I’ve been musing about the snow. Well, musing and whinging. So it was with great joy that I stumbled across the  City Bakery calendar of flavors for the 2011 Hot Chocolate Festival (their annual Feb event). Don’t think there’s enough varieties of hot chocolate to fill a whole month – even if it’s a short [...]

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I actually have a robust post ready to go but my holiday season “to do” list is kicking my butt so I give you this annotated link round up as an appetizer. Greater Gotham tells us about a new website that lets New Yorkers talk back to the State Senate – all well and good [...]

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Last night was a bit of a stroll down memory lane for me, food wise. I spent many years working in the Flatiron district – my first three jobs out of college and the internship I had my senior year all happened within the confines of that immediate neighborhood. During that time, I had more [...]

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Now and again – my blog’s collide. This is one of those times. Why? Because ladies and gentlemen, the finalists for this year’s Vendy Awards have been announced and as a proud New Yorker, I feel the need to check them out personally. What’s that? No, not Wendy’s. I said the Vendys. You must have [...]

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$5 for a single slice of pizza? not unless that slice buys me dinner first. (Straight Out of Brooklyn, the $5 Slice: NYT )

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