The next new thing in LA is not a holiday movie or second season TV show. It’s frozen yogurt that’s so good, it’s “the taste that launched 1,000 parking tickets.” Pinkberry is blooming with one locale in New York and five in Los Angeles with just two flavors: green tea (not so popular) and plain…
On a recent TV program, I jealously watched a man who rented an entire Parisienne restaurant for his girlfriend, then proposed to her while they ogled at the Eiffle Tower through the window. If you’d like to enjoy that same kind of empowerment, you can reserve a space at Bungalow 8 in New York City,…
My wife and three of her girlfriends from California are in New York City today for the 2006 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Tomorrow, they’ll begin their 26-mile walk — 13 per day on Saturday and Sunday. Each of them has raised over $1,800 to fight cancer and fight a cure in their lifetimes. In…
Just got an email from Site59.com featuring last-minute weekend getaways with savings of up to 70% on wine stomping activities from the US to Europe. Deals that you can customize from your home city include: • Maui; • California; • New York; • Paris (France, not TX); • Texas (San Antonio, not Paris), and more….
Want to read one more chocolate story today? Max Brenner is an Isreali chocolatier, entrepreneur, and founder of a global chain of restaurants and boutiques. His mission? To create a “new chocolate culture.” His goal? To take the fantasy and emotion of chocolate, then translate it into a complete experience. His result? The first US…
I just returned from the Finger Lakes Wine Festival in Watkins Glen, New York, one of the mega events for New York’s fastest growing wine region. After hours of sipping and swirling, I finally had some time to make sense of the formation of an emerging culture: the Wal-marting of wine. For this annual festival…
Rochester, New York’s third biggest city, is known for a number of things: bitter winters, Eastman Kodak, white hot dogs (I call them albino dogs), garbage plates (more on that in a later posting), and summer festivals including the Clothesline Festival. But the city is also known for its many nearby farms. Just a 20-minute…
I’ve been to chocolate, fondue, burrito and noodle restaurants. But here’s one that only offers all types of macaroni and cheese, served in skillets based on how hungry you are. At S’MAC (Sarita’s Macaroni & Cheese) in the East Village, you can get a small skillet (nosh), a medium (major munch) or a humungous one…
It’s been said that the devil is in the details. So if you want to see the devil personified, get to an air conditioned movie theatre to enjoy the detailed, nuanced performance by the great Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada.” Based on the best seller by Lauren Weisberger, the film portrays the “The…
Want to hit the trendiest new restaurant in town? Can’t get reservations? In a recent issue of Allure Magazine, David Lunch, the General Manager of Mario Batali’s Babbo Restaurant in New York shares these tips: • Don’t be choosy. Everybody wants a prime reservation on Saturday night. Instead, try picking an off-night, like a Tuesday….
Business Week said it best, “Concorde may be dead, but luxury travel across the Atlantic is alive and well with the advent of Eos Airlines.” The magazine goes on to applaud its “business class services with a five-star hotel twist for passengers flying from New York’s JFK airport to London’s Stansted.â€? You’d expect to pay…
Tucked away on tiny Cornelia Street in New York City’s West Village, Home Restaurant has the feel of a cozy homey dining room, thus its name. Last Thursday I wandered in, chatted with Larry the general manager who showed me the fast-growing New York wines that the restaurant is serving: including a vast collection from…