While in Queens, I had the chance to visit the Museum of Moving Image where they have a Jim Henson exhibit. I realized I had also never reported on the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta who also has a Jim Henson exhibit. So I compiled all my photos and footage and made this video. [...]
I thought I would share our experience seeing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. It turned out to be pretty awesome. And while I can't say this is how it goes all the time, maybe you can glean some information from how things went for me for any visits you might want to [...]
One of the questions I've received the most since returning from New York City is, "where did you eat?!" Well, over the course of the week in New York City, Janay and I visited 22 eating establishments that aren't Starbucks. I struggled with how to document all of it in one massive blog post [...]
Tuesday Dinner Daniela's Trattoria Address: 728 Eighth Avenue New York NY 10036 Website: http://danielarestaurant.com/ Menu Items Ordered: Prix Fixe Dinner with Caesar salad, Lasagna and Cannoli Prix Fixe Dinner with Caesar salad, Chicken Parmesan and Tiramisu Mini-Review: I came to NYC almost three years ago for a work trip [...]
Tuesday Lunch Rupert Jee's Hello Deli Address: 213 West 53rd Street New York, New York 10019 Website: http://www.hello-deli.com Menu Items Ordered: The New Yorker Club (Corned Beef, Pastrami, Swiss) The Letterman Sandwich (Turkey, Ham and Cheese) Mini-Review: On Tuesday, we had tickets to see The Late Show with Stephen [...]
Tuesday Dessert Li-Lac Chocolates Address: Chelsea Market 75 9th Avenue (at 15th Street) New York, NY 10011 Website: https://www.li-lacchocolates.com Menu Items Ordered: Dark chocolate almond bark Dark chocolate peanut butter cup Espresso truffle Brandy truffle Mini-Review (by Janay): While at Chelsea Market we stopped at Li-Lac Chocolates. It claimed [...]
Monday Dinner Los Tacos No. 1 Address: Chelsea Market 75 9th Ave. New York, NY 10011 Website: https://www.lostacos1.com Menu Items Ordered: Carne Asada Pollo Asado Mini-Review: We got this as a recommendation from our financial planner. So in a way to validate the decision to run our major life [...]
Monday Lunch Cheese Grille Address: 188 Allen St. New York, NY Website: http://www.cheesegrille.com Menu Items Ordered: Ham & Cheese Mac & Cheese Fried Mac & Cheese Mini-Review: Before going on the trip, I started doing research on restaurants I wanted to check out while in NYC. One of the [...]
Monday Breakfast Zucker's Bagels and Smoked Fish Address: 370 Lexington Avenue New York NY 10017 Website: http://www.zuckersbagels.com Menu Items Ordered: Eastern Nova Scotia Salmon Sandwich on onion bagel Everything bagel with veggie cream cheese Mini-Review: It was Monday and we still hadn't had bagels. Our plans to grab bagels [...]
Sunday Dinner, part 2 Serendipity 3 Address: 225 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022 Website: http://serendipity3.com Menu Items Ordered: The Ultimate Potato Skins Frrrozen Hot Chocolate Mini-Review: While in the area of Manhattan we were already in, we decided to try out this frozen hot chocolate thing that [...]