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a.k.a. Marcy Swingle - obsessed with food and fashion.View my photography website.
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Baoguette Cafe
What should banh mi be: traditional or new-style? How you answer that question greatly affects which banh mi you’ll like of the many new sandwich shops opening now. Just arrived in the old Bamn space on St. Mark’s (RIP to … Continue reading
Adventureland Playlist
Love, love Greg Mottola’s new flick Adventureland. It’s a grown-up version of a coming-of-age story, with complicated characters (think comp lit majors mixing with conservative Catholic girls) and side plots (doddering dad meets social-climbing stepmom). But there’s no need to … Continue reading
La Superior
One of the worst things about eating Mexican food in LA is coming back and eating it in New York. The New York version of Mexican food is almost sure to disappoint after you’ve had the vibrant, spicy food at … Continue reading
Mexican Poblano and Tomato Salad
Mexican Cotija cheese isn’t for sale at New York’s fancy cheese emporiums, but you can find it in some corner bodegas. If your hunt for authentic cheese is successful, here’s a recipe for a Mexican salad for you. It ran … Continue reading
TopShop Opening Day Photos
There were a lot of trendsters in line on the opening day for TopShop – in fact, there was more fashion outside than inside TopShop, due to the sheer volume of TopShop fans. The biggest trend? Jean shorts in a … Continue reading
Kate Lanphear in Paper Mag
There’s an excellent photo of Elle editor and Gastro Chic style muse Kate Lanphear in this month’s Paper Magazine in their “Beautiful People” issue, shot by Jiro Schneider. Here she poses with stylist Keegan Singh. Look at this close up … Continue reading
Lucali’s
Pizza, pizza: it’s cheap, delicious, and in the news—even making it into Page Six today via a Jimmy Fallon incident at Posto—an enviable feat for any food item. (Even burgers should be jealous.) Every time we turn around, a new … Continue reading
Breaking News: New Yorkers Don’t Eat at Applebee’s
In a shocking discovery, the Times revealed today that no one is dining at an Applebee’s in Manhattan: in fact, the restaurant is full of empty tables. The exact reason is unclear, but it may be because there are so … Continue reading
TopShop NYC Opening – Video!
OK so this is the first Gastro Chic video ever, so it’s a little rough. But I wanted to show you what it was like inside TopShop on opening day, April 2nd.
All That for an Ice Cream Cone Top-Shop
I finally left TopShop at 4:32, 5 1/2 hours after I arrived to photograph the crowd (11am-12:20pm), wait in line (12:20pm – 2:30pm), shop (2:30pm-3pm), wait in the dressing room line (3pm-3:50pm), and finally try on clothes and check out … Continue reading
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