A New York City Taste of Cuba

The other day I joined a group of friends to meet for dinner at the Havana Central Times Square restaurant which is located at 151 West 46th Street After dinner, the plan was to see the Broadway show, Buena Vista Social Club which is playing at The Schoenfeld Theatre whose address is 236 West 45th…

Union Square Cafe

The other evening, despite the forecast of torrential rain I met a friend at Union Square Cafe which is located at 101 East 19th Street. As noted on their website: “Union Square Cafe—the flagship restaurant that launched Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group—has been one of the country’s most beloved dining institutions for 40 years.…

A New York Mexican Experience

OK. True confessions. I’ve been to Cancun twice but never Mexico City so when I had the opportunity to see the play Real Women Have Curves on Broadway and have dinner at a Mexican restaurant before that, I jumped at the chance to have a New York Mexican experience. So I took the N Train…

BibliothequeNYC

It’s a rainy Tuesday and I met a friend at Bibliotheque at 54 Mercer Street. I had heard a lot about the restaurant and it didn’t disappoint. From their web site, here is what they shared… “Bibliotheque is a bookstore, café, and wine bar in the heart of New York’s famed SoHo neighborhood. It was founded…

Maison Passerelle

The other evening I took the 4 Train to the Wall Street stop to meet my friend at Maison Passerelle which is located at 1 Wall Street. I decided to get to the area about an hour earlier to check out the new French Department store Printemps. Printemps is Paris’s biggest department store and they…

Earth Day Event

This Earth Day, I attended an event with BreakBread World. The event was hosted by at the townhouse of Elena Sapir in Chelsea. This Earth Day event began with a brief tour of Elena’s nature-inspired art collection which featured The Tree of Life by Nikolina Kovalenko (photo below). Then we had a living room room…

Warwick Winery

Getting back to my weekend in Vernon, New Jersey (which I started sharing in my previous post on (Grounds for Sculpture) on Saturday my friends and I went to the Warwick Winery which is located at 114 Little York Road, Warwick, New York. It was a super chill place and I loved it. My friends…

Le Bernardin

The other rainy afternoon, I took the train up to 51th Street and Lexington Avenue and then walked across to 151 West 51st Street to the iconic French restaurant Le Bernardin. Le Bernardin has received a four-star rating from The New York Times since 1986 and it’s the only seafood restaurant in New York City…

Le Cafe Louis Vuitton

The other evening I met a friend at Le Cafe Louis Vuitton which is located on the fourth floor of the flagship Louis Vuitton store . Now, this fabulous looking store is located right next door to Tiffany’s and its address is 6 East 57th Street. The cafe is a tres chic destination with an…

The Cutting Room

The other evening at 6pm, I met my friend at The Cutting Room which is located on East 32nd Street between Park and Madison Avenue. The Cutting Room has a decade of history which includes some of our contemporary top performers which include John Mayer, Lady Gaga, Sting, Sheryl Crow and David Bowie just to…