Another socially distanced meeting with friends at Follia which is located at 179 Third Avenue and 17th Street. Follia has a great array of tasty food to choose from from Brussel Sprout Pizza to Meatballs and Spaghetti. Well, I wasn’t that hungry so I decided to have 2 sides. I ordered Brussel Sprouts made with…
Last week I met a friend at Brasserie Cognac East which is located at 963 Lexington Avenue which is the corner of East 70th Street. As I approached the restaurant I immediately felt a “je ne sais quoi” feeling that I was somewhere on a Paris Street. Now I really only wanted dessert so I…
The spooks and goblins lead me 🙂 on a Halloween trail to a Socially Distanced Halloween Party at The Players Club. The club is located at 15 Gramercy Park South right across from Gramery Park. Here are some fun photos to celebrate Halloween in this very, very, very “Spooky——” year. Happy Halloween to all of…
I discovered an opportunity to take a socially distanced Hudson River Fall Foliage Cruise. It was run by Circle Line Sightseeing at Pier 83 which is located at 12th Avenue and West 42nd Street. The date for the cruise was October 31st and so I thought what better way to spend Halloween with everything going…
My girlfriend and I had planned to go out to dinner and never thought that it would get so cold and rainy on the night that we decided on. But, oh my it did but we decided to brave the weather and meet at the restaurant anyway. So we met at La Violetta which is…
So this time around, my girlfriend wanted to eat at The Capital Grille which is located at 155 East 42nd which is located between Third Avenue and Lexington Avenue. Now the weather is definitely beginning to change and get much cooler but we still opted to dine outdoors. So yup, it was I needed to…
So the other evening, last minute my girlfriend came in from New Jersey and asked me to meet her and her husband for dinner at Wagamama which is located at the corner of 39th Street and Third Avenue. So what did I decide to eat? I had had a pretty big brunch so I knew…
So while in Kuztown, PA, visiting the Crystal Cave we decided to have lunch in town at Pop’s Malt Shoppe. Oh my goodness, it was so reminiscent for me of when I was growing up and being a junior counselor in Moodus, Connecticut and going into town to hang out. It was just fun to…
So I was lucky enough to find a day bus tour to Kutztown, PA to visit the historic Crystal Cave (an abundance of milky white formations that have been educating visitors now for 145 years) and then be able to enjoy a 40 minute train ride on board the WK & S in Kempton, PA.…
You guessed it 🙂 ! Time to meet a friend this week to enjoy another outdoor dining experience. This time we met at 240 Central Park South at a restaurant named Marea. Marea is a high-end Italian Seafood and homemade pasta restaurant whose chef is Michael White. So it was another I must have a…
It was time for another socially distanced outdoor dining experience only this time it was on the Upper East Side. I met my girlfriend at Isle of Capri which is located at 1028 Third Avenue. It was a cool and rainy evening and I know that I needed dessertLol So I decided to have a…
So I was back to the Upper West Side across from Lincoln Center- not directly but in bird’s eye view for outdoor dining with a friend and we picked The Smith at 1900 Broadway. So I knew that I wanted dessert so I decided to get a side of brussel sprouts my all time favorite…
Another socially distanced outdoor dining experience in The East Village. This time is was at Avant Garden which is located at 130 E. 7th Street. Here is their menu: I decided on their Brussel Sprout Salad which had a bed of baby arugula, fig gastrique, candied walnuts, small cranberries, green apples with a sesame dressing.…
So I decided to take a socially distanced bus road trip to Lancaster Pennsylvania and visit the land of the Amish. We each were assigned a socially distanced seat number and it worked out really well. Here we are on the road at a King of Prussia rest stop. First we did a short…
I met a couple for lunch at Eleni’s the other day just a few blocks from my apartment at 19th Street and 3rd Avenue. The food was fabulous!! And what did I order? I wasn’t all that hungry so I ordered an appetizer of Mediterranean Grilled Octopus, Onions, Capers, Fava Puree, Lemon and Herbs. It…
