During Restaurant Week, we take the opportunity to try out new places we normally wouldn’t go to for one reason or another, usually cost. On that basis, we went to Nobu New York in Tribeca for its $25 lunch and enjoyed ourselves hugely. It wasn’t easy to find it, as there was no street number…
Not having read the Boris Vian novel, I can’t tell you how true this film is to it, but taken on its own terms, it’s funny, mind-bending and touching. (Source: filmmusicreporter.com) Nominated for three Cesars, the first part of “L’Ecume des Jours,” or “Froth on the Daydream” is an ecstatic and surreal depiction of the…
Can two New Yorkers find happiness eating in Cape Cod restaurants? yes, especially if they love oysters. We were mainly there for the whales, but we managed to fit in several (many?) oyster meals. (Source: tripadvisor.com) I have come to love these strange bi-valves and went in search of places that had low-cost specials or…
This was indeed the trip of a lifetime. We have been on whale watches before but because the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts Bay offers especially good eating (much like Cape Cod itself), the whales hang out there in great numbers. Yes, I wish I had taken these photos but people on our…
Most of us know of and shop at Fairway; (Source: newyorksocialdiary.com) we go to the one on Broadway at 74th Street to get fresh organic fruits, vegetables and meat. (Source: fairway.com) It took us a while, however, to actually eat in the upstairs cafe but now that we’ve found our way there, it has become…
