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What Inspired Me: November 28

Diamond- Soothr
Chicken Khao Soi/ Crab Fried Rice Soothr
L’Adresse
Met- Greece- Gallery 152
Gallery 153
Gallery 153- Met
Gallery 773- Met- Della Robbia Vase with Daffodils Rhead/Myers
Marks off Madison- French Dip
Frick
Balloon Inflation
  • Julia is a fun documentary if you like food, celebrity chefs and Julia
  • Soothr is a Thai restaurant in the East Village, and the feeling is supposed to be one of home and comfort. It totally succeeds. My chicken khao soi was rich and textured and delicious. The cocktails are all named after jewels, and they give the story, but I was so busy looking at all the plates around me that I kinda sorta forgot.
  • French toast filled with marscapone and apples and some candied bacon on the side and yum…
  • Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway was cute. Cute means wonderful for someone under ten. Which means…don’t bother.
  • I admit that I am normally drawn to the same works of art or antiquities that everyone else is. There are things just universally beautiful or interesting. but occasionally I stumble on something like the shepherd, and its dedication to Pan
  • Gallery 153 at the Met is just a beautifully orchestrated room. It’s one of the galleries that brings me peace. Would be nice if no one else knew about it thought…
  • Gifts From the Fire: American Ceramics from the Collection of Martin Eidelberg Gallery 773 closing 10/16/22
  • I saw Eternals (newest Marvel) in the theater. You will be eternally grateful that I told you to pass this one by.
  • Marks off Madison is by husband’s new favorite neighborhood place. As seen by my delicious French dip sandwich (FYI- that’s a half, and I couldn’t finish that. Portions not only yum, also huge)
  • The Frick has a temporary home on Madison Avenue. They don’t allow you to take pictures, but they did have a postcard of my favorite painting in the collection.
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Inflation. What the balloons look like mid inflation. And How do you not love Baby Yoda!!! And Snoopy!

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What Inspired Me: October 10

  • Yellow Rose
  • American Airlines Theater
  • Gallery 133 – Met Museum
  • Surrealism Beyond Borders- Met
  • Met
  • Met
  • Met
  • Met
  • Met
  • Met
  • Met
  • Met
  • Single Happy at Happiest Hour
  • Bill Cunningham
  • Bill Cunningham
  • Wavertree
  • Wavertree
  • Wavertree
  • Funny Face Bakery
  • Union Square
  • BBG
  • Bronson’s Burger- Cheeseburger Hash Browns
  • We did another city walk this week- The location was the East Village. I love the East Village. I am often in the East Village. The problem with this is that I’ve already seen the majority of things included in this walk, and I know many of the historic facts about this neighborhood. That being said, it was a beautiful sunny day to walk the neighborhood with Betty, and remind myself of the musical associations of this neighborhood…
  • Yellow Rose bills itself as a Texas Restaurant. I can’t validate the authenticity, but I had a delicious Migos Taco and the best buttermilk glazed donut.
  • I was in a Broadway Theater this week! First Time since March the year that shall not be named…Ten minutes after I took a picture of the stage, the great John Lithgow came out and read poems from his new book. And a few hours from now, I will be seeing my first Broadway performance since March 2020…
  • The new exhibit at the Met is Surrealism Beyond Borders. After viewing this exhibit, I have decided that I don’t really care for surrealism. I thought it was funny that the pieces that I was drawn to were, for the most part, works of famous artists. The other thing that intrigued me about the exhibit was how many verbal descriptions lined the walls. It made me wonder if you need to give a lot of background to a work, is it really that good? I can’t help but think of the writing maxim- show don’t tell. I’m going to overthink this a bit and probably blog about it in the future.
  • We are about to begin a burger list- we started at Happiest Hour, which is really a bar with wonderful cocktails, a charming and wonderful bouncer, and a pretty awesome cheeseburger. I got the single, but they also have a double. Imagine a Big Mac but oh so much tastier. The tater tots were pretty good too!
  • Bill Cunningham was an iconic photographer for the NY Times (I don’t really read the Times for the news- I read it for culture and style) He used to ride around and snap pictures of things that caught his eye- mainly stylish people. My fashionista friends used to worry that the day they were in sweats and a pony tail would be the day that they saw Bill cycle by…He had been one of my favorite parts of NYT. However, this poor excuse for an exhibit does not do the memory of Bill Cunningham any good- its awful…
  • To get the awful taste of the awful exhibit out of my palate, I needed to go to Funny Face Bakery- OK- I didn’t get a cookie but I did enjoy looking at the beautiful creations
  • The Wavertree is offering free tours- it was a cargo ship used in the late 1800’s. Fun to see, and did I say free?
  • Cheeseburger Hash Browns are a thing- and they’re delicious…
  • The Rescue is a documentary about the rescue mission of the Thai soccer team caught in a cave- just such an amazing story
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What Inspired Me: September 26

  • Flipsigi- Dan Dan Noodles and DK Burger
  • Banksy
  • Banksy
  • Banksy
  • Banksy
  • Banksy
  • Banksy
  • Little Italy
  • Rice Ball stuffed with meat- San Gennaro
  • Met- Gallery 129
  • Met- Gallery 130
  • Would you pay 259 cows for this?
  • Would you pay 1/12 of a cow for this?
  • BBG
  • Penny
  • Betty
  • Pizza at Joe&Pat’s- solid pizza
  • As seen in front of Friends Experience
  • Pershing Square
  • Brooklyn Museum
  • 14th St subway Station
  • Banksy exhibit was quite interesting. It’s unauthorized, so I didn’t expect anything to disappear before my eyes, yet I was still sort of hoping… Banksy was the author of the quote in Friday’s blog. It’s not his art per se that is important- it’s his reasoning behind what he chooses to do…
  • Flip Sigi is Philippino fast food- and it’s delicious. The burger has a Longanisa sausage patty on it. Don’t know what it is, but it’s delicious…two words: banana ketchup
  • It was fun to go back to San Gennaro. Our goal is always to find something new at one of the stands- this year a huge, meat filled rice ball. We were not there for the parade or cannoli eating contest.
  • The Relative Value: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance exhibit at the Met is interesting because they explain how things were valued- namely by how many cows it would take to purchase something.
  • I’d never seen Breathless before. Should see for anyone who is interested in film…however….if this was an American classic we would be condemning it as opposed to genuflecting before it. If you are easily offended by sexist behavior, probably not for you to watch…
  • We have completed the Thrillist List of best Pizza- My clear winner is Zazzy’s Pizza. Clearly one of best slices of pizza in NYC- if you ever visit and want a traditional NYC slice- this place should be on your list
  • Dior exhibit amazing!!

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Highlights of the Week that Was: April 4

We had Betty’s half birthday this week. She got some dog bakery bones
What I saw in the theater
This is Georgian food from Chito Gvrito in the Gramercy area of NYC. First off- food delicious!!! We had Khachapuri (stuffed bread) Khinkali (meat dumplings) and Ojakhuri (pork and potatos)
My daughter and I had breakfast at Sunday-Sunday and we forgot to take pics. But the food and coffees were awesome
Gallery Hopping on Orchard Street- Giving a big shout out to the Owners of McKenzie Fine Art and Thomas Nickles Project. The owners of both these galleries took the time to talk to my daughter about the art and artists they represent. Wonderful experience.
Goodnight Moon was my daughters favorite book when she was young. When we read that Fort Maker’s, a gallery on Orchard St. in the Lower East Side had done a room display, we knew we had to see it. Love…
As seen on the streets of NYC- note- the crowd shot- I was doing that for my Insta challenge and it wasn’t until I got home that I noticed the RBG mural in the background…
Faicco’s Italian Butcher has been around forever- and they make some of the best Italian sandwiches around. After my Husband and I went to the movies yesterday, we grabbed some to take home. We have the Italian (with roasted peppers) and the Chicken Parm
New York Botanic Garden (Bronx)
This was Washington Square Part (Village) yesterday. Hundreds of people- New Yorkers have decided that we are open for business-
Here’s the questions I posed this week, and the answers.