Well, it was time to head out of Dodge and so I booked a one day trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I choose to visit Lancaster because the main event of the experience was to have lunch with an Amish family and my curiosity (having visited Lancaster many times before) was really peaked. Unfortunately, it rained…
The other evening for Mother’s Day I met a girlfriend at a new restaurant The Wilson which is located at 132 West 27th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue. I can’t say enough good things about this restaurant. The food was excellent and the service was excellent. The outside part was dog friendly and pretty…
I found my heaven. I found Paris on West 53rd Street and I wore my Eiffel Tower earringsLol to celebrate. Actually it was my girlfriend who suggested that we meet there. No, not the “real” Paris but the restaurant La Grande Boucherie which is located at 145 West 53rd Street. It is sooo gorgeous there…
It was Members Night at The Metropolitan Museum of Art so I met a friend in the area for dinner and then we went to the museum. I asked my friend to pick the restaurant since she knew the area better than myself and what a fabulous surprise. She picked the restaurant, Antonucci, an Italian…
A lovely Saturday afternoon in The Big Apple and I met a group of friends at The Palm Midtown or as otherwise called The Palm West for an afternoon brunch. The Palm Midtown which is located at 250 West 50th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue has been a fixture in New York City’s dynamic…
Having taken a trip a few years ago to Croatia and Slovenia when I saw that there was a Slovenian-American restaurant on the Upper West Side, I will admit that I was curious. So the other evening I met a friend at Pekarna which is located at 594 Amersterdam Avenue and 89th Street. Pekarna is…
It was time to head out of Dodge 🙂 and so I signed up for a one day bus trip to Nellies, an Irish Cafe country experience for an early St. Patrick’s day celebration. Nellie’s is located at 2212 Route 145 in East Durham, New York. and the drive takes about 2 hours and 30…
Another cold and somewhat rainy night in The Big Apple but I met a friend uptown at Elio’s which is located at 1621 2nd Avenue at 84th Street. As you’ll see from the images, Elio’s is an old school Italian restaurant with close intimate seating. This very close seating made the room very noisy by…
It was 18 degrees and freezing but freezing Monday night but I found myself in the theatre district meeting a friend at Junior’s. Now truth be told we really wanted to meet for dinner at Joe Allen but when we got there the place was closed and then we realized that Monday was considered to…
Finally, a cold but nice Manhattan evening out and I joined a friend at Tony’s Di Napoli. Tony’s is a bustling Italian eatery with large, sharable portions of Italian comfort food in a very lively setting. The restaurant is located at 1081 3rd Avenue between 63rd and 64th Street but they also have a second…
Once again, finding myself braving the cold I met a friend at Barbetta, an elegant Italian restaurant which is located at 321 W. 46th Street right on Restaurant Row. Restaurant Row which is located on West 46th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue has more than a century of culinary history and Barbetta is a…
Another freezing night in New York City but I decided to brave the cold and met a friend at Hutong New York. Hutong New York from its home in Hong Kong brings to Manhattan a contemporary and occasionally fiery Northern Chinese cuisine, in addition to a large selection of dim sum and cocktails. Hutong is…
It was my last night in Miami and I wanted to take my sister-in-law to a very special restaurant for being such a great hostess. So she suggested Petralunga which is located at 7601 E. Treasure Drive, Unit Cu-21 in North Bay Village and off we went. Petralunga is an Italian brand that specializes in…
While in Miami my sister-in-law and I went to The Sagra Pizza Bar which is located at 11052 Biscayne Blvd. The restaurant has no name on it but my sister-in-law said that she had eaten there before and it was great! So Sagra’s stand out food is their thin crust Roman style pies which is…
I visited Miami to see my brother and sister-in-law and just loved taking photos. So this is just a series of photographs that made me very happy.
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