Sometimes making Month of Oysters work is more a game of logistics and timing than taste and aesthetics. Tuesday night I had an evening meeting so I had to work around the timing and location of that commitment. It was an engagement worth accommodating. One of my favorite authors, Richard Russo, asked for my help rounding up younger writers and…
Venue: Desnuda Location: 122 E. 7th St., East Village, Manhattan Phone: 212-254-3515 Website: http://desnudany.com/main.php Oyster happy hour: Sunday and Monday, $1 oysters all day. At their new location at 221 S. First St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, oyster happy hour is the same thing plus $1 oysters 6-8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. When I started researching oyster happy hours for this series, it seemed Desnuda turned up on everyone’s…
Venue: The Wayland Location: 700 E. 9th St. (corner of Avenue C), in the far East Village, also known as Alphabet City, Manhattan Phone: 212-777-7022 Website: http://thewaylandnyc.com/happy-hour-menu/ Oyster happy hour: Monday-Friday, 5-7 p.m. oysters are $1 East Coast of the chef’s choice, $4-5 beers, $6 wine, $7 cocktails, $5 oyster shooters One of the sad facts of life is that happy hours are more common during…
I have been wrestling with what to say on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. How can I write a blog about change and not address something that so transformed our country? What had me stumped was that beyond Sept. 11 having national and international implications, it profoundly changed my adopted hometown — but I wasn’t here 10 years ago.…
A few months ago I wrote a pair of posts reflecting on what I’ve learned in five years as a New Yorker: Five observations after five years in New York New York tourist tips gleaned in my five years in NYC But I have to give it up to Sarah Hepola for writing a piece with an almost identical theme — lessons…
Timed to Cirque du Soleil bringing its new show, Zarkana, to New York this summer, the New York Times offers up a lengthy profile of its creative force, who is described as a “very nice bulldozer.” With the caveat “analyzing his character is challenging since he has few close friends, and even his longtime associates say they hardly know him,”…
I moved to New York City from Ann Arbor five years ago this month. Earlier this week I shared a laundry list of tourist tips, in part because visiting friends often ask for “real” guidance beyond what they’d get in a guidebook. Today’s post is more about the experience of being a New Yorker — five reflections on being a…
Five years ago, I packed up and moved to Manhattan for my first post-MBA job. John followed about a month later, after managing a speedy sale of our house, thanks in part to our fortuitous timing before the real estate crash. I think five years is long enough to consider myself a real New Yorker. Obviously not a native, but…
John has an art show tonight in Brooklyn and I will beam like the proud wife I am seeing his paintings showcased by ContaminateNYC. But one of the things I love about New York is that even when you aren’t at a gallery, museum or other designated art event, you’re surrounded by art. Last Friday we were headed to an…
“No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.” ~ E.B. White I have loved that quote since I decided I simply had to live in New York. It feels like it’s simultaneously a challenge and a promise of great opportunity. So I loved stumbling onto this post on the blog “explore. dream.discover”…
I heart New York. John and I made a very intentional move to New York City more than four years ago and it’s amazing here. I look out my office window at the Empire State Building every day and sometimes still can’t believe this is my life. People from all around the world travel to vacation in our city. They…
I don’t know if I agree that it’s rare for New Yorkers to share special experiences, but I am totally on board with the idea that the shared oppression of triple-digit heat is bonding. It’s like we’re all in the foxhole together. A hot, sweaty, sticky foxhole. If you’re sweating like crazy, what’s something good to come from it? Is…
The Village Voice this week has a wonderful, sprawling piece on Woody Allen and his love of traditional jazz. Yes, the same Woody Allen, he of the artsy movies that define the neurotic New York archetype, also happens to have a standing weekly gig at the Carlyle. If you’re wondering if they’re any good, it might be worth noting that…
As you might recall, I’m newly obsessed with the idea of making my own pickles. I haven’t actually done it but I like to think I will so I’ve bought equipment and reading material, which is practically the same as doing it, right? By this same logic, taking my gym bag to the office equals a work out, by the…
