Best Bets -- Week of October 6, 2014

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Best Bets -- Week of October 6, 2014

A Manhattan mobile gym, splatterware, and more.

Justine Lynch, of the new herbal pharmacy, acupuncture clinic, and café Mountain (903 Franklin Ave., Crown Heights), on anti-flu shopping.

Two new tattoo parlors are exceptionally women-friendly.

Female Factor

Space

Standards

Signatures

Founder

Female Factor

Space

Standards

Signatures

2x2

Naked Desk LampsThe exposed-bulb style, at the office.

transparent bulb, VERTICAL

opaque bulb, VERTICAL

transparent bulb, HORIZONTAL

Picks from John Neamonitis of e-shop WorkOf (workof.com), home to 70-plus indie furniture designers, relaunching mid-October.

InForm Fitness founder Adam Zickerman takes his Mobile Gym�a full circuit of machines bolted to the interior of a gutted bus�to Manhattan ($95 per client, minimum three clients; 212-755-9895).

What inspired the van? I founded my first gym in 1997. A few years ago I was waiting on line for a food truck, and I was like, Aha! I customized a short bus�stripped out all of the seats and secured six machines around the edges, including a leg press and a rower. There’s an aisle down the middle for floor work.

Who’s your typical client? CEOs and people in the Financial District. The 30-minute workout�which is high intensity but slow motion, so you don’t sweat too much�fits into a lunch break. We have commercial plates, so it is actually not too difficult to park.

Splatterware�that enameled staple of Midwest campsites and ’80s wedding registries�is suddenly showing up in Paris concept shops.


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