Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
In addition to getting Memorial Day off work, I also had the Friday before as a free day, so I decided to get all my errands done before leaving Saturday morning for Heather and Jason’s wedding (more on that later). Of course it wasn’t all boring errands (it never is with me) – I had…
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Ippudo may be a prevalent chain in Japan, but in the US there is but one location – a beacon in the East Village. Critics don’t usually review chain restaurants, so when the Frank Bruni of the Times not only visited Ippudo in 2009 but gave it a star, I knew there must be something…
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Everyone loves a good secret and Tehuitzingo is one of the best. At first glance, Tehuitzingo is nothing more than a bodega on 10th Avenue stocking Mexican grocery items, but if you walk to the back, there is suddenly a rocking restaurant that has managed to squeeze in everything but a mariachi band into about 30…
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I am so happy the Brooklyn Flea decided to make Williamsburg its new home for the Sunday flea market. I love a good adventure, but I love it even more when it’s an easy subway ride away. There were so many great vendors – food and otherwise. I stayed until I ran out of cash,…
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I have written about No. 7 Subs before. Usually, I don’t repeat restaurant reviews, but No. 7 deserves it. In my opinion, No. 7 Subs should be in charge of making all sandwiches in the world from here on out. Everything they make is amazing and as long as they keep changing the menu to…
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Friday was a glorious Spring day, made even more glorious by my early departure from work. We all finished our work fast enough to leave at 5:00, which meant I had over two and a half hours to kill before babysitting. Since my babysitting job was on the UWS, it made most sense not to…
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Friday night started innocently enough with a happy hour at Verlaine with the girls. I’ve been to Verlaine plenty at night, as it is located in the middle of a prime LES strip, but I always forget they have a pretty solid happy hour deal. The happy hour crowd is not as good as the nighttime…
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My friend Josh is moving to Chicago at the end of June, so I am trying to squeeze in as much time with him while I still can. We planned to meet up with a few fellow Country Day kids for brunch and I left the picking up to Josh. He chose Prune because he…
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Once again, Rocio decided to celebrate her birthday on a Friday night and although I was tired from the work week, I made sure to rally so I could celebrate with her. I had never heard of The Blind Barber, but it was a good enough bar to make me happy I ditched my usual…
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I finally made my way to Beauty and Essex on Thursday night to see what’s been pulling the Beautiful people out of Meatpacking and into the LES. We went from seedy to glam in time it took to walk through the pawn shop façade that fronts the restaurant (and yes, those guitars and sparkly brooches…
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Peaches to Apples 