Before my mom left New York, Ken wanted to take all of us out for a family dinner. My mom let me pick the restaurant (she said she wanted something Italian) and I’ve been wanting to check out Ciano for a while, so I made a late reservation for the new restaurant down the street […]
Ken and I are huge fans of doughnuts and I always tell him that I’m going to wake up early to pick up doughnuts from the Doughnut Plant (there’s a new outpost in Chelsea that is close enough that I could run there in the mornings but I still haven’t done it.) I’ve been wanting […]
Down the street from Cafe Riviera is a Polish candy store, Stodycze Wedel: The candy store was completed decorated for Easter and had an assortment of festive Polish candies: There were lots of specialty candies that all included plums – the storekeeper let me sample some of the chocolate covered plums – they had an […]
Last weekend, I had to pick up some glasses in Greenpoint so I decided to make a day of it. My mom had visited a couple days before my visit so she gave me some suggestions for places to eat. Before Saturday, I had never visited Greenpoint before; I’ve experienced bad subway rides on the […]
On our way home from a friend’s birthday party, Ken and I decided we wanted to get a late night snack before going to bed. Our usual snack procurement involves placing an order for pizza on seamlessweb when we get in the cab so the food arrives around the same time we get home (I […]
