Here are a couple of photos of SoHo, which is my favorite part of New York. I could walk to my office downtown in about 30 minutes, and the place really feels apart from NY. (My apartment is in the building with the big Perry Art Gallery flag hanging from it). Its architecture is pretty uniformly iron cast facades from the early 1800’s and cobblestone streets, which is unlike anywhere else. It was the center of the art world and had lots of funky shops and bars, but it has definitely lost its edge and is now populated mostly by luxury label stores. It still looks great, and is a great place to walk around, particularly on a weekday or early morning before the tourists arrive. If you do make it there, check out Cupping House or Balthazar for breakfast, (Balthazar’s also good for dinner) Mercer Kitchen for dinner, (or Raoul’s or Lucky Strike for late night dining with a cool vibe), and great Thai food at Kin Khao and Kittachai. In fact, the chef at Kin Khao is an old friend of Somchai’s from Bangkok, and the chef at Kittachai just opened the place a few years ago after working for the Four Seasons in Bangkok for a long time.