you name it! The only gripe, apart from some minor typos, is that the authors/editors did not see fit to include double the businesses! It is worth taking several days just to explore these shops!

For the curious and adventurous this is a discovery tour full of surprises and delights. It explores reinvented hip neighborhoods, like Soho, Meatpacking District, Dumbo, Williamsburg. And the traditional, like Lower East Side, Little Italy, Harlem, Greenwich Village. This city is known the world over as a shopper's paradise. And this book brings it all to life -- 111 of the most irresistible shops in New York City!

Potions and pinball and pickles, kilims and knishes and kids' haircuts, rugs and rugelach and rubber stamps, neon art and naughty lingerie, chopsticks and cookbooks, vases and vintage clothes, tattoos and terrariums, peanut butter and porcelain, crystals and custom shoes, matzohs and magic. 


NYC -- Simply the most diverse place on the planet! Its kaleidoscope of cultures brings passion and brilliance to the marketplace. This insider's guide to a world of special shops seeks out the quirky, outlandish, classy, obscure, historic, nearly forgotten, beautiful--from offbeat and edgy to deluxe and delicious.

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