Holiday Gift Guide > Stackable Alphabet Rings

Lauren and I are headed to Brooklyn, NY next weekend to visit a friend. Naturally, we needed to look into Brooklyn designers for some focused shopping, and stumbled upon Catbird. Aren't these tiny, stackable rings sweet? You can mix and match any combination of letters, including that cute heart. 

via NY Mag, via Catbird NYC

In Need of an NYC Restaurant Intervention

via thestantonsocial.com, ny.eater.com, spitzerscorner.com, gustorganics.com

Help! In planning for an upcoming NYC trip in November, I can’t stop researching and finding new places to eat. Every time I hear anything positive about a New York restaurant, it goes on my ever-growing list. I’ve now sufficiently identified upwards of 20 restaurants I’m dying to try.

Let’s think about how many meals (lunches and dinners) we’ll ACTUALLY need over the course of four days. That’s about eight. So needless to say, I’m going to need to prioritize or plan on eating Manhattan out of house and home.

Maybe it’s because this is my first for-fun NYC trip since high school (every visit since has been for work), and I’m trying to make sure I get my foodie fix. I also signed up for New York Groupons a couple months ago to get some good deals on restaurants, (good travel tip, by the way) and I bought three so those are non-negotiable.

But I now need to be cut off. Here’s a quick rundown. I’m in desperate need of some expertise; what can get the axe? What HAS to be on here that I’m missing?

Momofoku

Stand

Spotted Pig

Levain

Spitzers

Stanton Social

Suenos

Stecchino

Gustorganics

Eataly

Co.

Prune

A Salt and Battery

The Breslin

Public

Sigmund Pretzelshop