HEALTH, WELLNESS & BEAUTY
BEST EYEWEAR STORE
WARBY PARKER
1209 Lexington Ave
(646) 757-2290–www.warbyparker.com
Get your next pair of affordable highquality
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eyeglasses from Warby Parker. By
circumventing traditional channels, designing
glasses in-house, and engaging with customers
directly, Warby Parker is able to provide
higher-quality, better-looking prescription
eyewear at a fraction of the going price. At
Warby’s, buying glasses should be easy and
fun and customers will leave feeling happy
and good looking with money in their pocket.
Pick five frames to try on at home for free,
or schedule an exam. From eyeglasses, to
sunglasses and contacts, Warby Parker has
you covered. The eyewear company also
partners with nonprofits like VisionSpring to
ensure that for every pair of glasses sold, a pair
is distributed to someone in need.
BEST GENERAL
PRACTITIONER
ONE MEDICAL
1790 Broadway #1802
(212) 530-0624–www.onemedical.com
Finding a great general practitioner can
take years. Instead of wasting time trying to
find a reliable doctor, get back on the road
to recovery faster by paying a visit to One
Medical. At One Medical, they are changing
the way you go to the doctor by offering a
membership-based service that allows for
same-day appointments with compassionate
primary care providers you can consult with
over video conference from the comfort of
your bedroom. Best of all, you can skip the
waiting room because these appointments
start right on time!
BEST GYM
GYM NYC
227 Mulberry St
(718) 407-4462–www.thegym.nyc
GYM NYC is the place to be to reach those
ever-present fitness goals. The boutique health
club is located in the Nolita neighborhood
and is walking distance away from SoHo. The
health club’s mission is to provide members
with the tools they need to reach their
fitness goals in a “clean, vibrant, engaging
environment.” The gym offers a wide range of
exercise machines, free weights and classes
including boxing HIIT, corrective exercises
and personal training. Before joining GYM
NYC, potential members and independent
trainers can schedule a tour of the facility.
Hours of operation are from Monday to
Thursday from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday from 6
a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
BEST HAIR SALON
SALON 84
162 W 84th St
(212) 932-8531–www.salon84ny.com
Salon 84 started in December of 2011 when
owners JoeVitale and Joseph Patti put their
heads together to provide high quality salon
services to their customers. Located on 84th
Street on the Upper West Side, Salon 84
provides a whole variety of hair and grooming
services ranging from laser hair removal and
electrolysis to highlighting and extravagant
updos. Just take a glance at their reviews
online if you want a sense of what customers
have to say about the best hair salon in the
city!
BEST HOLISTIC
WELLNESS
INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL NY
200 W 57th St #200
(212) 399-7000–www.integrativemedicalny.
com
At Integrative Medical NY, practitioners live
by the mantra that “you are not defined by
your symptoms.” The team believes in the
power of functional medicine, meaning that
patients can diagnose and treat illnesses using
many different approaches. The practice offers
a wide range of services designed to help them
recover from chronic illnesses, regain energy
and live fuller, healthier lives. Integrative
Medical NY helps patients get to the root
causes of their issues which can include poor
diet, lack of exercise, pollutants, hormonal
imbalances, sleep problems, inflammation and
poor relationships. Practitioners at Integrative
Medical believe that the experience patients
have in the doctor’s office is a vital component
to the healing process. In addition to skilled
medical care, patients will also get honesty,
compassion, humor and a willingness to
answer questions.
BEST HOME HEALTH
AIDES
EVERGREENCHOICE
1177 6th Ave, 5th Fl
(212) 655-9525–www.evergreenchoice.com
Dedicated to providing a wide array of home
care services, EvergreenChoice’s mission is
to care for their clients on a personal and
individual level. The premier in home assisted
living agency offers customizable services,
including meal preparation or laundry, as
well as a wide range of boutique VIP services,
including massage therapists and estate and
financial planning. The agency was founded
by Ann Stoller and Dr. Kelly Blundy, who are
passionate about providing seniors with the
care they currently need while anticipating
future ones as well.
BEST HOSPITAL
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL
CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER
525 E 68th St
(212) 746-5454–www.nyp.org
The New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Medical Center has a reputation as one of the
top medical centers in the world. It is easy to
see why considering the litany of expertise
and medical services available at the Upper
East Side facility. Its research facilities have
acquired a reputation for innovation but
patient care remains a priority. Services
include emergency, primary and specialty
care in just about every type of medicine there
is. The Komansky Children’s Hospital, the
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program,
the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, and
the William Randolph Hearst Burn Center
have led the way in providing cutting-edge
treatments with unsurpassed quality.
BEST HYPNOTHERAPIST
THETA SPRING HYPNOSIS
12 W 27th St
(212) 675-9355–www.thetaspring.com
A good candidate for hypnotherapy with Theta
Spring is someone who understands that there
is work to be done outside of sessions, willing
to participate in a session, and has a deep
desire and dedication to creating changes in
their lives. Theta Spring creates a dynamic
practice that helps clients move toward their
goals and future. Its action-oriented approach
helps clients create conscious tools that they
can utilize on a daily basis, while also tapping
deeper into their subconscious mind with
hypnosis. Clients will leave a session with new
tools and mechanisms that easily shift their
energy and awareness to proactivity.
BEST LASER TREATMENT
CENTER
PULSE LASER & SKINCARE
CENTER
274 Madison Ave #1001
(212) 802-1439–www.pulseskin.com
The technology for laser hair removal and
treatment seems to be improving by the
hour, so why not come down to Pulse Laser
& Skincare Center on the Upper East Side
to experience the latest that hair removal
technology has to offer! The highly skilled
and New York State certified estheticians
and certified laser specialists at Pulse are
more than equipped to guide you through the
process of selecting the best quality treatments
and services! You can guarantee that you will
leave pulse with your skin looking its finest!
BEST LASIK SURGERY
PRACTICE
DR. KEVIN NIKSARLI
110 E 55th St 3rd Fl
(212) 759-7500–www.seelasik.com
Dr. Kevin Niksarli’s Manhattan Lasik Center
(MLC) is dedicated to providing the safest
and effective eye procedures, with the help
of their state-of-the-art and FDA-approved
Lasik technology. At MLC, they specialize in
treating nearsightedness, farsightedness and
astigmatism and have performed more than
100,000 successful laser vision correction
procedures over the last 20 years. Their
patients have gone on to praise the team
for their attentiveness, care and skillfulness
as well as the amazing results of the Lasik
procedures.
BEST LIFE COACH
JULIE HOLMES LIFE COACHING
(917) 288-7691–www.lifecoach-newyorkcity.
com
At Julie Holmes Life Coaching, clients can
gain perspective and guidance to get their lives
from where they are to where they want to be.
Holmes will help each person to develop the
happiness, peace of mind and confidence that
comes through achieving inner fulfillment.
Prior to working as a life coach, Holmes spent
10 years as a personal trainer. Eventually,
she realized that more than teaching people
how to be physically healthy and taking care
of their bodies, she wanted to teach people
how to be holistically healthy and reshape
their lives. The life coach has worked closely
with experts like Tony Robbins and Cloe
Madanes. She has earned certifications from
the Robbins-Madanes Coach Training for
Strategic Intervention as well as marriage
education and divorce prevention.
BEST MASSAGE
MADISON HEALING ARTS
280 Madison Ave #508
(646) 481-8722–www.madisonhealingarts.com
Get several healing massages and services
at Madison Healing Arts. Licensed massage
therapist Pani Chanyong practiced Thai yoga,
meditation and energy work for about 10
years before she felt a “shift” inside her. She
began to notice that through helping clients
overcome pain and discomfort, she was able
to further understand the power of healing.
She felt calm, relaxed and re-energized in
helping others. The holistic therapist offers
healing sessions and classes that help clients
to transform stress, fear and anxiety to a
calm, positive and empowered way of being.
Sessions combine Reiki, breathwork and
Thai yoga stretching. Madison Healing Arts
also offers partner Thai yoga workshops to
guide two people through a full-body stretch
sequence and gain benefits similar to yoga
practice.
BEST MATERNITY WARD
MOUNT SINAI WEST
1000 10th Ave
(212) 523-4000–www.mountsinai.org
Mothers and babies come first at Mount Sinai
West. From the beginning of the pregnancy to
the trip home from the hospital, Mount Sinai
offers complete, individualized care from their
team of obstetricians, midwives and maternalfetal
medicine specialists. Each expecting
mother who chooses to deliver at Mount Sinai
West is placed in a private room in the hospital
Labor and Delivery Suite on the 12th floor. The
floor is continuously staffed by obstetricians
and at least one high-risk pregnancy specialist
to assist every mother’s personal doctor or
midwife. After giving birth, mothers recover
in Mount Sinai West’s state-of-the-art
postpartum units where a postpartum nurse
will instruct you in baby care, breast care and
post-delivery self-care.
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