Recent posts

travel

Opus 40 Sculpture Park in Saugerties

After working the streets of Saugerties to do market research for Destinate, Kristin and I headed to this beautiful sculpture park about 10 minutes out of town. From the Opus 40 web site: In 1938, Harvey Fite, one of the […]

Work

Cheers to a New Job

After a very long time working for The Journal News and lohud.com, I have a new job: I’m now the audience analyst for The Record, the Bergen County paper that Gannett bought over the summer. Here’s to a new challenge! […]

outings

A Visit to Secor Farms

It wouldn’t be fall without a trip to a farm for pumpkin patches and cider doughnuts. This year, we head to Secor Farm in Mahwah.    There are goats to feed. And llamas to pet. And boards to pose in. […]

Work

A Visit to the Democrat & Chronicle

Working with Annette and Steve to get Destinate done. In the meantime, though, a few photos from another newsroom. Audio studio. Digital command center for the newsroom. The D&C video studio. Green screen. Food trucks outside. War room. Lots to […]

travel

Wegmans in Rochester

After a lovely dinner with Liz and Ron and their family — I can’t believe I didn’t take any photos of that — we made a pilgrimage to the flagship Wegmans. Pretty impressive.    And, back in the hotel room, […]

travel

Traveling to Rochester for Destinate

To get more done on Destinate, I travel to Rochester, so Steve, Annette and I can plot our next steps, including market research and prep for our big presentation in January. I take the train, of course. Ready. Here comes […]

outings

Walkway Over the Hudson

I can’t believe this bridge has been open as long as it has and I had yet to walk over it. Everyone should experience it. The views are stunning. My walk-date was Janet! So beautiful. More info: Walkway over the […]

cocktails

Welcoming Fall with a Sidecar

One of my favorite cocktails of all time. Welcome, fall. Sidecars 8 ounces Cognac 4 ounces Cointreau 2 ounces lemon juice Set ice and water in cocktail glasses to chill them. Combine ingredients in a small pitcher and stir. Pour […]

shopping

Nyack Farmers Market

It’s my favorite time of year for farmers markets: the summer harvest is still going strong, and the fall vegetables are coming in, too. Everything is so beautiful. The colors are so rich.   It’s the first day of fall, […]

outings

A Visit to Storm King

What a magical place. I can’t believe this is our first time here. We met Katie and Tom — and Otis, of course — for a nice morning of wandering around. Sea change. This thing is so cool. Sea Change, […]

Work

Walter’s Comes to Work

As we are planning a food truck festival with the team from Walter’s, they offered to bring us lunch one day. And we accepted that offer. We nearly got in trouble with the building management, but it all worked out […]

cocktails, recipes

Caipirinha!

How refreshing! Caipirinhas Makes 2 drinks 1/2 lime, cut into slices or sections 1 tablespoon sugar Ice 3 tablespoons cachaca Muddle the limes and the sugar rogether until the sugar is dissolved. Add ice. Add cachaca and stir. Serve.

entertaining

Ribs and a Movie

It’s Labor Day weekend, folks, so we’re smoking some ribs. Four hours later, with some beans and tomatoes, and you’ve got supper.  Boo and Sammy are happy. And, later, Zootopia on the big screen outside.

restaurants

Big Wong in Chinatown

If you’re looking for a hearty breakfast on a cold winter’s day it’s hard to get something more satisfying than congee, the Chinese rice porridge. It wasn’t exactly chilly the day I tried it at Big Wong, but it was […]

cooking

Cooking for Sunday Suppers

About once every 10 weeks, our team of food friends — Tom, Kris, Irene, Suzie, Joe, Moriah and Keith — cook for Sunday Suppers. Sunday Supper, a program to feed people who need a meal in Nyack, is held at Living […]

restaurants

Brickhouse in Nyack

@seekingsandwiches told us. And he was right. The chicken sandwich at Brickhouse in Nyack is crazy good. lohudfood recommended the best fried chicken sandwiches in the region, and the one at Brickhouse made the list. Our correspondent, Anthony of Seeking […]

restaurants

Great Northern Food Hall

The Great Northern Food Hall opened in spring, 2016 at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Claus Meyer, one of the founders of the restaurant noma, is taking over the train station, leaving his Scandinavian mark on the tastebuds of travelers and […]

outings

Farewell, Megan!

lohudfood said farewell to Megan with an appropriate send-off at Dunne’s Pub in White Plains. (Here’s Megan’s farewell column: lohudfood says farewell to Megan.) Somehow Brum, who was next to Carucha, did not make it into this photo?! It’s been […]

restaurants

Rosemary & Vine in Rye

Rosemary & Vine in Rye is the sort of restaurant that never would have existed even just five years ago. But today, Middle Eastern-influenced, vegetarian food has a certain cool factor, thanks, in part, to chef Yotam Ottolenghi.   A […]