darklamb:

 From the New York Times: “The macaron is the anti-cupcake. A cupcake comforts. A macaron teases. Dainty, nearly weightless, it leaves you hungrier than you were before. It is but a prelude to other pleasures. Your slacker boyfriend gives you a cupcake; your lover gives you macarons.”

Eight places to find great macarons in NYC.