Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Wednesday Tipple – Salty Dogs, Fleet Week and Other Nautical Musings

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Kate

It’s fleet week here in NYC, which means that enormous ships are floating along side Manhattan like pods on a space ship, and bars up and down the west side are filled with men in uniforms and the gals and … Continue reading →

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The Monday Treat – Extremely Fancy Red White and Blue Popsicles

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Kate

New York has changed me in ways that I could not have imagined. I now say “awesome” a lot more than I used to (never, in fact) and I have on more than one occasion said “super awesome!” without irony. … Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Maple Marinaded Steak Sandwiches, post playing games with girls

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Kate

I have a friend who lives in Brooklyn, works as a designer and collects vintage T-shirts. Like it or not, he’s what is known as a hipster, and he has the customized converse shoes to prove it. This friend took … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – Rhubarb Vodka, delayed gratification, and naming stars with physicists

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Kate

It’s interesting to talk to Jon’s physicist colleagues, who often have a very different spin on things that happen in life. “Nobody wants to do local galaxies anymore,” they say in passing at parties.

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The Monday Treat – Quick Pickled Rhubarb

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Kate

Of all the tiny triumphs and tragedies of growing things out on the balcony, the fact that the rhubarb sprouted then promptly died is probably the one I took the hardest. And with only a week or two tops left … Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Chocolate Souffle (or you could just buy her a diamond solitaire)

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Kate

The other Sunday I shopped for a diamond solitaire. Platinum, Tiffany-style band, at least a carat, perfect clarity and color. I looked into the heart of the stone through a tiny magnifying glass and saw it sparkling back up at … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Tipple – Criminal Intent, Karma, and Bourbon with Spiced Apple

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Kate

The thought of not being able to watch the Olympics on the BBC is making me consider turning to a life of download crime. Considering, mind, I’m not actually admitting to anything, just to be absolutely clear here.

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The Monday Treat – pot au chocolate, oreo crumbs, optional worms and a book party

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Kate

It was my friend Wendy’s best friend Mary’s YA book launch yesterday, so a crowd gathered at a Soho bookstore to drink wine, listen to her reading extracts from Wuftoom, and celebrate her fabulous achievement.

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Pizza with vodka sauce, and the upside of waiting for a table

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Kate

If you live in New York and you like to eat out, you will inevitably spend a lot of time hanging out outside restaurants with a whole bunch of other people who agree with you that an hour, an hour … Continue reading →

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The Wednesday Treat – Tom Collins, and a side of cupcakes

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Kate

Is there any way to eat a cupcake outside the context of a birthday party without feeling just a little bit Sex and the City?

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