My Urban Sherpa

Shake Shack

More interesting than the life-less sculptures in around and above Madison Square Park, are the lithe bodies in Madison Square Park — dog-walking, book reading, and queuing up for snacks.

Shack Shack is located at the South East corner of Madison Square Park, which is located at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue.

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Add a little Italy to your day

The Boathouse in Central Park offers the ideal opportunity to enjoy the beautiful day you perhaps only glimpsed as you ran into the subway, or through your window.

The Boathouse is open for lunch, drinks and dinner at East 72nd St. & Park Drive North. New York, NY

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Ilili - a sunny meal on a rainy day

Ilili Restaurant, on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 27th and 28th Street offers delicious Mediterranean food, and a lovely setting.

Between 27th & 28th
236 5th Avenue, NY (212) 683-2929

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The Neapolitan Tree at The MET

The Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche
is alight in the Medieval Sculpture Hall of The Metropolitan Museum of Art through January 6.

This long-standing holiday tradition is a favorite of New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. A vivid eighteenth-century Neapolitan Nativity scene—embellished with a profuse array of diminutive, lifelike attendant figures and silk-robed angels hovering above—adorns the candlelit spruce. Recorded music and lighting ceremonies add to the enjoyment of the holiday display.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 5th Avenue, at 82nd Street.

Before or after your visit to the MET, enjoy a wonderful lunch, brunch, soup or snack at nearby Centolire Cafe & Panini, where healthful and delicious meal are offered at equally wonderful prices. Centolire Cafe & Panini is located at 1167 Madison Avenue, between 85th and 86th Streets.

Holiday Shopping

If Holiday Shopping means a new bottle of olive oil, select spices, and bags full of fall produce, head to Union Square. Running from  14th Street  to 18th Street, between Broadway  and Park Avenue South - Union Square offers the ideal shopping grounds for delicious holiday recipes from Union Square Cafe.

Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity

Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity

At The Museum of Modern Art through January 25, 2010.

MoMA is located at 11 West 53th Street, just across the street from one of the best Italian restaurants in town –Il Gattopardo– we hope this week-end you might enjoy both.