We all have paths that take us through our commutes and daily lives, and I’m particularly fond of the path that took me home from my retail store in Chelsea Market every evening for a year. Leaving the store, I would walk down Ninth Avenue which becomes Hudson and turn left on Bleecker Street, following it until I turned right on Mercer. It cuts through the south of Chelsea, through the Meatpacking District and down to the West Village into Soho. I became enamored with the variety these neighborhoods offer.
As I leave the Eleni’s store and Chelsea Market, the first visible business is a lumberyard, which begins the walk that is charmingly full of so many different sides of New York. Looking west, you can see the High Line running for several blocks, the defunct and beautifully rusted elevated train tracks. There is evidence of the recent transition of the Meatpacking ... [more]
Eleni Gianopulos, Eleni's.
Need a snack?
When your blood sugar drops precipitously between scouring MOMA's many floors and a rousing skate at Wolman Rink, you might stop by a Korean deli for a pick-me-up. Don't overlook the city's other ubiquitous font of snacks: health food stores. No longer do these stores' foods taste indistinguishable from their packaging. Along most of the avenues you'll find these often yellow-awning'd stores packed with snackables, from dried nuts and fruits to actually tasty soy sandwiches, bento boxes, and usually fresh-squeezed vegetable and fruit juices.