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The bars in the West 30s all have the same pub feel, which is fine for what they are bound to become: happy hour spots for all us Midtown suits. I was happy to walk into The Liberty and see something different in this part of town. Instead of mirrors displaying a beer logo and…
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Because our NYC Dawgs board meeting was scheduled at supper time, we all planned to grab food on our way to Hansel’s apartment and eat during our working session. Hansel lives in the financial district, an area I am wholly unfamiliar with so I picked up food from the place closest to her apartment, grk. After…
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Madame Wu runs her large household – the most prominent in their Chinese village – with precision. She always knows what is going on and pays attention to even the smallest of details, able to distinguish the subtle differences between each of her sons’ footsteps. On her 40th birthday, instead of handing the reigns over…
Read MorePenelope stands out in Murray Hill as the one adorable brunch place. It’s a cutesy cafe with rustic windows serving simple but comforting foods like grilled cheese, the BLT, and salads. Unfortunately, since it’s the only restaurant of this category in the neighborhood, the line is always ridiculous. In no mood to wait for an…
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It is very weird to come back from a beach vacation spent entirely in bikinis to freezing cold New York. At least my trip away gave me the reminder I needed that it won’t always be cold and dreary. Spring will soon arrive and I can spend all my time outdoors. New favorite nail color:…
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There is a small handful of Orthodox Jews in Savannah and they generally stay to themselves, but in a small Southern town, it is impossible to section themselves off completely because there are simply not enough resources for them to live a completely sectioned off Jewish life. Still, I pretty much thought that was as…
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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…
Read MoreI was absolutely obsessed with Michael Ian Black’s first book, “My Custom Van”. The wacky essays were so hilarious I didn’t care that there was essentially no point to the whole thing other than making me snort from laughter, of course. When I saw he had come out with another book, I figured it would…
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La Giara is one of the few places in my immediate neighborhood that I hadn’t tried, so I was excited when Marilynn decided to hold her 25th birthday brunch there. I never thought of it as a brunch place – walking by, it seems more like a traditional Italian supper spot. Turns out, they do…
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Oh no! A whole bunch of asparagus about to go bad – what to do?! Here’s what: I quickly sautéed it with leeks and prosciutto bits. Then I put the mixture, along with fontina cheese, in a frozen pie crust and poured an egg mixture (3 eggs and 3/4 cup milk, beaten) over the whole…
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Peaches to Apples 