Chapter Two

Nadia's Field Notes

Forty-four notebooks. Fourteen years. The places that make a New York address feel like home. None of this is sponsored. All of it is walked.

Coffee

Joe Coffee Company

West Village · 141 Waverly Pl

A West Village institution. Sitting at the window counter is the closest New York gets to a slow morning.

3 min walk from the West Village

Bookstore

Nolita · 52 Prince St

The best independent bookstore in the city. Staff picks that actually earn their shelf space.

12 min walk from the West Village

Park

West Village · 425 6th Ave

A secret garden behind a Victorian courthouse. One of the few places in Manhattan that feels genuinely quiet.

5 min walk from the West Village

Food

Lower East Side · 179 E Houston St

Since 1914. The smoked fish is the point, but the egg creams stay with you.

20 min walk from the West Village

Culture

Greenwich Village · 209 W Houston St

Repertory cinema that takes its programming as seriously as a museum takes its collection.

8 min walk from the West Village

Market

Union Square · E 17th St & Broadway

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday. The version of New York that makes you want to cook.

18 min walk from the West Village