It was time to go downtown and have dinner at The Roxy. The Roxy is a hotel which is located at 2 6th Avenue. Inside the hotel is The Roxy Bar. The Roxy Bar serves daily breakfast from 7am.-11am. They serve Weekend Brunch from 11am-3pm with live music from 1pm to 3pm. Then they have…
It’s Day 12 of my NCL cruise to Antarctica and also the day of my last excursion before cruising back to Buenos Aires for my flight home. I chose a walking tour of Stanley also known as Port Stanley which is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. Stanley is located on the island of…
It was Day 7 on my NCL Cruise to Antarctica and yes, we’re getting closer. When I was 10 years old in Brooklyn, I remember reading a book called The End of The World and they chronicled a journey to and through Ushuaia which is the capitol of Terra del Fuego, Argentina. I told myself…
It’s Day 2 on my Cruise to Antarctica aboard the NCL’s Norwegian Star. It’s time to say hello to Montevideo, Uruguay. Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay and is located on the north short of the Rio de la Plata estuary (the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream). Montevideo…
Gemma is an Italian Trattoria located on the ground floor of The Bowery Hotel which is located at 335 Bowery. I picked that restaurant because I was meeting a friend to see a show at La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre which is located at 66 East 4th Street and it was a perfect location. I…
Another cold Monday evening and I met my friend in the TriBeCa area (not a soul around…Yikes) at the relatively new French brasserie Fouquet. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the new TriBeCa hotel, Hotel Barriere Fouquet. The restaurant marks the 11th Fouquet location. The hotel is also home to the speak-easy…
On Christmas Day, I met some friends at Cotenna, at 21 Bedford Street before going to IFC Center to see the movie Corsage. I had no expectations because I haven’t gone to many restaurants in that area and they’re not that easy to find. So I took the Downtown 1 Train to Houston Street and…
This evening I attended Sonya: A Sunflower Network Project, an opening reception benefit. This benefit was hosted by the Sunflower Network, a registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that is focused on providing direct and essential aid to Ukrainians in need. By connecting global partners with local trusted relationship they are able to ensure that…
Before we went to Nashville as posted in the Travel Section of this blog we purchased two tours on Viator.com We purchased a Nashville Evening Trolley Tour which was a blast and which I totally recommend but we also booked a Taste of Food and Sightseeing Tour which is what I will focus on in…
On this trip to Miami I was keen on trying completely different restaurant experiences and lucky for me I found Boteco. Boteco is located at 916 North 79th Street and having never been to Brazil I was excited to try it! What I found out from the owner is that in Brazil, a “boteco” is…