Is there anything better than a giant bowl of soup on a cold, winter day? I don’t think so.
Behold: a heaping bowl of salty broth, tender pork, and just enough veggies so you can pretend it’s healthy! That’s just the cherry on top of the carbo-load of comfort noodles!
When the January blues gets under my skin, I lap up this brothy goodness like there’s no bikini season tomorrow! Read More
Originally posted Feb 2016, still an absolutely favorite for escaping the winter blues.
It’s that time of year when New Yorkers dream of running away to a tropical land. So long snow and gray skies, I’d like to scuba dive and swim with dolphins, please!
For five minutes of fantasy magic, I felt like I was snorkeling off the coast of Tahiti. Or at least starring in a critically acclaimed production of “Julie Taymor’s Finding Nemo”.
Brand new to the Battery, the ride opened this past August. I’ve wanted to go since I saw the first pictures of giant, glowing fish seats. I ride the Roosevelt Island Tram with the enthusiasm of a kid at Disneyland, of course I needed to experience this!
Real estate in Manhattan is so valuable, it’s pretty rare to see an abandoned building. When you stumble across one, you have to wonder what the hell is going on. Why is the owner wasting thousands of dollars in rent!?
To give street artists a blank canvas?
I know one thing about this seemingly abandoned building on Canal and Mercer: it’s become a Soho gallery for rogue street art and graffiti.
Some of the fleeting moments in my week that made me stop and think, “I’m so lucky to live in NYC!”
Trees in the West Village embracing fully embracing “Sweater Season”.
Only in New York: an entire store front dedicated to PET PORTRAITURE. What could this possibly be a front for? My guess is assisted suicide (too dark?) – what do you think? Read More
Here’s to the Bodega Flowers of New York City.
Here’s to the single roses in cellophane, the sweet over-eagerness of first dates.
Here’s to the pink and red carnations, the cluelessness of men incarnate.
Here’s to highlighter-colored, dyed daisies, so fake but so real.
Here’s to the lilies, as white as milk and often more fresh.
Here’s to the blooms that arrive every day, 365, rain, shine, snow, or hurricane.
Here’s to the flowers, reminding us the someday spring will come.
I sat in a dark theater last week and watched a movie star perform on stage, just a couple hundred feet away. It wasn’t as thrilling as you might expect? Uma Thurman is making her Broadway debut in “The Parisian Woman”.
I didn’t sit down expecting “Kill Bill the Musical”, I promise.
The play tries to be provoking, current, and tantalizing but it severely lacks dramatic tension. The characters aren’t at all likable, and even worse they’re two dimensional. Set in the political sphere of present day Washington DC, there’s so much more intrigue and drama in the actual reality than the relatively banal fictional world of the play. Read More
When it comes to dessert, in 2018 I want to go big or go without! No more newsstand candy bars eaten while waiting for the subway. Occasional indulgences for my sweet tooth rather than constant placating!
This resolve is enough to drive a sugar lover to the bar….
This place is adorable, unique, and all around sweet. It’s so popular it has two locations on the same block of St. Marks in the East Village along with another Manhattan location in Korea Town and still another in Flushing, Queens. Spot Dessert Bar is known for unique, whimsical, Asian influenced, signature desserts.
The presentation here makes everything extra special. The minute I saw a potted plant on the dessert menu- UM WHAT?- I knew my curiosity wouldn’t be satiated until I dug into it for myself!
Seriously! A dessert that looks like a potted plant!
