Eléa for a Greek Brunch, Upper West Side
Like its sister restaurant Kyma in the Flatiron District, Eléa is an all-white coastal Greek looking restaurant with a hip downtown vibe. Eléa, which means [...]
A Return to Robert Restaurant, Museum of Art & Design, Midtown West
One slushy day, I met a friend at MAD, the Museum of Art and Design that champions contemporaries across creative fields, presenting artists, designers and [...]
Breakfast in America (BIA) Diner in Paris, France
Breakfast in America (BIA) is not your typical place to stop for a meal in Paris. It's famous for the classic American diner breakfast where [...]
Rosemary Spatchcock Chicken from Hero Dinners: Complete One-Pan Meals That Save the Day
My food-friends Marge Perry and David Bonom — a hubby-and-wife team who develop recipes for magazines — just released Hero Dinners: Complete One-Pan Meals That [...]
Violet Fog, A Special Gin Moscow Mule
An attractively packaged and designed bottle arrived at my doorstep. Inside the thick gold-embossed black box along with the final two stanzas of the poem [...]
The Fisherman’s Restaurant & Bar, San Clemente, California
We decided to meet at the Fisherman's at the wharf in San Clemente as it was about half-way between where I was staying and my [...]
Il Punto, Almost Theatre District + Yiddish Fiddler
Before heading to the uptown version of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, I returned to Il Punto for a quick dinner. This Italian restaurant [...]
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Eléa for a Greek Brunch, Upper West Side
Like its sister restaurant Kyma in the Flatiron District, Eléa is an all-white coastal Greek looking restaurant with a hip downtown vibe. Eléa, which means “olive” in ancient Greek, opened for brunch earlier this year. [...]
A Return to Robert Restaurant, Museum of Art & Design, Midtown West
One slushy day, I met a friend at MAD, the Museum of Art and Design that champions contemporaries across creative fields, presenting artists, designers and artisans. We visited the exhibits each floor and dined at [...]
A Birthday Celebration at Simon and the Whale, Flatiron, NYC
My friend had been wanting to try Simon and The Whale, Gabriel Stulman's eclectic cooking restaurant since it had opened about a year ago. I got a reservation for us for her birthday. We selected [...]
Il Punto, Almost Theatre District + Yiddish Fiddler
Before heading to the uptown version of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, I returned to Il Punto for a quick dinner. This Italian restaurant is a bit off the normal pre-theatre dining path as [...]
Rosemary Spatchcock Chicken from Hero Dinners: Complete One-Pan Meals That Save the Day
My food-friends Marge Perry and David Bonom — a hubby-and-wife team who develop recipes for magazines — just released Hero Dinners: Complete One-Pan Meals That Save the Day. The cookbook offers 100 recipes using a [...]
Lunch at Alice’s Tea Cup Chapter II, UES, NYC + Tuesday with Ted Talks
We met at Alice's Tea Cup as I thought it was around the corner from where we were heading to watch Tuesday with Ted Talks at the New York Society for Ethical Culture and discuss contemporary [...]
The Fisherman’s Restaurant & Bar, San Clemente, California
We decided to meet at the Fisherman's at the wharf in San Clemente as it was about half-way between where I was staying and my friend's home. We met on a train from Antwerp to [...]
The Dining Room at the Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
My last visit to the Dining Room at the Met was last summer for a delicious brunch. This time I met a friend for lunch before taking a guided tour of the Islamic section. Although [...]