Mobissimo

While those living in New York usually want to get away for the weekend, sometimes it's nice to stick around and check out something new - no, not Brooklyn - a different part of the city.  The East Village, full of the modely, grungy, artsy types is always a good bet.  At once the best and worst of what NYC has to offer, more here via the Times.

A prime candidate for such a stay is the East Village, the neighborhood bordered by the Bowery and Third Avenue, East 14th Street, Avenue D and Houston. It's a charming and walkable chunk of the city so packed with restaurants, theaters and oddball shops that you will see no reason to leave all weekend. If you're the kind of traveler who loves to tell friends back home about the place you “just stumbled upon,” you couldn't stumble around a better 80 square blocks.