Ahh, to be a lady of leisure. I can only imagine what it would be like if I was a true Park Avenue Princess, married to a financier, filling my days by heading up charities and flitting about the New York social scene. Well, for one afternoon, I got to play out how it would feel…
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Dominique Ansel Bakery – Part II
I try to refrain from blogging about the same place twice, but when I can’t stop thinking about a restaurant you deserve to hear me sing its praises. Dominique Ansel Bakery is my favorite bakery in the City, maybe even my favorite bakery of all the bakeries there ever were. This is huge considering how…
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Maison Keyser
Maison Keyser is a Parisian bakery that’s gone global. The contents of the case are exactly like what you would expect from a traditional French patisserie. I had to get a tarte because that’s my favorite and while in France I attempted to try every variety my local patisserie had to offer, which meant I…
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Balthazar
If you ask just about any New Yorker what’s on their brunch bucket list, the name Balthazar will likely pop up. On any given weekend, the line is out the door. Even on a freezing Sunday like we just had, the wait was over an hour. This French bistro is as close to Paris as…
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Dominique Ansel Bakery
I hate when it takes me longer than anticipated to cross a restaurant off my list, especially when the restaurant proves to be just as wonderful as I had hoped. The pastries at Dominique Ansel Bakery look too beautiful to eat, but that would be a shame because they are some of the best baked…
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Epicerie Boulud
I broke my toe last Wednesday. I wish I could say it was a Sandy casualty but, really, it was just me being stupid and clumsy. When I could no longer walk the mile and a half to work (remember, the subways were shut down), I took a cab…that promptly got into an accident. I…
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Circa 1875
Since it’s rare that I get to go to Savannah, I try to see all my friends from home whenever I’m there. That meant dinner and drinks with Danyse was a top priority. We decided to go to Circa 1875 for some French fare before heading to the bars. Circa is divided into the bar…
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DBGB
For her birthday, Lindsay wanted to cross a restaurant off her bucket list, which means I got to do the same. Chef Daniel Boulud is known for his ultra high end restaurants – the kind that I can’t even dream of going to til I get a new job in finance. However, his latest venture,…
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Bourgeois Pig
This is the first 4th of July I have spent away from home. True, there are tourists in their usual touristy spots (my trip to the Apple Store kinda made me want to poke my eyes out), but all the locals have vacated to the Hamptons. Since I’m not as posh as all that, I…
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Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler! Part III
Time for the big day! We only had time for lunch and a little relaxation before time to get ready and be downstairs for pictures so my Daddy chose another famed New Orleans restaurant, Acme Oyster House, for lunch. Sure, I’d had some oysters on top of my fish on Friday night, but I hadn’t…
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Peaches to Apples 