Alison Restaurant, East Harlem, NYC + Museum of City of New York
After our amazing tour at the Museum of City of New York with our ex.expats of New York group, seeing the "New York at its [...]
Julie Hartigan’s Grandma’s Pasta Fagioli
My last post re-introduced our Guest Foodie column, providing insight into the points of view of almost top foodies — people who made a living [...]
Mush Foods’ 50CUT: Mushroom and Mushroom Root Blends
An editor friend invited me to sample meatballs at Fieldtrip, a fast-casual restaurant in Rock Center serving rice bowls with veggies and ethically sourced proteins. [...]
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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Alison Restaurant, East Harlem, NYC + Museum of City of New York
After our amazing tour at the Museum of City of New York with our ex.expats of New York group, seeing the "New York at its core —400 Years of NYC History" amazing exhibit brought to [...]
Tarallucci e Vino, Union Square, NYC
It was my first time at Tarallucci e Vino for lunch. I've been for happy hour and dinner a few times, but not midday, when I met a friend. We were both doing dry January, [...]
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 [...]