Listing of 2011 Display Windows

A Guide to the 2011 Holiday Display Windows at shops throughout New York City 

Flipping through the pages of our trusty Time Out New York Magazine (Holiday Issue on Newsstands now) we found the pub has once again posted this comprehensive list of NYC retailers with Holiday Windows. Following up on yesterday’s post about Bergdorf’s spectacular windows, this should give you a solid overview of retail stores throughout Manhattan who are putting their backside into decking the halls to create amazing displays. 

If you're visiting from out of town or trying to capture the spirit of the season in The Big Apple, taking to time gaze at the windows is a free, fun activity that is worth your time. Choose your route carefully - many stores are close in proximity to one another on and near 5^th Avenue in Midtown. With a little skill, you can knock out half a dozen locations in under 45 minutes and dodge some crowds. Check out the handy map below.

 Tons of images from windows (and this info) can be found at Time Out New York's Holiday Guide

 
Bergdorf Goodman - 754 Fifth Ave at 58th Sts (212-753-7300, bergdorfgoodman.com). –Winner of The Big Adventure’s Vote for Best Windows!

Dylan’s Candy Bar - 1011 Third Ave at 60th St (646-735-0078, dylanscandybar.com). 

Henri Bendel - 712 Fifth Ave at 56th St (800-423-6335, henribendel.com).

Lord & Taylor - 424 Fifth Ave at 39th St (212-391-3344, lordandtaylor.com).

Barneys - 660 Madison Ave between 60th & 61st Sts (212-826-8900, barneys.com).

Bloomingdale's - 59th St and Lexington Ave (212-705-2000, bloomingdales.com).

Macy's - 34th St and Sixth Ave (212-695-4400, macys.com). .

Anthropologie - 50 Rockefeller Plaza between 50th and 51st Sts (212-246-0386, anthropologie.com).

Tiffany & Co. - 727 Fifth Ave between 56th and 57th Sts (212-755-8000, tiffany.com) 

Saks Fifth Avenue - 611 Fifth Ave between 49th and 50th Sts (212-753-4000, saks.com).

Cartier - 653 Fifth Ave at 52nd St (212-446-3400). 

Fendi - 677 Fifth Ave between 53rd and 54th Sts (212-759-4646, fendi.com).

Louis Vuitton -1 9 E 57th St at Fifth Ave (212-752-4835, louisvuitton.com).

Enjoy the NYC Holiday Windows 2011!

Best 2011 Holiday Windows in NYC? Our Vote is for Bergdorf Goodman

The Big Adventure's choice for Best Holiday Windows in NYC this year: Bergdorf Goodman 

Hands down, one of the best parts of the Holiday season in New York is strolling down 5th Avenue and making your way through Midtown to see all of the amazing, artistic, eye-catching thought-provoking storefront windows that the Retail Stores have set up. From Bloomingdale's to Macy's and even the Gaga Inspired windows at Barney's, the windows have become an annual tradition on par with the Rockettes. 

Each year brings another store outdoing what was done the year before. Months are spent designing, planning and setting up the windows. But who has the best? This year, our vote is for the high-end department store Bergdorf Goodman (754 5th Avenue between 57th and 58th). The windows are clever, wildly-exotic, and just full of color and with a sharp artistic edge. A functional mix that combines a bit of frantic insanity with amazing design.

Mixing couture with stuffed animals in a head-scratching menageries of intersecting worlds, 2011's "Carnival Of The Animals" theme is not to be missed. If the goal of these windows is to be breath taking and draw a gawking crowd 24 hours a day, than Bergdorf has provided a slam dunk success.


Enjoy the Big Adventure photos we shot a few nights ago below and proffesional shots here , but visit yourself for the full experience:

Operation Santa Claus at James Farley Post Office in NYC

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Be a part of “Operation  Santa Claus”

During the Holiday season, it’s easy to get caught up in Giant Trees, Endless Sales and general merriment. But December is also a great time to give a lil’ something back and to make a difference.

The Big Adventure fondly endorses “Operation Santa Claus” happening nationwide at United States Post Offices . This seasonal program that is nearly a century old enables Joe Public to become St. Nick for a bit and respond to letters from children that are addressed to the Jolly Old Elf.  Nearly a million letters are sent “Santa Claus” and the “North Pole,” but the letters remain in the area they were mailed (unless they contain a completely crazy Alaska address).

The doing good part is simple: Show up, register and then sit down to respond to letters that kids from all over wrote to Santa Claus.  If you want, you can even respond to a specific Christmas Wish by working with the USPS to buy and send the requested gift. Craft a thoughtful note, bring some joy, help some dreams come true and the USPS does the rest. Not bad, hunh?

You can help specifically at the James Farley Gigantor Midtown Post Office at 34^th and 8^th, which handles more letters to Santa than any other Post Office in the country.

   

Hours: Monday through Saturday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Thursday open to 7:00 PM through 12/23

Cost: Free

Where: James Farley Post Office – 34^th Street & 8^th Avenue 

Category: Holidays, Doing Some Good,

More Details: http://operationsanta.com/operation-santa-claus-at-james-farley-post-office-2012/

All Locations Nationwide: http://www.operationlettertosanta.com/Pages/chapters.htm

Visit KGB Bar - To Do In NYC Today

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KGB Bar

Man, we love this bar. Located on the second floor above a small performance space and decked out in red, this Communist throwback dive is plastered with posters of Iconic, fallen leaders from the land of Tsars. An endless vodka selection behind the bar and, to be honest, it is the opposite of the bar where everyone knows your name…or even cares that you’re there. With supposed ties to old Russian revolutionists, we always feel like a Bolshevik revolution is just about to go down while we're inside.

Located on The Lower East Side, the bar even hosts readings and a pretty packed event calendar. Now that the weather is turning a bit colder, this place becomes even more perfect. From Russia with love, this bar knows that with a little vodka, anyone can pronounce "Dostoyevsky" correctly.  

Time: Open Late. Really Late. Every Night.

Cost: No cover; reasonably priced drinks.
Where: 85 East 4th Street near 2nd Avenue

Category: Bars, Social Watering Holes, Literary Readings, Russia 
More Info: http://www.kgbbar.com/