{"id":12735,"date":"2011-06-28T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=12735"},"modified":"2011-08-13T13:56:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T17:56:15","slug":"harlem-in-the-hamptons-or-is-it-the-hamptons-in-harlem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=12735","title":{"rendered":"Harlem In The Hamptons (or is it The Hamptons In Harlem)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12736\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/screen-shot-2011-06-27-at-11-19-20-pm.png\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12736\" title=\"levain dark chocolate chocolate chip\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/screen-shot-2011-06-27-at-11-19-20-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/screen-shot-2011-06-27-at-11-19-20-pm.png 446w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/screen-shot-2011-06-27-at-11-19-20-pm-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">credit: Levain Bakery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By HarlemGuy \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0One of my favorite pastimes while traveling is looking for references to Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>So I was pleasantly surprised to see the following roadside sign while driving back from a recent trip to Amaganset in the Hamptons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/2011\/06\/28\/harlem-in-the-hamptons-or-is-it-the-hamptons-in-harlem\/img_0694\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12738\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12738\" title=\"IMG_0694\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0694.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0694.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0694-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0694-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0694-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Curious, I ran in to confirm what I suspected. \u00a0As many of you may know we have a <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/2011\/03\/02\/colossal-cookies-invade-harlem-levain-bakery-opens\/\" target=\"_blank\">Levain Bakery<\/a> right here in Harlem&#8217;s Gold Coast \/ Restaurant row, on the West Side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, between 116th and 117th. \u00a0A few steps away from Harlem Tavern, Lido, and a few blocks away from Melba&#8217;s, Society, Five &amp; Diamond, Bier International and Zoma, to name just a few.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/2011\/06\/28\/harlem-in-the-hamptons-or-is-it-the-hamptons-in-harlem\/img_0696-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12740\" title=\"IMG_0696\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_06961.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_06961.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_06961-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_06961-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_06961-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That being said I took the opportunity to stop by, spend a moment with one of the owners and the staff who were of course suitably dressed. \u00a0I particularly loved the Harlem 10026 T-shirt!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/2011\/06\/28\/harlem-in-the-hamptons-or-is-it-the-hamptons-in-harlem\/img_0699\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12745\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12745\" title=\"IMG_0699\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0699.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0699-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0699-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/img_0699-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love that we have a little piece of the Hamptons in Harlem. \u00a0Better yet, I love that there&#8217;s a little bit of Harlem in the Hamptons.<\/p>\n<p>This is made all the sweeter (no pun intended) when you consider that Levain bakery is also one of Oprah&#8217;s favorites.<\/p>\n<p>And of course my favorite cookie is what else but Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip.<\/p>\n<p>Of which I promptly purchased several.<\/p>\n<p>In Harlem, of course (smile).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harlemtrends.com\" target=\"_blank\">For more HarlemTrends click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By HarlemGuy \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124718155],"tags":[18302580,39765925,68552,124718183,8514,460060,496001,592024,10667,22279048,37215204,15441584,8608931,499105,124718158,59765584,33688236,19985827,124718187,33592784,275377,597488,4594318,392934,707376,32576,2788423,59765444,16271,485616,969318,13654709],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12735"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12735"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12768,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12735\/revisions\/12768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}