Separated by Central Park’s lush 643 acres, Manhattan’s northern neighborhoods offer world-class cultural institutions, fine restaurants and eclectic shops and boutiques.

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» 10:00 a.m.

E.A.T. 1064 Madison Ave., btw E. 80th & E. 81st sts., 1.212.772.0022. Wake up like a native New Yorker to a sesame bagel shmeered with cream cheese and scrambled eggs topped with lox (brine-cured salmon), washed down with cups of rich, strong espresso.

» 11:00 a.m.

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave., at E. 75th St., 1.212.570.3600. Feast your eyes on the world’s most comprehensive permanent collection of 20th- and 21st-century American art in all mediums, an A-to-Z of more than 2,800 artists, from photographer Berenice Abbott to painter Joe Zucker.

» 12:30 p.m.

Ajune Center of Beauty Synergy 1294 Third Ave., at E. 74th St., 1.212.628.0044. Improve your body’s circulation with a ginger-extract massage, followed by an age-defying microdermabrasion manicure.

» 2:00 p.m.

Garden Court Café, Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Ave., at E. 70th St., 1.212.570.5202. Refuel with a pita pocket filled with tuna salad and plated with “drunken onions” (onions marinated in sake) and a dessert of orange cardamom panna cotta drizzled with sweet mandarin sauce before touring this art center’s exhibits.

» 4:00 p.m.

Tender Buttons 143 E. 62nd St., btw Lexington & Third aves., 1.212.758.7004. Seek—and find—buttons suitable for a vintage Chanel suit or a pair of antique cuff links to finish off a Tom Ford evening shirt among the thousands of antique and modern fasteners in stock.

» 5:00 p.m.

Billy Martin’s, Trump Plaza, 1034 Third Ave., at E. 61st St., 1.212.861.3100. Go West and outfit yourself in alligator cowboy boots and belts buckled and tipped with sterling silver or gold vermeil at this haberdashery named for a former manager of the New York Yankees

» 6:00 p.m.

Fishtail 135 E. 62nd St., btw Lexington & Park aves., 1.212.754.1300. Reel in the catch of the day—grilled, roasted or steamed branzino, river trout and Maine lobster, as well as swordfish “steak frites”—at Chef/owner David Burke’s sustainable seafood restaurant.

» 8:30 p.m.

Bemelmans Bar, The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, 35 E. 76th St., at Madison Ave., 1.212.744.1600. Soak up the atmosphere and a dry gin, Lillet and vodka Vesper martini—shaken, not stirred, according to 007 James Bond’s own recipe, as given in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale.

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