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My brother set the bar extraordinarily high before his annual NYC visit. He told me I needed to find us a restaurant 1) with food he can’t get in Savannah (that’s not Chinese or Korean), 2) is not in an outer borough, 3) is reasonably priced, 4) would knock his socks off. They said it…
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I wouldn’t have known Monday was National Lasagna Day if Albert had not pointed it out to me. Thankfully, lasagna is an easy dish to throw together so I didn’t need much advanced notice to celebrate. But boring, standard lasagna doesn’t really say “celebration” so I wanted to update the recipe – something that’s easy…
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What makes me happier than reminiscing about the great time I had when my Mom was here two weeks ago? Nada. Here are a few more highlights from our weekend: Two weeks ago we had a crazy heat wave but, being New Yorkers, didn’t have the luxury of getting into an air conditioned car when…
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When I noticed Mighty Quinn’s on a cab ride down to the East Village, I immediately recognized it as the place that had the long lines at Smorgasburg the previous weekend. Then the brain really started working as I remembered a write up in NY Mag and again as I recalled a two-star review in…
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Book club starts at 7:30 and as luck would have it, I was scheduled to host during one of my busiest work weeks. I got off the subway at 7:10 and still hadn’t picked up any ingredients. By 7:25 I was in my apartment after running through the grocery store to pick up the four…
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Oh Pat Conroy, you’ve done it again. This is why you are my favorite author. Please move to New York and tell me stories every day. In his latest novel, Conroy once again gives the Lowcountry a dreamlike quality. You can feel the breeze blowing through the Spanish moss as you read. South of Broad is…
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This weekend was sweaty. The heat in NYC was BRUTAL and it didn’t take more than five minutes of walking outside before my shirt was stuck to my back. But it takes more than heat to stop my Mom and I from hoofing it all around the city. We walked around the humid mess of…
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I had such a great time while my Mom was here – we just walked and walked for three days. Exploring quaint West Village streets and uncovering restaurants in my own neighborhood. It’s easy to feel sad once she’s gone, but thankfully my life has been so busy I almost don’t notice. I used to live…
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I discovered Taproom No. 307 on a run and made a mental note to check it out. Apparently, my mental notes can’t be trusted because it took me months to actually remember to go. (Note: when I say I remembered, what I really mean is I didn’t remember at all – Albert actually suggested it.)…
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My Mom thought the bartender at Vanguard was joking when he said the ovens were shut off on Friday so we couldn’t order any of the cooked items on the menu. Except it wasn’t a joke. That’s just what happened when NYC experienced a heat wave and the act of using an oven became too…
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Peaches to Apples 