My mom grows chives in her yard, something she started doing when we lived in Champaign, Illinois. They’re very easy to grow and maintain and when you trim them, the entire yard smells like fresh chives (which might not always please the neighbors). In Champaign, we used to stir fry chives with all types of […]
Today after work, I headed to Mario Batali’s newest project, Eataly. The restaurant/coffee shop/grocery store is GIGANTIC and was absolutely packed with people (in fact it was a “trending” topic on foursquare with 81 people checked in when I visited!) Here are some pictures from the grand opening – I’m glad my office is so […]
Last Friday, I went to a company picnic in Prospect Park – we had so much fun and I asked my friend to film us competing in the three-legged race: And some pictures from the picnic: Me and Christine after winning the first three-legged race (although they didn’t count it so we had to race […]
Two weeks ago, Dorren invited me to lunch at Oceana. You might remember Dorren from my post wishing him a happy birthday; Dorren and I met at RecycleBank and he took care of me and David by bringing us fruit every day (he took requests, too). Even though we don’t work together anymore, we still […]
Last week, I filmed a great little segment with the executive chef at Oceana, Ben Pollinger. Before we filmed the segment, the chef sent in some amazing treats for me to try and also had the pastry chef, Jansen Chan, send over some shaved ice. The shaved ice had the same texture as the watermelon […]
