Lunch at Jean George’s The Fulton, South Street Seaport, NYC
On one of the overcast, damp June days, we headed to South Street Seaport for lunch at Jean-Georges The Fulton. We had hoped to dine [...]
My Favorite Basque Pintxos: The Gilda
The Gilda — a Basque-style tapa often served on a skewer — is one of the oldest pintxos in San Sebastian. The newly opened Bar [...]
Serendipity3 Original Frrrozen Hot Chocolate Mix
With my grandnieces visiting for the holidays, I took out my sample of Serendipity3 Frrrozen Hot Chocolate Mix I received from the company after a [...]
Visits to Monkeypod, Ko Alani, Oahu, Hawai’i
We headed off property to Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman for better food. We liked Ko Olina Beach Club, but not their food offerings. When I [...]
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Visits to Monkeypod, Ko Alani, Oahu, Hawai’i
We headed off property to Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman for better food. We liked Ko Olina Beach Club, but not their food offerings. When I lived in Waikiki in the 60s, this area didn't exist. [...]
New Coffee Service at Holiday Cocktail Lounge, East Village, NYC
A group of Dames — members of Les Dames d'Escoffier New York (LDNY — met at Holiday Cocktail Lounge to sample their new coffee offerings, introduced late last fall starting at 8 am daily. The [...]
Unique Coffee Shop: Ariston Flowers & Cafe, Chelsea, NYC
Need a place to meet for coffee? My current favorite is Ariston Flower's & Cafe where the aroma of coffee mingles with flowers as you walk through the flower shop to the cafe in the [...]
Brunch at Mark’s Off Madison, Gramercy-Flatiron, NYC
We met at Mark's Off Madison for brunch to celebrate a friend's birthday. The restaurant is from New York native Mark Strausman, of Freds at Barney's New York pre-pandemic. Mark's is quintessentially New York, serving [...]
***Happy Hour at The Standard Grill + City Winery
Before heading to City Winery for the Joel Chasnoff show, we stopped in at The Standard for their incredible happy hour offerings. We nibbled popcorn ($5) and fries ($5) along with our drinks of French [...]
A Return to the Vegetable-Focused Dirt Candy, Lower East Side, NYC
After our cocktail at Tigre, we continued our birthday celebration at Amanda Cohen's love affair with veggies at Dirt Candy, a few blocks away. They offer only a tasting menu ($110) per person with an [...]
Speakeasy: Tigre, Lower East Side, NYC
I had narrowed it down to three potential locations to have a drink before taking our friend for her birthday dinner a few blocks away at Dirt Candy. We decided on Tigre, a semi-hidden speakeasy [...]
Breathtaking Views at The Peak, Hudson Yards, NYC
The front-of-house staff at Essential by Christophe mentioned that many of them had previously worked at The Peak, the restaurant located on the 101st floor of 30 Hudson Yards, near The Edge observation deck. They [...]