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QG: New York City's QuickGuide
Uptown
From 59th to 110th sts., btw the East & Hudson rivers
Broad boulevards and residential tree-lined side streets form the backdrop for international boutiques, restaurants and museums.
Upper East Side
» 9:00 a.m.
Le Pain Quotidien , 833 Lexington Ave., btw E. 63rd & E. 64th sts., 1.212.755.5810. Start the day the French farmhouse way, with a croissant and frothy bowl of café au lait, while chatting with your neighbors across a big wooden communal table.
» 10:00 a.m.
Central Park Zoo 830 Fifth Ave. at 64th St., 1.212.439.6500. Say "hi" to the sea lions (they just may bark back), plus penguins, parrots and other creatures—great and small—from all over the world.
» 12:30 p.m.
Bloomingdale's 1000 Third Ave., btw. E. 59th & E. 60th sts., 1.212.705.2000. Shop till you drop at this department store's flagship, where every item—be it the latest designer-label shirt, kitchen gadget, lamp, wallet or pair of sunglasses—is an icon of NYC style.
» 2:30 p.m.
Alice's Tea Cup 156 E. 64th St., btw Third & Lexington aves., 1.212.486.9200. Indulge in a late lunch/early afternoon tea with all the trimmings (sandwiches, six types of scones, cakes and cookies—plus your pick from dozens of black, white, green or red teas), served on mismatched crockery amid a cozy, Alice in Wonderland-themed setting.
» 3:30 p.m.
Camilla Dietz Bergeron, Ltd. 818 Madison Ave., 4th fl., btw E. 68th & E. 69th sts., 1.212.794.9100, by appointment. Try on exquisite rings, bracelets, brooches, cuff links and necklaces, many one of a kind, made by Cartier, Schlumberger, Mauboussin and other masters.
» 4:30 p.m.
Neue Galerie 1048 Fifth Ave., at 86th St., 1.212.628.6200. Gaze at late-19th- to mid-20th-century German and Austrian fine and decorative art, from Gustav Klimt murals to Bauhaus furniture, in a 1914 jewel box of a mansion once owned by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III.
» 6:15 p.m.
Mark Bar Mark Hotel, 25 E. 77th St., btw Madison & Fifth aves., 1.212.606.3030. Relax with a raspberry lychee Bellini or a cucumber martini, watching a sociable, socialite crowd fill up this intimate lounge, with its flatteringly low lighting and cow-patterned upholstered sofas.
» 7:30 p.m.
Café Carlyle The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, 35 E. 76th St., at Madison Ave., 1.212.744.1600, reservations recommended. Relive the days and nights of 1940s café society with supper and a show at this luxe cabaret, host to legends like Woody Allen (on Mondays) and Judy Collins.