One day after work I decided to walk around the West Village and ended the walking tour in Washington Square Park. What a hot day. People cooling off by the fountain and so was I. Once the heat got the best of me I escaped to the nearby Thai place for a light snack and […]
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HOT SUMMER STREETS OF HARLEM
I was invited to go to the Harlem H&M Re-Opening VIP Party about a week ago and took my partner in crime with me. This is only our second time exploring Harlem this summer (our first trip here), but wow, we really love it. Quiet streets, old brownstones, friendly folks, big churches and just so […]
AQUAVIT NYC
Yep, it’s NY Restaurant Week again and we had reservations today for Aquavit. For those who don’t know, Restaurant Week offers three course lunches for $24 and dinners for $35. Aquavit is located in midtown East 55th St. and offers contemporary Scandinavian cuisine. And they sell Kopparberg cider. I was happy our fabulous waiter Jarrett […]
BAR 13 UNION SQUARE
I met up with a Finnish friend of mine after work on Thursday for a dress hunt. She has a wedding to attend to on Sunday and no proper dress. The right dress was found at Esprit that actually had 30% of all dresses. I fell in love with so many items there. We also […]
DRINKS IN THE CITY
The other night we took a visitor from Finland to the revolving rooftop restaurant/bar View on top of the Marriott Marquis hotel. I’ve done dinner here once with my family and was not happy with anything. Food was mediocre, service way below the bar and prices very high. So I knew I probably shouldn’t come […]