Lunch at Piccola Cucina Uptown, UES, NYC
Silly us ordered a glass - when we should have ordered a bottle of the vibrant acidity Elena Walch, 2023 Pinot Grigio with flavors of [...]
Paper Plane Cocktail Recipe
While in Washington, DC, staying with my friend Scot, he offered me a Paper Plane, his new summer easy-to-make cocktail. He recently started experimenting with [...]
Two Countertop Beverage Appliances Brita Electric Water + Hamilton Beach® FlexBrew®
At a recent product showing, I found two appliances from Hamilton Beach that warm the heart of a New Yorker with a small kitchen and [...]
Kawi Ni, Westport, CT
After enjoying cocktails and apps at The Welk, we walked up the street to Kawi Ni to continue our meal. Our servers were friendly and [...]
Most Recent Bites
Pete’s Tavern, Gramercy, NYC + Bryant Park Ice Skating
One chilly day this winter, we walked around the shops at Bryant Park before bravely donning ice skates for a few spins around the rink. We then walked downtown to the oldest continuously operating restaurant [...]
A Celebration at L’Escale, Greenwich, CT
We joined the ranks this time at L'Escale in Greenwich, Connecticut, where we ended our meal with a sparkler and song! This waterside restaurant is the place to celebrate, as singing servers bring handheld fireworks [...]
Mahjong at Siena Cafe, UES, NYC
I headed to Siena Cafe for the afternoon to play Mahjong. We had lunch, too. The new group I joined as part of NYC Women (a new iteration of the Manhattan Women's Club) met frequently [...]
**Happy Hour at Haven Rooftop, Theatre District, NYC + Left on Tenth
I had a crazy day, with a funeral uptown to picking up a friend after their medical procedure on First Avenue, so instead of heading downtown to my home, I stopped in Haven Rooftop for [...]
Pera Mediterranean Brasserie, Midtown, NYC
I first ate at Pera with a Turkish friend fifteen years ago and have frequented it both up and downtown. I hadn't returned to the midtown one in ages. This time, I went with a [...]
Essential by Christophe, Upper West Side, NYC
Standing on the subway platform after Kevin Draper's lecture "The Second Toughest Job in the World: A History of New York City Mayors, 1700-1950" at New York Historical (no longer Society!) to grab the B downtown, [...]
An UWS find: Harvest American Bistro + New York Historical
If you haven't heard, the New York Historical Society has dropped "society" to become New York Historical. A change they think is more welcoming. Go figure! We bought tickets to their lecture, "American Chefs: From [...]
Japanese Restaurant Momoya SoHo, Soho, NYC
The Japanese restaurant Momoya recently opened a sleek new incarnation in SoHo at 47 Prince Street, corner of Mulberry Street. This is the third, more upscale location of this Japanese restaurant. As their guests, we [...]