I’m the queen of quick, easy recipes. I’m not the one to spend hours in the kitchen, I did enough of that during my culinary training years. Now I’m all about getting in and out the kitchen in 30 minutes. I came up with this pizza thing one afternoon when I was rushing to get […]
Author: Katariina
SUNNY DAY ON TOP OF THE ROCK
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day. Wishing spring was here and I could stop hibernating. “Don’t tell me the sky is the limit, there are footprints on the moon!” We have unlimited access to to the Top of the rock and sometimes it’s fun to just meet up up there and chat, or just be […]
BRUNCH AT NORMA’S
It’s pretty much a tradition now, when New York City Restaurant Week is here, we have lunch at Norma’s at Le Parker Meridien. Otherwise very pricey place, Restaurant Week allows us to have 3-course lunch for just $24. Above potato pancakes with cranberry apple sauce and sweet carrot payasam. Very crunchy and good this time. […]
SMORGAS CHEF WEST VILLAGE
Where do you go in NYC for the best meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam? I’m pretty sure you should go to Smorgas Chef. I’ve featured their Financial District location previously here which is very nice during summer when you can sit outside on Stone Street. But their West Village location is just so cozy […]
A NIGHT WITH AVEDA
This is the Urban Girl Squad Aveda-event I mentioned earlier. There was a great group of us ladies learning great tips about how to style our hair with heating tools and what products work best for our individual hair types. I personally was looking for ways to give my hair some body and volume and […]