8:30 a.m.
Fuel up on French toast stuffed with blueberries, blueberry jam and hazelnut butter at The Café at Country, The Carlton Hotel, 90 Madison Ave., btw. E. 28th & E. 29th sts., 889-7100.

10:00 a.m.
Fill your spice cabinet with exotic seasonings at Kalustyan’s, 123 Lexington Ave., btw. E. 28th & E. 29th sts., 685-3451.

11:00 am
Graze through the Union Square Greenmarket, E. 17th St. & Broadway, for fresh, locally grown fruit, veggies, flowers and more.

Noon
Consider the pan-roasted Chatham cod with piopinni mushrooms, fingerling potato and artichoke ragù, and Swiss chard pesto for lunch at Union Square Café, 21 E. 16th St., btw. Fifth Ave. & Union Sq. W., 243-4020.

2:00 p.m.
Shop for top-quality cookware at Broadway Panhandler, 65 E. 8th St., btw. Broadway & University Pl., 966-3434.

4:00 p.m.
Refresh your tresses with a nutritious mango fruit “hair facial” while sipping exotic Sencha (Japanese green tea) and nibbling fresh-baked scones during afternoon tea service at Tela, 31 Little W. 12th St., btw Ninth Ave. & Washington St., 463-8213, a pampering hair salon for women and men.

5:30 p.m.
Snack on a chocolate-almond croissant while checking e-mail in the free Wi-Fi zone at Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Ave., btw. W. 15th & W. 16th sts.

7:00 p.m.
Choose from a multi-course omakase tasting menu—dishes based on the whim of Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto—at Morimoto, 88 10th Ave., at W. 16th St., 989-8883.

9:30 p.m.
Wind down with a chilled flute of honey-infused vodka amid Russian opulence at Firebird, 365 W. 46th St., btw Eighth & Ninth aves., 586-0244.



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QUICKGUIDE: New York Itineraries/Spring 2007