NYC This Week | August 5-11

Happy first Wednesday of August!! I hope you’re all having a great week ✨

Here are a few upcoming events and local spots you should have on your radar! There’s so much happening around the city right now, and I hope you’re able to add a few of these to your calendar.

Each week I’ll share:

• Upcoming NYC events I’m excited about (both smaller local and big brand pop-ups)

• Local NYC businesses and finds I’m loving

• A few of my personal favorites (lifestyle, fashion, beauty, etc.)

📍 Broadway in Bryant Park (@ Bryant Park)
☁️ August 6 | 12:30PM
🎟️ Free to attend
Watch performances from some of Broadway’s biggest shows - for free! (link)

📍 CJ Hendry x Salon 94 Pastel Pop-Up Exhibition (@ Upper East Side)
☁️ August 6-16
🎟️ Free to attend
Step inside this colorful, interactive installation by CJ Hendry, where visitors become part of the experience and even get to take a piece of it home (link)

📍 Wine, Explained: A Guided Tasting with Demby’s Supper Club (@ Carroll Gardens)
☁️ August 7 | 7PM-8:30PM
🎟️ Ticketed
This cozy local book bar is teaming up with Demby’s Supper Club for an approachable wine tasting designed to make learning about wine feel fun - not intimidating (link)

📍 Free First Friday at The Frick Collection (@ Upper East Side)
☁️ August 7 | 5:30PM-9PM
🎟️ Free to attend
Take advantage of free evening admission to one of NYC’s most beautiful museums (link)

📍 Washington Square Park Community Clean-Up (@ Greenwich Village)
☁️ August 8 | 9:30AM - 11:30AM
🎟️ Free to attend
Spend your Saturday morning helping care for one of NYC’s most iconic parks alongside fellow volunteers (link)

📍 Dog Adoption Event and Yappy Hour (@ Williamsburg)
☁️ August 8 | 12PM - 2PM
🎟️ Free to attend
Head to The Penny Hotel to meet adoptable dogs from Badass Animal Rescue and enjoy a dog friendly afternoon (link)

📍 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pilates (@ Brooklyn Heights)
☁️ August 9 | 10:30AM-11:30AM
🎟️ Free to attend
Start your morning with an outdoor Pilates class overlooking the East River (link)

📍 Journaling Workshop (@ Williamsburg)
☁️ August 9 | 5PM-7PM
🎟️ Ticketed
Spend your Sunday evening slowing down with a guided journaling workshop hosted by Loaf on Paper and Rocky Paper Scissors Co. (link)

🍫 The Meadow (Nolita)
One of my favorite specialty food shops in the city, filled with beautiful finishing salts from around the world, craft chocolate bars, cocktail bitters, and other unique pantry finds. Even if you’re just browsing, it’s worth stopping in (link)

💌 East Village Postal (East Village)
A postal shop turned into a charming neighborhood stationery shop! They have a fun selection of greeting cards, paper goods, thoughtful gifts, and everything you need to send a little handwritten note (link)

📰 Iconic Magazines (Nolita)
An independent magazine shop with an incredible collection of magazines covering everything from fashion and interiors to food, travel, and photography (link)

Weekly Food Highlight

🍕 Corn Ribs from Casa Felix (Chelsea)
A new Mexican restaurant recently opened in Chelsea, and it is SO good. I went for dinner last week and was genuinely surprised by how much I loved everything we ordered. The highlight of the meal was the Mexican Street Corn Ribs - think Mexican street corn, but served on strips of the cob that you pick up and eat like ribs. They were incredible (link)

I share a lot of NYC recommendations around here, but every once in a while I like to share a few non-city things I’ve been loving lately:

🫧 One of my favorite Poppi flavors is Cranberry Fizz, but it usually only comes out around the holidays. In exciting news, I finally found some on Amazon! It has the perfect balance of tart and sweet, and it’s surprisingly refreshing in the summer. And if anyone from Poppi happens to see this… consider this my official plea to make Cranberry Fizz a year round flavor 🤞

🏃‍♀️‍➡️ I wear Old Navy activewear more than almost any other workout brand (these are a few pieces I love!). The quality has always impressed me, the pieces hold up really well, and the prices are hard to beat - especially if you catch one of their sales. If you’re looking to refresh your workout wardrobe without spending a fortune, I’d definitely recommend taking a look

😎I keep getting so many compliments on my Jimmy Fairly Level Up Sunglasses so I wanted to share them again here! They are truly some of the most flattering sunglasses I’ve owned and I love the subtle purple tint detail

If you try anything from this list this week or discover something I should include next week, reply or DM me 🩷 I love building this as a shared NYC list with you all.

Cheers,
Taylor