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Every NYC summer street fair looks exactly the same. Lemonade stands, gyros, Italian sausage, and Oriental rug booths repeat one after the other for blocks on end. But two weekends ago, the Workmen’s Circle took up one block of a Madison Avenue street fair and turned it into “A Taste of Jewish Culture.” A klezmer…
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For today’s post head on over to Quarterlette to read my latest piece. It’s an interview with Cori Sue Morris, co-founder of Bitches Who Brunch, a lifestyle site that focuses on my favorite meal.
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I used to get so so many bug bites when I was little. My Mom said it was because I’m “just so sweet.” I believed it for a while but in the end recognize that moms just love spewing that kind of B.S. Here’s the real reason(s) mosquitos like some of us more than others.…
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Britney Spears’ “Toxic” called to me like a siren song. After hitting up two bars, Liz was ready to dance. Unfortunately, my go-to dj spot in the East Village had a line so we figured we would just walk around until we found someplace fun. “Follow that music,” I said and we walked in the…
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Usually places serving tiny and authentic tacos are tiny themselves. Not Cafe el Presidente. The Flatiron space feels more open than just about anything in NYC. It’s enough room to house a juice bar that I thought was for show until I tried the spiked sandia cocktail – fresh watermelon juice with tequila. Que fresca! (Did…
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The Konters are on cloud 9 right now because last week on July 22nd my nephew, Brooks Lawrence Konter, made his grand entrance into this world. I am home right now enjoying every moment with him and already beginning the process of spoiling him rotten. That’s why Godmothers exist. My precious little Brooksy, only a…
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Three Chinese girls meet on the streets of San Francisco and immediately link themselves together for the next ten years. They have little in common other than their desire to escape their current lives and the hole that is missing from never having real friends. Grace, a wide-eyed innocent, has left her small, Midwestern town…
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When we made plans with friends for a Monday night supper, they suggested their neighborhood since we rarely go there and restaurant week as a way to up the ante without throwing out too much money…and then we all ordered off the regular menu instead of the restaurant week one. Best laid plans, right? Isabella’s…
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A Comcast agent spent 20 minutes trying to dissuade customers from cancelling service. Listening to the recording is actually painful. I cringe. Comcast is embarrassed but also stand by their aggressive retention tactics. I get how a visit to a concentration camp could be a powerful experience – so moving you would want to document…
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I was very strategic with my run recently. I planned it so that I would finish at Breads Bakery just in time for breakfast/brunch. After running the 1.7 miles there, I felt confident I had earned my meal. In fact, I felt confident I had earned three meals because I purchased a leek quiche (seemed…
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Peaches to Apples 