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_THE BEST  
NEW YORK
DESIGN +FOOD

ADVENTURE 2012

a personal guided tour from the point of view of a New York designer.

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5 days
5 hoods
5 feeds
in the Finest city in the world...
Or choose  2 or 3 day parcels or  family packs.
Customize it to your dream NY visit.

IF YOU  JUST REALLY LOVE 
FOOD + DESIGN + ART +
ARCHITECTURE

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want to be acquainted with a piece of New York,

join us in the worlds most interesting design tour!








ARE YOU READY





PACK UP YOUR CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY,
PASSION,
OR JUST A GOOD PAIR OF WALKING SHOES AND JOIN US NOW!

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Central Park view towards San Remo apt. bldg. Architect;Emery Roth 1930
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Your guide, Suzy Weir MDes
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The Guggenheim Museum
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Kapoor's Sky Mirror, Rockefeller Center
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_Here is what Habitus has to say about the tours:
"There’s nothing more intoxicating than entering a new city and having the jewels of the city presented to you by a local. And that’s exactly what Susan Weir and her team have done with their Food & Design travel tours"
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Find out what NY has to offer that attracts over 40 million visitors to the Big Apple each year.
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There’s no other place like New York. And who better to show you its nooks and crannies than design-loving local Susan Weir, who leads food and design tours of New York several times a year.
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_What is in it? 
+ Stay in the fabulous haute bohemian hotel - centrally located near Macy’s Herald Square in the heart of Manhattan's Garment district and designed by Hollywood movie designers.

+  5 meals at choice bistro’s, brasseries and restaurants where you'll feast on New York’s rich multicultural fare from hi culture cuisine to unpretentious real New York favorites.

+Visit 5 distinct neighborhoods from Savvy Soho to the Village to the uber cool Upper East Side to Herald Square... in each hood a tantalizing meal awaits and Yes ... there is free time for self guided shopping in the Big Apple. 

+Walking along historic streets of Greenwich Village among it’s unique curio shops and historic neighborhood cafes and jazz clubs.

+Visit the upper east side and west side hoods including Museum Mile, [May tours include Lenox Hill  Decorators Show house, an annual event that features top designers interiors in a stately home].

+Wander around Soho and see the latest in interior styling by internationally renown designers such as Dan Barteluce, Philippe Starck, Kit Kemp and Kim Parker and enjoy self guided wanderings to avant garde interior design shops.

+Walk along ‘Mad Men’  Madison Avenue where you will visit  the Ralph Lauren Flagship Mansion. Few places evoke the grandeur, opulence and delight of interior design quite like the display rooms at the Mansion.

Hop through Central Park and over to the upper west side and see first hand the new definition of style that New York is famous for within it's majestic architecture and magnificent green spaces...
For more information
click on to  tour inclusions .

How will I get around
Various modes from walking to public transport to taxi to water taxi to circle line cruiser and optional row boating to bike riding to horse drawn buggy riding.


When is it?
The next 2012 tours are Springtime in New York! May and early June.
For the first time in more than 20 years, this spring the Met unveils a new Ring cycle. Robert Lepage's groundbreaking production – the most ambitious production the Met has ever attempted – will be seen in its entirety, with a cast of the world's greatest Wagnerian singers and Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
May Tours
7 May to 11 May
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fully subscribed]
14 May to 18 May
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nearly fully subscribed]
Places available

end of May
and all of June
sign up today for :
starting on 28 May 2012

June tours
starting on 4 June

or
starting on 11 June

or
ask us about 3 day packages and family packs.

Also:
September 2012 and pre Christmas an
May 2013 tours are
on offer.
Contact us at [email protected]
to find out more.


How much is it?
from            $1500
per person for twin share
3 days,
2 nights, 
4 star accommodation
meals
guided walks
museum entry
musical event.
Price breakdowns
     
Talk to us about special rates for families and customized tour dates for you.


How do I get in on this great tour right away?
1.  Fill out the booking conditions form on the booking CONDITIONS page
2. Choose your preferred week , and choose single or double share accommodation on the drop down menu on the BOOK N BUY page
3.  Make your payment by hitting the pay now button on the BOOK N BUY page.
4.  BOOK TODAY, Be quick as spaces are strictly limited!
All bookings are accepted on the understanding that the Client appreciates that travel does, by its very nature, involve some risk and that they undertake all tours of their own volition.

contact us at : [email protected]
today if you have any further questions
or go to F A Q s
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Map of neighborhoods in Manhattan NYC

What's happening in New York?
A whole new definition of style is constantly emerging globally; and New York is style headquarters!


On this 2012 Food+Design Adventure you get to immerse yourself in New York's bold eccentricity first hand and tuck into it's hearty fare...




...at bistros, brasseries, sandwich shops, fine restaurants and more,
explore hi brow, low brow and no brow New York!




Suzy's tip of the month-

Hope Is a Thing With Long, Fuzzy Ears...see ‘Harvey,’ With Jim Parsons, at Studio 54.!
254 West 54th Street, Manhattan, (212) 719-1300, roundabouttheatre.org. Through Aug. 5. Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes.

March 3 – April 22, 2012 The Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx, NY






From classic OLD New York







to mega monster NEW New York!


Why
New York?

This from Aleida Strowger at Time Out:
A panel of Time Out experts selected 75 cities to celebrate in the book the world's Greatest Cities according to six criteria: Architecture, Arts & Culture, Buzz, Food & Drink, Quality of Life and World Status. In conjunction with our local correspondents, the panel then awarded the cities scores in each category and totaled them up for an overall ranking. The results are both fascinating and often surprising.

But now we want to know, which city, or cities, do you consider to be the greatest in the world and why?

The World's Greatest Cities: from the Time Out shop.

The results

Here are the top ten world cities as voted for by the Time Out panel:

1. New York, USA

Architecture: 9

Arts & culture: 10

Buzz: 10

Food & drink: 9

Quality of life: 6

World status: 9


Total/60: 53

visit the book 'The World's Greatest Cities' for the full run down.

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Central Park Boat Pond view towards the Dakota
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Washington Monument , has become a site of pilgrimage as many creative people live and have lived here and met in this spot.
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Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, looking up Fifth Avenue. Surrounded by some of NY’s oldest café’s and coffee houses and New York University, Washington Square Park is the hub of the Village and a favourite place to hang.
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Eisenbergs short order counter Flatiron district
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, architect; Marcel Breuer, 1966
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Ace Hotel Lobby is oh so comfy + has free wifi
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Artist Dan Cassaro creates a fun mural for Ace Hotel
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Ace Hotel
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Jorge-Rogriguez massive wall portrait
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Cherry Blossoms Central Park view towards San Remo Apt bldg
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Murray's formaggio+procuitto+artichoke heart sandwich of the week; Greenwich Village
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Pop up bistro, anywhere
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Bistro area, Breslins at the Ace Hotel
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Espresso cafe in the Bowery
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Boathouse restaurant Central Park
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Old King Cole Bar @ the St. Regis
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Murrays Cheese Shop, Bleeker Street
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Popbar
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Balthasar; Soho
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Hot dog stand Wall Street
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Flatiron Building
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New Museum by SANAA
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A hotel bar by Designer Philippe Starck
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Musicians outside The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Ralph Lauren Flagship, Madison Avenue
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Spiderman view of Macy's and Herald Square
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Evolution shop in Soho
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Crosby Street Hotel by Tim and Kit Kemp
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happy museum workers
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Sneaker