I can honestly say I had never been floored by a piece of pasta. Whether it be at a restaurant or made at home, I just saw it as a vehicle to carry sauce. This all changed with the second course.

The Nutella heart shaped pie displayed so lusciously in the window lured us in like Lindsay’s lured a chilled shot of Bartons.

My favorite month of the year, just got little better.
Some angel of a person on Etsy has chosen the two things I love the most. Chocolate Guinness Cupcake, with Jameson Buttercream Filling & Bailey’s Ganache. For $32 I can get 12 cupcakes that won’t make me blackout! Or fight with strangers! Or sleep with unassuming [...]

Smalls Jazz Club, the legendary Greenwich Village jazz spot, has teamed up with Brasserie Ruhlmann at Rockefeller Center for a series of Thursday evening concerts featuring some of New York’s top guitarists. For eight weeks, starting February 4th, Brasserie Ruhlmann will be an uptown outpost for one of the liveliest jazz clubs in New York. [...]

Not that you really needed them, but this city is just a short trip to the north of NYC but feels like a world away.  So here are my top 10 reasons to check out Toronto, in no particular order.
1. The CN Tower. At 181 stories, getting to the top of this space-needle-on-speed feels like [...]

The holidays, well really …. and days, are super appropriate for drinking whiskey. If you’re a hardcore fan, you’re already familiar with Gentleman Jack – the RARE whiskey . If not? Here’s your introduction. As long as you’re not ‘that guy’ at the holiday party doing to macarena with a lampshade on their head [...]

Coming from New York and being a world traveler, I’m a little jaded when it comes to a good meal.  I’ve eaten the best meat, the freshest seafood, hand-crafted pastas, world-class chocolates, and delicate truffles.  Surprising me at this point is hard to do.  I certainly wasn’t expecting to find one of the best meals [...]

Trattoria Cinque, 363 Greenwich St, NYC, is hosting a 5 course dinner paired with 5 Italian sparklers on Saturday, December 5th, from 4pm-7pm for $55.  Guests may try the suggested pairing, listed below, or create their own pairing.  The bubbly doesn’t stop until the restaurant runs out!
How to Sparkle Before the Party
Saturday, December 5
4-7pm

5 Courses [...]

Last week Steph and I made our way to Emporio in SoHo, a recently opened restaurant brought to us by the creators of Aurora, one of our favorite places to eat in Williamsburg. As soon as we walked in the door my attention was immediately diverted to the slicer behind the bar, the distinct manual [...]

Living all the way downtown has some great perks: access to fun people, a quaint neighborhood feeling, and some especially old buildings.  However, when it comes to finding a great French restaurant down here, it’s slim pickins’.  Recently I re-discovered my old stomping grounds (the Upper East Side) in an effort to find some delish [...]