The first time I went to Blue Ribbon Brasserie, I sat next to John Mayer at 2 in the morning and ate bone marrow while listening in on his conversation (unsuccessfully). On this visit, I went for a late night meal and ended up sitting next to no one because the restaurant was empty (maybe […]
A few weeks ago, Ken and I had a double date with Anna and her husband, Carlos. To continue on the Michelin 2015 list of restaurants, we decided to go to Telepan, a farm-to-table restaurant on the upper west side near their apartment. The restaurant was very packed for a Friday evening (and also very […]
I recently dined at Delaware and Hudson, a restaurant on the Michelin list for 2015,with my friends Keegan and Denise. I’ve known Keegan since we were both in high school; we both grew up in central Illinois (he grew up in Bloomington, I was 45 minutes away in Champaign) and competed against each other on […]
Last week, I made a delicious banana pudding for Jordan’s birthday celebration at the office. I gave him a few choices of what I could make for our office treat and he picked the banana pudding. I have experience making banana pudding (and have documented it here) but here is the actual recipe: Magnolia’s Banana […]
When David and I used to live on 19th street, there weren’t too many shops and stores on the street. Now, however, there’s a SoulCycle, an international bookstore, Muji, and a Dough Doughnut Shop: The first time I tried Dough was at Brooklyn Flea; the passion fruit with cacao nibs doughnut was sweet and tangy […]
