Hey, Magpies! What could be better than a night of shopping in NYC? That’s right – nothing! We are so excited about Fashion’s Night Out, a shopping extravaganza that kicks off 2010 New York Fashion Week. On September 10th, over 1,000 stores here in New York will keep doors open late for customers to mingle with [...]

Our favorite cameras, hair straighteners, take-out food, and cars (well, we haven’t had any problems with our brakes)… and now this! It would take an  innovative, high-tech Japanese beauty company to figure out a way to get all those tiny fibers in mascara to go on lashes in the right direction. We’ve tried many mascaras that claim to have fibers to lengthen [...]

We first professed our love for Aldo here, when we purchased a pair of  faboosh nude patent leather pumps that we ended up wearing the entire summer. But now – we Magpies have fallen in love all over again. And it’s not just our new love!  Aldo’s Fawson pumps have been seen on everyone from reality star Lauren Conrad… [...]

After hearing all the buzz about it, you might be wondering…donde esta La Biblioteca? Located on the corner of 40th street and 3rd Avenue, La Biblioteca (Spanish for “the library”) has to be one of the trendiest lounges to hit Murray Hill in…forever! You have to know about this place though – it’s easy to miss, and you [...]

With all this gross, humid weather we’ve had in NYC lately, it’s been soooo hard to keep our hair looking anything but frizzy. But one Magpie recently discovered a brush that has changed the way our hair looks and feels. A Midwest Magpie (who is in constant need of frizz control!) swears by it, and suggested we check out this fabulous brush [...]

Whenever we’re wandering aimlessly in the West Village, we always seem to aimlessly wander past AOC – located on Bleecker Street near Grove Street. From the outside, it looks like a tiny hole in the wall – but recently we discovered it’s so much more than what it seems. We were delighted to discover that [...]

We Magpies have always heard about City Bakery’s chocolate chip cookies. In fact, the bakery, located at 3 West 18th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, is always written up as having some of the best cookies in the city. So on a recent rainy afternoon, we thought it would be a great idea (well, maybe [...]

As we all know – there are millions of pizza places in NYC – sometimes, on a single city block!  So it takes a lot for a pizza place to set itself apart. We recently reviewed one of our faves, John’s of Bleecker Street- but if you’re looking for crispy, crunchy, thin crust pizza, there’s [...]

Are you working really hard or hardly working? Do you find that you’ve tried practically every cool rooftop/outdoor bar for happy hour and bartenders are starting to know your drink before you order?  Well, if you’re like the crew at Harriet Magpie, then it’s definitely time to try something different, and perhaps Stone Street is the street for [...]

It’s that time of the year again – end of summer always means it’s almost time for New York Fashion Week (yay!), one of our favorite times of the year! We love the parties, we love how New York City attracts every celebrity in the world, and most of all, we love, love love the [...]

If you’re like the crew at Harriet Magpie, you might be thinking that your really adorable apartment is beginning to look less and less adorably decorated. And if you’re like the crew at Magpie, you don’t want to spend big bucks changing the furniture. Well, we have a budget-conscious solution that did the trick in [...]

This summer, we Magpies have loved the summer nights in the city; hanging out at outdoor bars with friends, enjoying cocktails under the stars. But like many of our fellow Magpies, we’ve grown a bit sick of places like 230 Fifth and Frying Pan (we still like those places, but maybe we’ve been there a bit too often the past [...]

Little Giant is  just an average-looking New York City restaurant. It’s basically a small box-like storefront with a nondescript-looking interior… …but they make one really memorable dish that makes up for its lackluster appearance: the Baked French Toast. Chef Julie Taras soaks thick slices of Pullman’s Bread (always fresh and delish) in an egg batter of maple syrup, cinnamon and [...]

Well it’s not really a steal…But for New York restaurants, Bianca is definitey worth your money in terms of portions and atmoshere.  It’s a cozy, romantic Italian bistro located on a very pleasant street lined with brownstones and shops on Bleeker near Bowery street. The restaurant is on the small side, and always busy on [...]

Summer’s in full swing, and for us Magpies, that means we are too - from the beach to the pool – and outdoor parties in between. So we wanted to share some products with you that have been giving us our summer glow on the go - complete with SPF. These products are perfect for day or night [...]

If you are like the crew at Harriet Magpie, then you are suckers for true love stories – like those on “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.” Even if they are constructed and manipulated for reality television shows! We cried when Roberto Martinez proposed to Ali Fedotowsky; we sighed when Jason Mesnick hugged his (weird) son Ty; and we [...]

The famous New York City Chinese restaurant Mr. Chow has been around for years – and has locations around the world. But when Philippe Chow (no relation to Michael Chow, owner of Mr. Chow) left Mr. Chow after 27 years of service, he took many of  the menu secrets with him and opened his own competing restaurant, Philippe - and the rest is [...]

Nothing is better in New York than good food, good wine, or good company. And last night we had the perfect combination of them all. We Magpies were looking for a trendy restaurant to go to that was popular and hopefully not too pricey. We decided to try Keith McNally’s (owner of Balthazar, Schiller’s and Minetta Tavern!) newest venue, Pulino’s, located [...]

There are always long lines outside John’s of Bleecker Street, a pizzeria that has been in the same location since 1929. And as we Magpies know – restaurants can’t survive in NYC if the food sucks. So even though we knew going into John’s that the pizza would be good – we had no idea [...]

Eat, Pray, Love, the movie taken from Elizabeth Gilbert’s best selling memoir of self-discovery following the breakup of her marriage, has not even opened yet (it’s premiering Friday, August 13,2010 – can’t wait!) and already the movie-inspired merchandise is all over the place!  Usually the crew at Harriet Magpie is not impressed with commercial type merchandise, but the items [...]