We stayed at The Highline Hotel in Chelsea, which was surprisingly, right opposite the highline. This was a recommendation from a friend who recently moved from NYC to SF and it was practically perfect. As an architect the highline was always top on my list of things to see in NYC and this way we got to walk along it every morning. The hotel is, to quote some New Yorkers - 'very Harry Potter' or "very European" - which i've taken to mean old and slightly eclectic. Antique furnished rooms, a lovely collection of bell jars downstairs and a great, if overpriced even for NYC ($22 a glass for a NZ sauv), terrace garden out front.
NYC Eats
(will be added to my city pages soon)
Blue Hill
75 Washington Place
Izakaya Ten
207 10th AVe
The Spotted Pig
314 W 11th Street
All'onda
22 E 13th Street
Shake Shack (many locations)
366 Columbus ave
The Big Gay Icecream Shop
125 E 7th Street
Brooklyn
St. Balmain
178 N 8th Street
Williamsburg
Five Leaves
18 Bedford Ave
Williamsburg
Smorgasburg
Weekends 11-6
East River State Park
Isa
348 Wythe Ave
Williamsburg