Introduction
At least a dozen times each week my office phone rings and the vo
on the other end plaintively asks， \"Where can I find a terrific --
What follows is a request for shopping information on a myriad
things. Calls come from stylists， editors of other magazines， art dir
tors， reporters， TV prop people， presidents of corporations， reade
friends， and friends of friends. They know that as New York ma!
zine s \"Best Bets\" columnist (a position I ve held for the past n
years)， I scout the city each week， trekking through unlikely neigh]:
hoods in search of the best， the newest， and the most original. W~
they call and ask where they can find such esoteric items as fenc
gloves， vintage toasters， deep-sea-diving gauges， Victorian stuff
spoons， Renaissance tiles， or a Spiro Agnew watch， I know just wh
to send them. And if they re looking for less-exotic items---a cutti
edge gown， a lamp with a Retro look， custom-made shirts， or a
bustier--I know where they can find the best of those， too. I cam~
realize that it isn t only tourists or visitors who need assistance
locating what they want among the riches this city--perhaps
world s greatest shopping capital--has to offer. Savvy New Yorl~
often need help， too.
This guidebook， then， is designed to fill that need. I will tell
where to shop for just about everything， from a medieval tapestry 1
vintage couture suit to a regulation dartboard to a tony dress， am
prices that range from inexpensive to costly. Although broad in
range， Shopping Manhattan is also highly specific. I ve suggested
actly what a reader is likely to find in each store， and since shops
exhaustively cross-indexed， readers can quickly locate just
they re looking for. There are forty-nine main categories， from aq
games to umbrellas， and I ve covered approximately 000 stores.
Things change very rapidly in this city， and a store s stock va
each season. Yet what remains constant is the character， quality，
. ot~，lo ~ m~rrhar~di~e a sho~ handles. Therefore the specific items tt
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