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Chapel. This funeral home got started by burying the actor Valentino. They’ve also buried John F. Kennedy, Judy Garland, George Gershwin, Rita Hayworth, Fatty Arbuckle, Lauren Bacall, Luther Vandross, John Lennon and Joan Rivers.


Touristy thing to do again


The Met: A unique array of gifts


I always tell visitors who love to shop for clothing to go to Blue Tree at 1283 Madison. Owned by Phoebe Cates Kline, wife of the actor Kevin Kline, it’s an eclectic shop for women’s clothing and accessories. It’s very charming and a store I can confidently recommend as it’s consistently good.


There are a lot of museums in this part of town and their shops are increasingly sophisticated. You would be surprised by how many New Yorkers rely on museum shops for presents to gift throughout the year. The Metropolitan Museum, especially, has a very sophisticated array of things to choose from.


Meanwhile, next door to the E.A.T. food emporium you will encounter probably one of the best ‘gift’ shops in the US, let alone in New York City. E.A.T. Gifts is great for things to bring home to children: everything from wind-up toys and puppets to books and games. There are also themed presents for people of all ages and for every possible occasion from New Year to Christmas, Valentine’s Day to Halloween. It’s jolly stuff, accessibly priced, and many gifts are small enough to bring home.


Only in America


Walk north a little bit more you will come to the Frank E. Campbell Funeral


Carnegie Hill: Great architecture Frank E. Campbell: Immortal 14 COMPANION


Above 86th Street is the interesting Carnegie Hill neighbourhood. It’s named after one time resident Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate. It’s primarily residential with townhouses, mansions and apartments on tree-lined streets and apartment buildings on broad avenues. What makes it special is the amazing mix of architectural styles: from Greek Revival, Queen Anne,


You’ll probably visit the Jewish Museum, the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, don’t miss the Museum of the City of New York which is a place many might never get around to visiting. Its focus is how New Yorkers have lived, interacted and led their cultural lives over many decades. At the Museum of New York you’ll see an amazing collection reflecting the street style of New Yorkers through the ages.


Like a local


Beaux Arts to Romanesque or Georgian. Walking in Carnegie Hill you really get a sense of how New York families in this neighbourhood live.


New York pizza


At 79th Street and Madison, there’s Serafina Fabulous Pizza, a restaurant that’s very popular with the families who live in the neighbourhood. It’s very airy with big windows which is unusual in New York where natural light is a commodity given how the city is a vertical experience with one building blocking the light of the next. And the pizzas are delicious!


After dark


Carlyle Hotel: Comfortable glamour


Illustrative of the idea that everything old is new again, there are two places which are particularly popular right now. One is Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel and the other, diagonally across the street, is the bar at the Mark Hotel. These two places are really appealing. There is often live music at the Carlyle and both bars have restaurants attached. They’re intentionally very glamorous yet at the same time comfortable and, relative to everything else in the neighbourhood, are open late.


Local lingo


It’s very New York to walk into a place and say ‘Oh my God, I feel like I’m in London!’


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