Yesterday was a snowww dayyyy! No work for meee! So I slept in late and ventured over to Prospect Park to check out the action. It was gorgeous. I like trees. Kind of a lot. Wheee! Ben tagged along and we made snow angels. He kind of sucks at making snow angels so I’m only [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Snow Day in Prospect Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blizzards, brooklyn, new york, new york city, prospect park, sledding, snow, snow angels, snow days, trees, winter on February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My Chalkboard Heart
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartments, bedrooms, brooklyn, chalkboard paint, chalkboards, east village, hearts, i love brooklyn, living in crap holes, manhattan, new york city, painting, projects, space, stuffed animals on February 9, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Well, well, well… what have we here? Somebody has a chalkboard heart. Yes. Indeed. In my room. Now. My bedroom is huge for a New York City apartment. Last year I was living in an 8×10 craphole in the East Village and now that I’m living in Brooklyn, I’ve got a thing called SPACE! It [...]
Mesa Grill: Where is Bobby Flay?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged being whiney, bobby flay, chile, chocolate, desserts, food, mahi mahi, mesa grill, new york, new york city, nyc, nyc restaurant week, peanut butter, poor service, restaurant week, restaurants, tartare on February 4, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Uh oh, City Mitten might have some bad news for ya. Bad news is this may be the first restaurant post that I’m not going to rave the entire time. In fact, I’m going to start with a rant. And it may make me sound a little bit like a snob, but Lisa and I [...]
Lunch at the Restaurant Week Truck
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged corn, food trucks, maya, new york city, north square, nyc, restaurant week, restaurant week truck, shrimp bisque, soup, will on February 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Did you know there’s a Restaurant Week Truck? Well, there is and it’s been taking soups all over the city from various Restaurant Week restaurants this week and last. It’s been parked a few blocks from my office the past few days so you know I had to check it out. I went on Monday [...]
SD26
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged champagne, dessert, food, hen, middle-aged women, mom hates my pictures of meat, new york city, panna cotta, raviolo, restaurant week, restaurants, sd26, vanilla beans, wine on February 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »
This is Anne and I met up with her on her birthday to have a lovely lunch at SD26. Now I know not everyone was a fan of yesterday’s Tocqueville post, but I could venture to guess that SD26 will be a little more fun. First of all, this is what they presented to me [...]
Tocqueville Restaurant
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beef, chocolate torte, desserts, duck, fancy people, fancy places, food, lisa, new york city, new york restaurant week, ravioli, restaurant week, restaurants, squash soup, winter, wish i could eat lobster all the time on February 1, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Welcome to Winter Restaurant Week in New York City. It started last week and continues through this week (and perhaps beyond if some restaurants extend it, which wouldn’t be tooo shocking). So, let’s have a go, shall we? First up was Tocqueville. Sometimes I think Restaurant Week is only for middle-aged women, but I think [...]
