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 [...]
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 [...]
Litchfield’s, Wigwam Resort, Phoenix, AZ
Five of us slipped away from the conference crowds into Litchfields, the on-site restaurant and popped a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château La Nerthe, Rhône Valley, [...]
Most Recent Bites
Drift In, Hudson River Parkway + Elephant Migration, Meat Packing, NYC
The migration of 100 life-size elephant sculptures began in Newport, Rhode Island before the herd took up residence in the meat-packing district of New York City. They stayed there through late October, when they headed [...]
Breakfast with a view at Vista Steak and Seafood, Pismo Beach, California
While on the Central Coast of California, we dined at Vista, one of three family-run restaurants on the bluffs in Pismo Beach overlooking the Pacific Ocean. We started brunch with oh, so reasonably priced cocktails—at [...]
Pre-Theatre Menu at the Greek Kellari Taverna, Theatre District, NYC + Our Town
After reading Ann Patchet's Tom Lake for one of my book groups, where they put on a production of “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder, we realized that show was coming to Broadway and vowed to [...]
Happy Hour*** Springs Tavern and Grill, East Hampton, New York
On an overcast weekend in East Hampton late summer, we visited Springs Tavern and Grill for their delightful happy hour menu. On our first round of margaritas, three of us had the regular; one tried [...]
Breakfast at Joe’s Cafe, Santa Barbara, California
We had a few hours to kill in Santa Barbara before heading to the airport for our flight home. To have enough time to catch our flight, we took the pre-sunrise Amtrak Pacific Surfliner from [...]
La Palapa, Gotham West, NYC + Intrepid Museum
Our ex.expat of New York group visited the Intrepid, an American military and maritime history museum at Pier 86 at 46th Street, along the Hudson River. Our tour guide brought the ship alive through personal [...]
Italian Dinner at Novita, Flatiron, NYC
Thank you again, Jeffrey — the man I met on the train from Amagansett back to the city — for introducing me to Novita. He recommended this hidden gem seven years ago. This cozy Italian [...]
Lusardi’s , Upper East Side, NYC
The evening started at my friend’s home with apps and icy vodka in chilled martini glasses. Then, off to Lusardi’s on Second Avenue, an Italian institution started by two brothers in the 1980s. Once seated [...]