Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Finally finally finally I got to try The Spotted Pig. Like all little sisters, I live to impress my brother and the best way I see fit to do so is by choosing a stellar restaurant. When he not-so-subtly hinted that he wanted to go to a gastropub, I thought this might be our chance…
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Liz and I both had Monday off for Columbus day, but not everyone else was so lucky. While Puckett went back to work and the other boys flew back to Atlanta, the two of us had our own little bestie day. After touring the National Cathedral, we headed to Georgetown for lunch and a little…
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Since my pear/sunbutter/granola snack worked out so well, I tested out another variation for breakfast the other day. This time, I smeared sunbutter on a rice cake (made with brown rice because a regular rice cake just didn’t seem healthy enough) and topped with blueberries. The creaminess of the sunbutter and juiciness of the berries…
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I have a couple weekends coming up where I need to look G-O-O-D. With that as motivation, I am trying my darnedest to eat healthy and exercise for the next few weeks. I was inspired by some healthy snack suggestions I saw in my latest Real Simple and picked up a jar of sunflower butter (aka sunbutter)…
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Cask was the first “cool” place I spotted in my new neighborhood, and I’ve been dying to try it ever since I moved in. It seemed like a more sophisticated post-work watering hole so Podz and I took our sophisticated selves there post-work on Wednesday night. I had tried once before to eat there, but…
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The Cannibal makes it easy to enjoy beer. If a place claims to know beer, you hope they’re not serving Bud Light. Here, the entryway is lined with refrigerators that hold all kinds of beers you’ve never heard of. These are the kind of beers with funky labels and names. Next, you don’t want froo froo…
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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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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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Our latest family dinner was Amy’s pick and I was a little worried for my wallet when she picked Mercer Kitchen. Nevertheless, I was excited to have an excuse to visit such a swanky place and even more excited that our usual crew expanded for the evening to accommodate our cousins who were passing through…
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Traditionally, everyone parties it up on Wednesday before Thanksgiving. My friends and I usually partake, but this year we all passed out on our respective couches at around 9:45 PM. After acknowledging that we are now old and no longer the rabbel-rousers we once were, we decided on a do-over on Friday night. No passing…
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Peaches to Apples 