Exhibit A: A listing of our upcoming Women/Whisky Tweetup in the New York Times dining calendar section.
Exhibit B: A picture of me stuffing my face at the Time Out New York's Dining Libation Society Rye House Mardi Gras party on p. 20 of this week's mag.
Nice to know that all that eating/drinking is getting me somewhere . . .
What's not to like? In honor of International Women's Day, my latest tweetup focuses on Women & Whisky. Joined again by LUPEC NYC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails), Compass Box, and Astor Center, we've put together quite an event.
$5 of each ticket will be donated to Dress for Success, which promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and career development tools. Also, we've got 10 LUPEC ladies from the likes of Rye House, Pegu Club, Momofuku, Raines Law Room, Hearth, Bar Celona, Freeman's, Drinks at 6, and Hush Cocktails behind the stick, creating winter warmer cocktails with Compass Box whiskys.
Hope to see you at Astor Center next Monday 3/8 on International Women's Day — men and women are welcome — and be sure to buy your ticket in advance!
http://www.astorcenternyc.com/class-winter-warmer-cocktail-tweetup.ac
Twitter users, RSVP here too. Our hashtag for the event is #WomenWhisky:
http://www.twtvite.com/pf8vdt
See you on Monday, and spread the word!
– A quiet night in on Friday night.
– A solid workout on Saturday morning.
– Catching up with Lauren over a drink Saturday afternoon.
– A lovely and delicious dinner at Sara and Arlan's on Saturday night.
– An amazing day and evening at The Liquid Lab on Sunday (much more on that to come)!
What a fun weekend! Got to spend time with college friends catching up, and topped off the weekend with the USBG/LUPEC NYC Winter Ball, which had an 80's prom theme. I didn't dress prom-y, but did manage to wear a variation of something I might have worn in high school (well, if my dad had let me out of the house with that much eyeliner). Enjoy the pictures here.
An excellent and fairly well-balanced three day weekend, I'd say! Friday night started with a quick stop at a birthday celebration for @Lincolnwrites, then on the Red Hook express for dinner at Fort Defiance with @livethelushlife @mysteryaction & @shotsandcuts before heading to Sunny's for Jill DeGroff's art show, where I met several folks in person I had only interacted with via email and got to catch up with a few folks I hadn't seen in a while, which was great. After that was my first-ever live band karaoke! Makes me miss being in a band. Sort of.
Saturday was a relaxing day on the couch before heading out to Bill's for a dumpling-fest with John, Jimmy and Wallace — we made three varieties of dumplings, all quite delicious, and finished off with Asian-flavor-inspired gelato and sorbettos from Il Laboratorio del Gelato. The rest of the photos are here.
Sunday included a much-needed trip to the gym before the LUPEC NYC new member brunch, a surprise afternoon at Clover Club with Jordana (and Katie) in front of the fire, and a birthday dinner of squash soup, chicken liver pate, pork shoulder over polenta with roasted veggies, and a green salad with beautiful watermelon radishes at Jeanne's. A lovely day/night in Brooklyn.
Monday I had lunch with Mom at Pearl Oyster Bar, saw Youth in Revolt with Rob Y., then home for a quiet domestic evening of mac & cheese and laundry before heading to bed at a decent hour in preparation for the busy week ahead. Ahhh.
I love getting holiday cards. It's truly wonderful to see my friends families and how big their kids are getting — it always brings a huge smile to my face. I even used to send my own cards, although I don't think I've done that since law school, when I had much more time. Last night, I got a card that made me laugh out loud. It was a photo card from my friend Nikki, covered with photos from trips she had taken this year. The caption was what threw me over the edge, though: "Vacations I took while you were raising your kids." That is one of many reasons why I love Nikki so much!
(Pseudo alliteration intentional). This set of Hanukah Stories from the New Yorker gave me a few laughs this morning, so I thought I'd share it as my Chanukah gift to you (I prefer the "Ch" spelling, personally).
Happily enjoying a bit of space the other night before the crowd got to me. Having the two drinks came in handy as I couldn't get anywhere near the bar (I had gotten it for a friend who I lost in the crowd). Photo by the ever-amazing Daniel Krieger (and it looks much better on his site, so go look!).
A weekend of friends, meeting new people, family, food, fun, a solid workout, and quality couch time. After the super-busy week, I stayed in on Friday night to recover, then up early on Saturday for a long and much-needed workout. Saturday was First Saturday brunch with the beach house ladies at DuMont, followed by lingering at Walter Foods for much of the late afternoon/early evening, full of great conversation, hearty laughter, and meeting new people along the way. Sunday started with Mexican brunch with Mom & Stephen (mmm, chilaquiles!), then a wine tasting at City Winery. Before dinner, I made some delicious butternut squash soup — mirepoix with a touch of chili flake, roasted squash, duck/chix stock, pureed and finished with a drop each of heavy cream and sherry (looking forward to it for lunch today!). Finally, dinner with Rob at Maialino. And now, facing Monday morning. Sigh.
Just thinking about it is already making me tired! Tonight's my one quiet day (and I plan on spending a significant chunk of time at the gym), but other than that, there's work, work events, social events, workouts, a class and a fundraiser. Are we sure I can't sleep a few more hours this morning?
