Fun

  • Fame

    A recent conversation made it to Overheard in New York.  Ah, good times. Between brunch, mint juleps, margaritas, falafel from Taim, a bike ride up to the Cloisters, frisbee for the first time since 1992, a trip to Morimoto for the great noodle challenge, a few great bottles of wine, Sicilian chocolate, some tasty cheese

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  • Ahh . . . Sleep

    After a lovely dinner last night with Bill, Katie, and John B. at al di la (the asparagus salad and the lamb special were my two personal favorites of the evening) and drinks at the Ear Inn afterwards, I slept a little late this morning, which I feel like I haven’t done in a while. 

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  • Time for a Post

    I know, I know.  Haven’t posted in ages.  Mea culpa.  I’ve just been knocking myself out at Gothamist, so all of my posting energy is being sapped.  It’s sad. So what can I tell you about the weekend (I’m not even going to try to catch up on last week.  It’s so . . .

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  • Back from the Jaunt Across the Pond

    Still a little jetlagged/tired, but at least now the pictures are up. Highlights, in a nutshell: Guys & Dolls, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, Fino, dim sum, Christopher, Westminster Abbey, Borough Hall Market, strolling along the banks of the Thames, Cambridge, the Great Eastern Hotel, those awesome biscuits which would be the death of me

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  • It’s All About the Benjamins

    Or at least one.  More on Vegas to come shortly. UPDATE: Pictures on flickr.

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  • Sunday Evening Respite

    Made it back in one piece from Philly and proceeded directly to brunch with the lovely ladies from the beach house at AOC, then headed to the Duplex for some cocktails and celebrity-spotting (Sarah Jessica Parker and Philip Seymour Hoffman — must have been the day for three-name celebs).  After that, the 7th annual East

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  • Whirlwind

    Sorry for the dead air around here — I’ve just been very busy.  Will fill in the details later, but highlights include: playing flip cup, Dinosaur BBQ, the Oscars, a new trainer, an organic meal at Scottadito, and a meat overload with the Gothamist team And now, a few days of vegetarian detox are in

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  • Catching Up Yet Again

    Things I have not yet written about that I did last week (among other things that I did but may likely not write about because they are too boring) with extremely brief commentary: ate at Little Giant (scrumptious, get the brussels sprouts, as they’re merely an excuse to eat spoonsful of butter and maple syrup

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  • Catching Up Again

    Time to catch up, but first of all, if you haven’t said hello yet, please do — I’m truly enjoying everyone’s comments! Let’s see.  Last week I went to a press party at Xing and it was like food blogger central — Augie came with me and I met Ben from Eater, the guys from

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  • Cheesy Poofs and Billy Joel

    Sometimes I take a moment in the middle of what I’m doing to realize how incredibly lucky I am.  I had several moments like this over the past few days.  First, what was going to be an ordinary night (gym, home, bed) ended up with a lovely dinner with Rob at Bar Carrera (If you

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