“I shop only at thrift stores and vintage stores. In New York, I like a place called Star Struck, and a place called The Family Jewels.” StarsNew YorkStoresShopsJewelsVintageThrift Author:Ezra Miller
“In New York in 1915 I bought at a hardware store a snow shovel on which I wrote in advance of the broken arm .” New YorkBrokenArmsStoresSnowTitlesHardwareShovels Book:Duchamp: Passim : a Marcel Duchamp Anthology Source: Duchamp: Passim : a Marcel Duchamp Anthology
“I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.” WritingBookEndsArtistNextLinesNew YorkMonthsSummerStoresOpeningWriting A BookJanuaryLaunchingBedding Author:Genevieve Gorder
“I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.” New YorkArmyStoresNavyArmy Navy Author:Babette March
“I had a deliberate plan to get into movies by becoming a model, so I went to New York and got a job pretending to be a mannequin in store windows.” JobsPlansNew YorkBecomingModelsWindowStoresPretendingDeliberate Author:Geena Davis
“[Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the age of 15, I hounded the local record store to order a copy of Horses [1975] for me by Patti Smith.” WorldAgeOrderFoundHouseRecordsNew YorkHorseStoresLocalsMagazinesCopiesPunkColumbiaRecord Stores Author:Michael Stipe
“When I was a young comic in New York and I wasn't getting any work, I was wandering around the Lower East Side with my notebook. I would stop at the guitar place on St. Mark's and talk to that dude for a while, then I'd go to the bookstore and talk to that dude for a little while. I had a guy over at the record store, and I'd talk to him for a while. It kept me connected to life.” LittlesYoungGuySidesRecordsNew YorkMarkGuitarConnectedEastStoresWanderComicNotebookBookstoresRecord StoresWandering AroundEast Side Author:Marc Maron
“I used to have weird practices in crowded used-book stores in New York where I'd go in and just stomp my foot and see what fell from the shelf. And of course, because it's an unexpected encounter, there's always some magic that comes from it.” BookUsedCoursesPracticeMagicFeetNew YorkStoresEncountersUnexpectedShelvesCrowdedUsed Books Author:Saul Williams
“I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that.” StuffGrowing UpRecordsGrowingStreetsNew YorkStoresGrantedAvenuesGroceriesGrocery StoresRecord Stores Author:Noah Baumbach
“Toronto I've worked in so many times so you kind of just know every store, every hotel, every - it's really close to New York so it's awesome for my children so if I have to go home for two days it doesn't take very much time. Except for Air Canada. Air Canada is the worst part.” IfsKnowsKindChildrenTwoHomeAirWorstNew YorkStoresMy ChildrenCanadaHotelTwo DaysToronto Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I always think about Katharine Graham - she was the publisher of The Washington Post. In her autobiography she talks about the way her parents met. Her father was, I think, in New York just walking by on his way home and looked into a store and saw the lady that became his wife. It was just pure luck. And she said that it once again reminds her of the role that luck and chance play in our life. I really believe that, too.” ThinkingWayBelieveSaidPlayHomeFatherParentChanceRolesSawsOur LivesWifeNew YorkWalkingMetsPureLuckStoresPostsAutobiographyPublishersWay Home Author:Owen Wilson
“When I'm in New York I love to stay at the Mercer Hotel, and the C. Wonder store was so part of my New York experience from staying downtown. What I love the most about the brand is the enthusiasm that the customer has for it.” WonderNew YorkCustomersStoresEnthusiasmBrandsHotelStayingDowntown Author:Brad Goreski
“The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I couldn't work for anyone else, because I was spoken to in a way that I wasn't spoken to at home.” WayFirstsHomeSchoolJobsNew YorkHigh SchoolStoresDepartmentDepartment Stores Author:Frankie Knuckles