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“Which direction are you headed?” [the repairman] asked.
“North,” said Stuart.
“North is nice,” said the repairman. “I’ve always enjoyed going north. Of course, south-west is a fine direction, too.”
“Yes, I suppose it is,” said Stuart, thoughtfully.
“And there’s east,” continued the repairman. “I once had an interesting experience on an easterly course. Do you want me to tell you about it?”
“No thanks,” said Stuart.

E.B. White, Stuart Little

We’re pretty excited to be up north too. (Well, a bit more uptown than ever before.)
To get ourselves situated, we’ve made a literary guide to the neighborhood around our newest store. Everything on it is within a half hour’s walking distance.

Our recommendation? Start south and keep heading uptown.

The Plaza Hotel
Kay Thompson, Eloise
30 minutes

Central Park
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
29 minutes

Lexington Avenue and East 62^nd Street
Joan Didion, Goodbye to All That
20 minutes

Lexington Avenue and East 63^rd Street
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
19 minutes

Park Avenue and East 73^rd Street
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
10 minutes

Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle
Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline
9 minutes

A nice stroll along Madison Avenue
Maeve Brennan, The Long-Winded Lady
8 minutes (give or take)

Metropolitan Museum of Art
E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
7 minutes

Jackson Hole burgers (closed)
Jonathan Lethem, Chronic City
6 minutes

East 86^th Street Cinemas
Ira Levin, Rosemary’s Baby
7 minutes

The Welchs’ apartment
Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy
18 minutes

The Primms’ apartment
Bernard Waber, The House on East 88^th Street
9 minutes

Elaine’s (closed), 1703 Second Avenue
11 minutes

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