Chelsea

Use The Black, Fifth Avenue: Greenwich Village

Create a wonderful home in this sizeable one bedroom on Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village. You're right there...walk to Chelsea, West Village, Union Square, Flatiron! There is closet space like you wouldn't believe and the doorman are great here! Use the black accents in the kitchen and in the windows to create that chic little place your aching to come home to every night, here's a few inspiratioins:

Eva and Gentry Dayton's Brooklyn apartment via Remodelista {1}

 The brilliant Ted Muehling {1}

Remodelista {2}

 Muehling {2}

Location: Greenwich Village

Ammenities: Elevator, Laundry in Building

Special Features: Lovely Views, Marble Kitchen and Bath, Incredible Location
 Rent: 3,800.00/ mo.
Contact: George Case at Citi Habitats, 773.983.0513
gcase@citi-habitats.com
Rented

Love. Calliope: East Village

I'll start with this- Calliope is wonderful. Now, we've had a bit of a struggle going to new restaurants, falling in love and being dissapointed on our follow-up visits, but this will hopefully not be the case here because I'd be REALLY sad. A walk from Gramercy to the East Village on election night to meet a friend for dinner, I was hungry and cold by the time I arrived. I had received a text en route "the bread here is amazing"  and the rest is history:

- Bread (third basket upon my arrival) was toasted perfectly and drizzled with a lovely olive oil that saturated every nook and cranny- crispy crust and airy, oily inside and served with cut radishes.

- Appetziers were Traditional Eggs with Celery Salt and a Tallegio, Leek and Chanterelle Tart. Wow! My friend described the former as an "egg truffle"...boiled medium with a mayonaise sauce...salty, creamy. The latter was what seemed like a flat quiche with a buttery, flaky crust and a cheesy, earthy filling topped with arugala. Both were amazing.

- Dinner? The Crispy Roast Chicken and a Rabbit Papardelle. The chicken, swimming in a light broth had the dark meat removed and stuffed into cabbage leaves. The pan-fried white meat had a crispy skin and tender, lovely meat. The Rabbit was fantastic! Tender and light meat in a smokey sauce with a hint of citrus. Both were earthy and hearty, perfect on a cold November evening!

- For Dessert, a dense chocolate cake sprinkled with sea salt in a luscious hazlenut crean and the best rum baba I've had in years- Warm, soft cake with rum poured over it and fresh whipped cream dolloped on top at the table. Great cup of coffee too!

Where? 84 East Fourth Street at Second Avenue

What? Bistro serving "European Farmhouse Food"

When?  Dinner 5-11pm every night, Breakfast and Lunch is Tuesday- Friday, 9 am -2:30pm

Rainy Landscape

 I hope this post finds you all well and relatively unscathed by Sandy....it's been a long week. I had taken the shots of a raindrops on the wrapping on a cardboard box a while back in Gramercy...they seem somehow appropriate now, as does the artwork of Melanie Comber. Ms. Comber's oil and pigment on canvases at Fine Art Society reference everything from daguerreotypes to lunar landings, snowy landscapes to viruses under a microscope. They are as foreign as they are familiar, as beautiful as they are inexplicably unsettling. It's been a strange week, so forgive (and enjoy) the stream-of- conscious imagery.

1. -minus- album artwork for Arctic Exhibition via Yahoo! Music UK and Ireland

2. Melanie Comber, No Man's Land

3.,5. Plastic Wrapped Cardboard, Gramercy Park

4. Jonnyphoto, Forgotten Moon

6. Melanie Comber, 123

7.  From Australia's First Arctic Expedition, Skeleton of a sea elephant and Harold Hamilton

Chelsea Morning: Lofty One Bedroom

Location: Chelsea

Ammenities: Elevator, Laundry in Building, Roof Access

Special Features: Lovely Views, Arched Windows, High Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, Incredible Location

 Rent: 3,800.00/ mo.
Contact: George Case at Citi Habitats, 773.983.0513
gcase@citi-habitats.com
Rented

Artshot: Chris Mooney

 Check out my friend, Chris Mooney's Flickr page- I'm a big fan of his work and his New York are particularly beautiful with a haunting quality that only Chris can capture.

Shiny and New

1., 3., 5., 7. Matthew Tischler

2., 4., 6. E15