Cute little French Café with beautiful croissants. Thanks for the reco, Kim!

Within an couple hours' drive of NYC, you can find lots of sleepy seaside towns. Not only can you get your soft ice cream and salt water taffy on, but you can still spot cool, hand-lettered signs and other relics of a past generation's amusements.

A well-curated vintage movie poster store. Smart and friendly staff.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Just by sitting on a bench and drinking a coffee in the park, I can be entertained by so many performers and some crazy people.