The Ear Bar has been in New York longer than any of us. In a city of vacuous fleeting trendy bars the Ear Bar (which is really called the Ear Inn but I've never called it that) is the real deal.

Great mid-eastern food in Chelsea/Flatiron/NoMad/whatever you call that area.

I like coming down here with friends when the weather permits and drinking on the beach or on the rocks when the tides come in.

Christina Tosi's magical bakery of deliciousness.

Going for a stroll on Atlantic Beach is a fall Sunday must. I rarely go to the New York beaches in summer because of the crowds, but standing on an empty, windy beach is a total mind soother. Make sure to take a peek at the Miami-colored Catalina Beach Club. Beaches close mid-September.