Last Monday night, I went to Marea to knock another one-star off my Michelin list. Marea is a restaurant I’ve been meaning to try for quite some time, especially after reading so many rave reviews about their fusilli pasta with braised octopus. After reviewing the menu for quite some time, my dining companion and I […]
On Friday, I was able to use my Christmas present from Lou – two tickets to the Metropolitan Opera! I casually mentioned that I wanted to see the opera sometime and he remembered during the holiday season because he surprised me with tickets to Aida. Before the opera, we met up and went to the […]
I found myself on the Upper West Side this afternoon and decided to take advantage of this by going to Levain Bakery and Jacques Torres. I bought three cookies: I could smell Levain’s cookies from 73rd (and so could everyone else because the line was ridiculous) and I ended up purchasing the chocolate chip walnut […]
After eating 2 pounds of meat, cheese, and noodles at S’Mac, I figured there was no better way to end the night than to have some fried foods at Led Zeppole. Led Zeppole was opened by the Artichoke guys and specializes in fried desserts like the ones you’d eat on Coney Island. They also have […]
Did anyone else get free pinkberry on Friday night? I went to TWO places: Bleecker Street and Union Square. However, they were SUPER stingy on their toppings (at Bleecker Street, they put literally 3 blueberries on my mango). Here’s my pinkberry mini from Union Square: The mango frozen yogurt doesn’t taste as good as the […]
