Food and Drink
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Saturday Afternoon Ramblings
Tien called them "glommitts," Manhattan Transfer called them "bum-finger gloves." Call them what you will, but I absolutely love mine. I now have two pairs, and they are a savior when dealing with cell phones, metrocards, and everything else. To continue the bday season (not mine anymore, sadly), last night was a birthday party at
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Booze in the ‘Hood
If you haven’t already, go check out my friend and neighbor Manhattan Transfer’s list of 240(ish) bars below 14th Street. I’m tellin’ ya, life is great down here. It’s a fabulous neighborhood for alcoholics social drinkers, and in fact, the NYC Health Department highlighted our tendencies for "heavy drinking" in a recent study, Alcohol Use
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Another Birthday Bash
Birthday Girls Originally uploaded by Sweet Blog o’ Mine. Ellen and I co-hosted a birthday party at the Magician last night. It was so wonderful to have such a rich cross-section of all the folks in my life: friends from high school, college, camp, bloggers, wine club society, and other assorted riff-raff with whom I
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I’m Soooo Scandalous
. . . but not for any of the reasons that some of you (especially those who know me well) might be thinking. Have you checked out the commentary on my Gothamist Food post?! It has actually been a very interesting discussion, despite the personal attacks. Thanks to those of you who have lent your
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I’m Sure the Suspense is Killing You
In case you were wondering about the "amazing opportunity" provided to me by the blizzard: Gothamist Visits Per Se. No, it was not a smart financial decision, but it was definitely worth it.
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Food Field Trips
On days when I’m out of the office all day, I like to use the opportunity as a way to eat lunch either somewhere new or somewhere I can’t usually eat because it’s nowhere near my office. For example, last year, when I was stationed at the Legal Tech conference all day, I visited one
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Playing With Your Food
This is what happens when you’re a regular at a place that serves condiments along with their cheese plate and they want to make you laugh: Plus, there haven’t been nearly enough pictures up here this week. This piece of art is composed of two of the amarone cherries, a dab of the apricots with
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Party Shuffle
So I’m sitting here doing some work and I’ve got my iTunes on "party shuffle" mode, which, although it doesn’t really create the party-type atmosphere that might lift me out of the grey-day funk I seem to be in, makes me smile each time a new song comes up — I never know what’s going
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The Ups and Downs of a Week
This week has been strange, to say the least. There were the highs, like the amazing dinner I had at Hearth (a very generous and thoughtful birthday present from my friend Rob); catching up with my friend Sara at Dos Caminos (she was also sweet enough to bring along a belated birthday present); and a
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Pork-o-riffic!
or, as others have said, sacrilicious! My pig roast class write-up, Facing Our Food Fears, is up on Gothamist Food. Enjoy, but be warned — the photo gallery is not for the faint-of-heart.