Travel

Some places I loved enough to write down. Click on the place if you are interested or just scroll down. Maybe eventually I'll make this a map!

Berlin
Tel Aviv

Bay Area
New York

New York - Mix

Union Square

Fotografiska - Amazing photography museum. Also has cute coffee shop and bar.
Patisserie Fouet - french + Japanese bakery

Chelsea

Try to get discounted tickets for broadway in Lincoln center

Lower East Side

Thrift shopping: Buffaloes exchange, crossroads trading, L- train vintage
Cha-An (Japanese tea room with amazing mochi in their take out outlet)
Lady Wong east village
La Cabra, bakery

Uptown

Met cloisters, medieval branch of the MET

Greenwich Village

Mezzo or smalls, great jazz bars

Upper East Side

The JP. Morgan Library

Queens

Go to flushing, and eat dumplings

Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Museum

UWS

Floating mountain (tea room)

In general

Lady M, the most amazing crepe cakes
Try to get discounted tickets for broadway in Lincoln center
GO SEE SLEEP NO MORE!

More bars/restaurants

Please don’t tell - speakeasy
Nami nori
The butchers daughter < for the lemon drink

Tel Aviv - Restaurants

fun:

par derrière
hatraklin
bicciyleta
bush wick
onza
mansua
tenka
men ten ten
romano

nice:

blue rooster
shila
mashya
taizu

cafe:

the showroom bakehouse
cafeteria
citizen
bucke cafe
cafe xoho
anastasia
nola america bakery
breads & co

bar:

felix
juno
chateau shual
223
tasting room
t house

vegan:

the green cat
urban shaman
bana

basic:

shiratoya
bana
cichetti
the prince
habasta
fresh kitchen
la shuk
meshek brazilay
coco bambino
port said

Bay Area - Hiking

sf mona
sonoma
yosemite
Pebble beach/ 17 mile @ sunset
Big bear
Sequoia national park
Pinnacles
Yosemite
big bear
pinicles
meir woods

sakoya
point reyes
lake tahoe
Monterey whale
Camel bike tour
hawaii
jazz club
Angel Island State Park
drakes beach - point reyes
red woods

Berlin - Mix

Supermarkets/Groceries:

Lidl - Great for preserved goods or anything discounted, mediocre fresh fruits and vegetables
Turkish Market - Amazing, open Tuesday and Fridays from 12:00-18:00, great fruits and vegetables and super cheap. Come late and get free stuff
Tip: Get fruits/vegetables from markets. Get bread from nicer bakeries

Cafes:

Kreuzberg

Bully Cafe - cute, great laptop space, has wifi
Mephisto - nice, has wifi, ok coffee
Cafe Morgenland - good wifi, large menu, casual but nice
Two and Two - Cosy french cafe, with good seating and free wifi. No laptops on weekends. Also, they give you icecubes made out of the drink you order (matcha ice cubes for a matcha latte) - nice touch
Bonanza Coffee Roastery - great coffee where they roast their own bean, in a cute courtyard. Have no wifi but can still work on laptop.
Brick cafe - awesome food, has wifi and laptop friendly. Good vibes
The visit - great work cafe, next to central station, solid wifi
Breakout cafe - nice work cafe, more open space, has wifi
Atlas - such good work vibes, has great wifi and everyone is one their laptop working
Nano cafe - cute, laptops only outside but sometimes lets you work inside, great coffee, has wifi
Katies blue cat - beautiful baked goods, no wifi
Katulki cafe - super cute, has wifi and good seating space, very homey.

Mitte

The Barn - OG coffeeplace of third wave. Nice. Yuzu coffee not the great. Not awesome to work with laptop but nice to visit
Ben Rahaim - Amazing coffeeplace, rose latte recommended, in really nice courtyard, probably less of a work space
st oberhalz - Gets crowded but 2 story cafe meant for co-working. Good free wifi, open till 7pm, and have an awesome drink that 80% oat foam
Cafe am Neuen See - Awesome beer garden/cafe. Really nice in evenings, next to nature and lake with row boats. Famous for their bread. Very good vibes and close to zoo

Prenzular Berg:

Zeit fur Brot - Incredible bakery. Get the cinnamon bun it just melts in your mouth. Eat everything here. Recommended.

Restaurants:

Kreuzberg

Doyum - great turkish food, huge portions, reasonable prices, amazing hummus
Basmah - sudanese street food, insanely cheap and huge portions. Great snack/late night food. The peanut sauce is awesome
Fes - Awesome food, incredible mezzes and good meat. Get the mixed plate. Reservations open a month in advance. Nice vibe
Biererei Bar & Vintage Cellar - cool high class beer “bar” that has a huge array of beers on tap and in the cellar. Older vibe
Albatros Bakery - incredible bakery with beautiful pastries, sandwiches, and bread.
Brezel Berlin - honestly eh pretzels. Very quaint

Mitte

Kin Za - georgian food, really good food, nice interior, big portions
Tajikistan tearoom - pretty cool tea room, not anything super fancy, mostly Russian style food but nice vibes
House of wonder - nice cafe to eat, japanese inspired. Nice space but not incredible

Museums/ Things to do:

Neues Museum - Classic, has amazing Egyptian collection with Nefertiti's busts
Pergamon Museum - beautiful architecture, not to big, lots of cuneiform tablets
C /o Museum - photograph museum, smaller side with two large exhibitions but interesting layout and choice
Aquarium Berlin - Awesome aquarium, cool selection of amphibians and stingrays
ka De Ve - I thought it would be overrated but actually super fun. Go to the 6th floor for an array of fancy food and chocolates
Krumme Lanke - Fun lake and super convenient to get to from the u3. Walk across the lake a bit till you find a nice spot.
Teufelsburg - highly recommended! Once you get near it it will be a short 20 minute hike up, then you get to an old abandoned NSA spy station from the cold war with incredible graffiti. Cash only tickets (around 8 euros) but definitely worth it.
Contemporary Art Museums - There are two, I recommend the one outside of Mitte (near jewish museum). Good size, and interesting exhibitions, especially about berlin art progression through the decades

Markets:

Markthalle Neun - open most days, but on Thursdays they have “Street Food Nights' ' starting at 17:00. Highly recommended, amazing food with reasonable prices and large variety.
Friedrichshain Flea Market - IN the middle of the boxi garden, the flea market is open on Sundays, with a small but nice array of clothes and random goods.
Flea Market at RAW compound - amazing market also in Friedrichshain open on Sundays. Lots of people just sell their old clothes, so you get known brands for super cheap prices.
Maur Park - So fun! Lots of live music and cool stalls. Gets crowded but also brings a blanket and sits by the park.
Thai Market at Prenzeleur Park - A bit far but worth it. Feels very authentic but extremely well organized. There are bathrooms and available drinking water. Bring reusable plates/tupperware and they will use it (recommended!). There’s also a small flea market nearby on saturday.