Heading over the Williamsburg Bridge, have you noticed the colorful oval tiles, an art installation that covers the rafters on your way down towards Manhattan? It is one of my […]
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Posted inEat & Drink
DIM SUM STAR: YOU HAD ME AT TUNA TARTARE
At a recent Yummy Eats Dim Sum dinner with wine pairings by Wine By Design NYC, the food was the real super star. The food paparazzi were in full force and […]
Posted inCulture
Per-Oskar Leu At Triple Canopy
I have friends who live on Freeman Street, and I’ve been there for all manner of reasons in the past, but last weekend was the first time I ever ventured […]
Posted inCommunity
12 WEEKS LATER: CHIN-UP CENTRAL
I can do it! After 12 weeks of training for only a half an hour per week with Dishan, the fitness training guru at Human@Ease, I can do, not only […]
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THE MYSTERIOUS MOTI: GOOD YOGA DINNER
I thought I’d dropped the ball. For a while Good Yoga was serving vegetarian dinners, but when I inquired, chef Moti was gone. Moti! Where are you? Then I got […]
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NERDING OUT: BARLEY WINE AT BROUWERIJ LANE
Greenpoint’s favorite beer store had a barley wine tasting. What a perfectly snowy weekend to drink strong beer by a wood burning stove. Learning and drinking are two activities I […]
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COCKTAILS AND CEVICHE ACTION: CALYER
Calyer, one of Greenpoint’s newest and most exciting restaurants, invited Greenpointers over for dinner. It was a cold and rainy evening, which meant taxi service, which meant I could wear […]
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HOTEL WILLIAMSBURG: GET YOUR SWANK ON!
Swanky and chic are words that aren’t in my vocabulary. It’s probably why I moved to Greenpoint. On November 1st, the Hotel Williamsburg (not to be confused with the Greenpoint […]
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BREAKFAST AT EAT
We knew we wanted healthy, but did we want want savory or sweet for breakfast? Oh, our first world problems! EAT is now serving breakfast, so Jon and I moseyed on […]
Posted inServices
SOHO FACIAL IN GREENPOINT: FRECKLE
This facial could not have come at a better time. My skin and brain were feeling stressed. A facial seemed like a good idea, but a facial on Nassau Avenue? […]