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Informationen zum Autor Rachel Felder is a journalist who specializes in writing about trends, fashion, and beauty. Her work has appeared in the New York Times , the Financial Times , Travel & Leisure , and Departures ; she has also contributed to publications such as Women's Wear Daily , and the web sites of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker . Her writing has also appeared in People , Rolling Stone , Town & Country , New York , Gotham , and many other magazines and newspapers. The author of Insider London ( Harper Design, 2017), Insider Brooklyn (Harper Design, 2016), Manic Pop Thrill (Ecco) and co-author (with Reed Krakoff) of Fighter (Viking Studio), she has appeared at conferences like TEDx Oxford and SxSW. She lives in New York City. Twitter: @rachelfelder Instagram: @rachelfelder Klappentext A Style Expert and Native New Yorker’s Little Black Book of Brooklyn More Than Two Hundred Places to Eat, Shop, and Explore Designated the “It” borough of New York, Brooklyn has become a trendsetting destination, drawing tourists from around the world. In this beautiful, thoughtfully curated anthology, style and shopping expert Rachel Felder offers a personal tour of the borough’s best-kept secrets and diverse neighborhoods, as well as a full overview of its definitive cultural institutions, public spaces, and legendary venues. Inside you’ll find: Recommendations for hotels, restaurants, bars, clothing shops, flea markets, museums, parks, performance spaces, and moreBeautiful full-color photographs of every shop or location An extensive list of shopping destinations of every kind: interior decor and antiques sellers, specialty food shops and bakeries, jewelers and artisanal workshops, clothing for men and women, and everything in between The address, telephone number, and Web site for every listing, as well as the closest subway station Written by a native New Yorker, this unique compendium of Brooklyn’s most stylish places to eat, shop, and explore is a must for travelers, home shoppers, and New Yorkers alike. Zusammenfassung A trend and shopping expert and fourth-generation New Yorker’s chic, full-color guide to the best boutiques, shopping routes, restaurants, cafes, and bars in New York City’s “It” borough, highlighting more than 200 favorite destinations and shops for both style-oriented travelers and New Yorkers alike. The fourth most popular travel destination in the world, New York City draws millions of visitors annually, including more than fifty-four million people in 2014 alone. At the center of this white-hot destination is none other than the borough of Brooklyn—the mecca of twenty-first century cool and style. Now, native New Yorker Rachel Felder, a widely published journalist specializing in fashion, beauty, travel, and trends, has created a portable, beautifully designed, personally curated anthology that brings this fashionable borough into focus as never before, featuring not-to-be-missed highlights and covering everything—from food to furniture to fashion—it has to offer. Rachel takes you into some of the borough’s most diverse and charming neighborhoods, including Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Prospect Heights, and DUMBO. She begins with valuable travel advice, including a precisely selected list of hotels, cafes, bars, bakeries, festivals, salons, and markets. She provides a sample itinerary for trip planning, as well as a comprehensive list of Brooklyn’s main attractions—including its major landmarks, parks and gardens, museums and zoos, noteworthy restaurants, bars and breweries, and artisanal food shops. She then takes you into individual neighborhoods, exploring each thoroughly by shop type and goods, providing the complete address, phone numb...
