I love opentable to make dinner reservations - love that their is a comment field for special requests etc. Now i love opentable even more because they have gone mobile. Now make dinner rezzies right on your blackberry -- multi-tasking has never been easier!
July 13, 2008
January 14, 2008
BYO in style...
Some of my favorite restaurants in NYC are BYO. I also love taking a bottle of wine and some cheese down to the beach. I love to cocktail, obviously.
My friend Nicole gave me the CHICEST BYOB carrier and i can NOT wait to use it.
"Uptown? Downtown? A picnic in the park? The versatile Quiver brings style wherever you go.
Detach the shoulder strap and keep your bottles chilled and handy in the perfect cosy. The Quiver is made of elegant bi-color 3/16” (5mm) thick merino felt and vegetable tanned leather details. The side belts are adjustable to snugly fit standard through Champagne bottle sizes. Side belts can also be fully released for flat storage.
The Quiver features elegant, two-tone felt with charcoal grey outside and ash grey inside. Not suitable for split and half bottles."
click here for more info
December 01, 2007
November 14, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving, New Yorkers!
Gridskipper.com ranked the top 10 places in NYC to get your thanksgiving dinner to-go if youre not up for cooking this year. Does anyone cook in NYC?
To view the full article click here -- Happy Thanksgiving!
November 02, 2007
Great NYC restaurant delivery service...
SeamlessWeb is SUCH a great service for any new yorker who likes to eat in. Their are literally thousands of restaurants on this site that will deliver.....
SeamlessWeb - Eating has never been so easy!
September 14, 2007
Best full service caterer/event designer in NYC (Hamptons and Miami, too)...
Shiraz is amazing for any occasion. Dinner party? birthday gala? corporate event? no problem and no worries. Shiraz is the best....
inquire for pricing
September 02, 2007
Another restaurant reservation resource in NYC...
Thanks to the fabulous Kristen Holstein for letting me know about yet another dinner reservation site for hard-to-find rezzies in NYC and the Hamptons....
Table Exchange, your table is ready...
August 26, 2007
An oldie but goodie...
My friend Helen re-introduced me to Zagats. Yes, Zagats.
I used to be extremely loyal to Zagats - having a Zagat guide was essential and vital to my life around NYC and LA as i seriously eat out like every night. But, then came citysearch, which i found to be more up to date and timely. But now that i know about Zagats online ill never do citysearch again. With things like on-line menus and 365 degree pictures of the restaurant im totally sold and back together with my old but good friend, Zagats!
$24.95 for full access for 1 year - all guides
www.zagat.com
August 08, 2007
Hangover helper...
We’ve always known it, but never actually were able to act on it; but now the opportunity exists! Oxygen has been long known to help alleviate conditions caused by alcohol consumption such as: headache, nausea, fatigue and general hangover symptoms. Breathing in supplements of oxygen or oxygen-enriched air helps the body quickly metabolize and dispose of the toxins consumed in the alcohol. It also helps replace the depleted oxygen used by the body in metabolizing the alcohol during consumption.
BetterThanAir’s HangOverAir is basically a can of oxygen-enriched air at 90% purity. The HangOverAir contains approximately 70-100 breaths of oxygen-enriched air. The unit comes complete with a cap/mask combination and the unit is a disposable/recyclable steel can.
HangOver air
$32
click to purchase: http://betterthanair.stores.yahoo.net/hangoverair.html
July 06, 2007
The perfect picnic in NYC...
I was having a drink last sunday with my friend Greg at Le Sing Vert when he said "it's so nice i wish we could go on a picnic" - So, where does one get a picnic basket made to order in NYC?
AVENUE
(212) 579-3194; 520 Columbus Avenue, at 85th Street
If
you like to picnic but don't have time to prepare the food, why not
have a restaurant do it for you? The chef, Scott Campbell, offers a
picnic lunch that can even include a Mason jar filled with his organic
baby food. Each picnic includes two sandwiches, three beverages,
cheddar cheese sticks and sweets.
CUCINA & COMPANY
(212) 868-2388; the Cellar at Macy's Herald Square, 151 West 34th Street
Cucina offers custom picnic baskets for two. The international basket has an assortment of charcuterie and cheese, bread, chocolates, fresh fruit and Badoit water. The New Yorker includes a hero sandwich, two side salads, pickles, soft drinks and cheesecake.
IT'S A WRAP
(212) 362-7922; 2012 Broadway, near 69th Street
If you plan to picnic in Central Park, you can use a cell phone to
order food from It's a Wrap. This may be the only restaurant that
delivers food into Central Park, and the food can be excellent. The
wraps are tasty and inviting and have just the right proportion of wet
and dry ingredients.
GOOD AND PLENTY TO GO
(212) 268-4385; 410 West 43rd Street
This little shop in the Manhattan Plaza complex offers some of the best
carryout in the city, with superb sandwiches, excellent entrees and
terrific salads. Boxed lunches are also available if ordered by noon a
day in advance.
MARK'S
(212) 879-1864; the Mark Hotel; 25 East 77th Street
Some
restaurants specialize in picnics. Mark's offers an insulated backpack
with a plastic picnic cloth, a wooden cutting board and a cheese knife,
as well as a corkscrew, a T-shirt and a disposable camera. For $135 you
get a meal for two: salads, sandwiches, desserts, cheese, fruits, nuts,
petits fours, potato chips and a half-bottle of wine.
PETROSSIAN BOUTIQUE AND CAFE
(212) 245-2217; 911 Seventh Avenue, near 58th Street
A
splurge, the Petrossian caviar picnic is $139. You get two 30-gram
containers of sevruga, 250 grams of smoked salmon, blinis, crème
fraîche, poached asparagus, minipastries and chocolates, with ice packs
in a reusable isothermic carrying case.
VINE
(212) 344-8463; 25 Broad Street, at Exchange Place
Vine has a market upstairs that offers picnic lunchboxes with names like Roman holiday, country picnic and the New Yorker. Each box has a sandwich, a salad or chips, dessert and a beverage.
Enjoy!
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