Gansevoort Park Avenue - Gramercy Park, NYC

The Gansevoort is one of those hotels that is stuck in the middle- nice but not luxurious- good service- not great- nice amenities but not wonderful. The park ave location is wonderful- and there is a killer rooftop bar and pool!   There is an exhale spa on the third floor where you can take a core fusion class (hard!) or get a massage.

The bed in my room was king sized- perfectly crisp sheets and firm mattress with a feather bed on top- which is my ideal bed situation. Another positive was that it was a really dark and quiet room.  Almost no noise from street and except for one small red light on the cordless phone on the desk (easily covered) pitch black dark.

I'd say that if you "get a deal" - it's a great place to stay- fun - modern- easy and comfortable.

Address: 420 Park Avenue S., New York, NY
Website: GansevoortHotelGroup.com

Florian Cafe - Gramercy, NYC

There are a few reasons to go to florian on park ave south.

1) Big impressive room mimicking the 300 year old Venetian coffeehouse, Cafe Florian.

2) Cool and racy statues.

3) Wonderful sparking chandelier (just like ours!)

4) And the real reason- Lobster pizza. A whole lobster on a cracker thin pizza crust cooked in a brick oven. Squeeze fresh lemon on it- voila! Incredible.


Address: 225 Park Avenue S, New York, NY
Website: FlorianNYC.com