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$2 isn’t much, but can add up when you’re talking about pricey drinks. Most mixology-focused places charge $14 or $15 for a drink, but Lovers of Today sticks to $13. Still not cheap, but every little bit helps. Like many fancy drink places, this one is something of a speakeasy, located at 132 1/2 E.…
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I had no idea how vegetarians survived until eating here. Westville is not a vegetarian restaurant, but the long list of daily market sides is the best thing about this place. Everything is so simple and fresh, and that is enough to draw long lines for this no-reservations spot. Karina and I both started with…
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I was so productive last weekend! I ran all sorts of errands and even made it into the office to finish some work. This week is pretty crazy, too. I’m running my presentation by my boss as our client meeting nears, and on top of that I’ve had book club and birthdays after work. Quite…
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Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl is good from the get-go but around a quarter of the way in, it really starts picking up. Right when you hit the halfway point, it hits “can’t put it down” status. That’s exactly what happened to me so I stayed up til 2 AM on a Friday night to finish the…
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Soho Park, on the corner of Prince and Lafayette, is the closest thing to a relaxing beer garden that you can get in the busy Soho area. Though it might be a madhouse around Balthazar and topshop, it’s nice and chill in this gazebo. Most everything is under $10 and the portions are sizable. I…
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No. 7 Subs, my favorite sandwich place of all time, has some competition. Num Pang is a Cambodian sandwich place that I have heard about enough to become immune to it. However, I never walked past it and always forgot to seek it out so it so I figured it just wouldn’t end up making…
Read MoreWhen you move into a new place in NYC, the first order of business is not getting the counters scrubbed or furniture arranged. It’s establishing your go-to take-out restaurants. Like in high school, it’s important to formulate your clique right away or you risk falling in with the wrong crowd. One of my favorite take-out…
Read MoreI bookended one very busy Saturday with two very lazy days and to me, that was the perfect weekend. The rest of my week was work work work, which is why having a perfect weekend was pretty important. Jill came to NYC for a quick weekend visit and I met up with her and all…
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While I’m still dealing with a small, pre-renovated kitchen, easy 1-pan recipes are essential. By using a lot of store-bought ingredients, I was able to assemble a full meal without dirtying a single pan. Seriously. I rolled out some puff pastry and put it on top of a foil lined cookie sheet. When the meal…
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The main identifying feature of a sub is the bread. A perfect hoagie roll defines a sub…so how do you make it low carb? I did it by using a cucumber instead of bread. Simply hollow out the watery, seedy middle part and fill the cavity with whatever you like. As long as you don’t…
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Peaches to Apples 