Hangin' With the Real Housewives of NYC

Luann and Nikki just window shopped at this LES sex-shop after dinner and pre-concert, but you get the feeling that Luann will be back: she said she had the vibrantly … colored dildos displayed in the window "in every color" and that they'd make a good Christmas gift for Nikki. (photo) [link]

All of the housewives end up at this NYC store's fashion week party/presentation. Ramona got Luann's blood boiling when she said models don't use their heads (the … countess is a former model), while Alex and Simon met Bethenny's boyfriend Jason for the first time. (photo) [link]

Seventeen Magazine's Rock N Style Party, which featured a performance by Ne-Yo, took place at this Times Square nightclub. Luann and Jill each bring their daughters, who … bond over Victoria's "psycho dog." (photo) [link]

Jill takes her daughter Ally shopping for back-to-school clothes and a dress for the Seventeen Magazine party at this high-priced chain store's Upper East Side branch. … They leave after having spent $2,000. [link]

This Tony Fortuna steak restaurant is where Ramona and her girlfriends meet some middle-aged douches in the third episode. High quality cuts of meat and a celebrity … sighting are two bonuses to be expected at this Upper East Side spot. (photo) [link]

This is the celebrity studded Upper East Side Italian restaurant where Luann meets Alex for the first time while dining with her, Bethenny, and Jill. NY Magazine offers a … stellar (and by stellar I mean hilarious) review of the clientele, saying it's "the upper crust of the Upper East Side, dining in their natural environment of a bustling, noisy, needlessly expensive Italian restaurant." (photo) [link]

The general manager at this midtown east hotel three blocks from the Empire State Building is Simon Van Kempen, Alex's husband. You can see him briefly in the second … episode, talking about revamping the entryway. The Chandler's website describes its rooms, which run upwards of $510 a night, as "sumptuous" (totally something Simon would say). [link]

Downstairs at this LES bakery/record shop/live music venue is where Luann and Nikki caught a performance by Nikki's indie-rock friends, Big Black Cloud. On Luann's blog … for the series, Bravo referred to the space as "uber-hip." Barf. (photo) [link]

This prep school is the one that Alex and Simon tour thanks to Jill's hook-up. It's a former Bank of America building -- the kitchen is inside a bank vault. Whether their … two children will end up at Claremont remains to be seen. (photo) [link]

This NY- LA- and Miami-based modeling and casting agency is where Ramona takes her daughter for a "reading and go-see" in the second episode. If signed, Avery would be in … good company -- Wilhelmina represents Fergie, Beyonce, the Simpson sisters, and so many others. [link]

This is the LES eatery where Luann goes for grapefruit cocktails with her 23-year-old niece Nikki. (As Luann puts it, Nikki "keeps her young.") The one-room restaurant is … definitely one of the area's best: while watching, I was too busy thinking about the amazing food I've had there to focus on Nikki's horrendous headband. (photo) [link]