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Sunday in the City

After our brunch at the Breslin, Boo and I headed over to the Morgan Library to check out the Dickens exhibit. We also saw good ol’ Pierpont’s library. You’re not supposed to take photos (and I didn’t know that), but […]

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Brunch at The Breslin

Wanting to take a look at an apartment that Boo might buy, we headed in to the city to check out an open house on the place. (Thumbs up!) Afterward, we were planning on having Korean food for brunch, but […]

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Roast Chicken in Porchetta

Mindy Fox’s killer cookbook “A Bird in the Oven and Then Some” comes through again in a big way. Her Roast Chicken in Porchetta is stuffed with lots of garlic and herbs and a very nice helping of fennel pollen, […]

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Pizza at the Mountain House

Boo came to spend the weekend at Sour Cherry Farm, and we made supper on Friday night easy by heading out for pizza at the Mountain House. You’ve seen photos of the pizza there already (link here) and good thing, […]

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Supper at the Standard Grill

So we tried to go to the top of the Standard for drinks. Yeah, that doesn’t work with a stroller. At the Standard Grill, though, you can sneak in to a table near the bar. But not at the bar. […]

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Cocktail Recipe: Maple Old Fashioned

Another look at the cocktail, which we posted the recipes for earlier this month. Greg had this one. I had the Aviation.   Related posts: Cocktail Recipe: Maple Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe: Applejack Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe: Criterium Cocktail Recipe: […]

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Cocktail: Aviation

You can never have enough posts of Aviations, in my humble opinion. Recipe post of the Aviation is here. Related posts: Cocktail Recipe: Aviaton Aviation Cocktails with Karen Christmas Cocktail: Perfect Parallel Cocktail Recipe: Criterium

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Dinner at o lar in Piermont

Everybody around Nyack and Piermont has been buzzing about O Lar, the new restaurant with the wood-burning oven just north of downtown Piermont. We snuck in early one weeknight and snagged a table, but otherwise, hard to know whether we […]

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OVI with Matt and Vanessa

It had been way to long since we caught up with Matt and Vanessa. Things get in the way, but the great thing about a new baby is that she can often help bring friends back together, too. Related posts: […]

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The American Wing at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art just reopened its renovated American Wing, which displays, according to the Met, “one of the finest and most comprehensive” American art collections in the world. It has George Washington Crossing the Delaware, for one, and […]

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Dinner at Hudson House in Nyack

Apparently there’s a new chef at the Hudson House. I haven’t called to get the scoop on his name or credentials, but from the few things Irene and I tasted, I’d say we’re in for a treat with his cooking! […]

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Dinner at Danji in Midtown

Gastropub? Sounds great. Korean? Sounds great. Small plates? Yes, sounds great. All three, in the same restaurant? Sounds really great. And it was — sometimes. Like now: Spicy yellowtail sashimi, cho jang, jalapeno And now: Bo ssam: braised pork belly, […]

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Sam Goes to MoMA

Samantha’s first trip to MoMA was to see the Diego Rivera exhibit. Six of his murals were on display; they were ones for which he was brought here to the museum in 1931 to create. He ended up created portable […]

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Cocktail Recipe: Criterium

I want to start off this post by saying that these “Shit that” whoever “says” videos flying around YouTube are hilarious. “Shit New Yorkers Say” is especially funny (“Where’s the train?” “All I had to eat today was a bagel.” […]

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Back at the OVI

Sam and I joined Kelli, Sarah and Hugh for an early Friday supper at the OVI. The kids had cheeseburgers and grilled cheese. Kelli and I had pizza and wings. Sam had milk. My favorite part of the evening was […]

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Today at the Mall!

No, I’m sorry SCF fans, we don’t have a new episode of Today at the Mall, with Gregory! Instead, we have a few old college friends getting together for some lunch and shopping. We don’t even really have a good […]

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Recipe: Candied Grapefruit Peel

What a sweet winter treat. With all the Red Cooper grapefruit we’ve been eating — and drinking — I took a cue from Irene and candied some of the peel. What a way to make the citrus season last even […]