The Butcher's Daughter

The line to get into Katz's Deli was snaking round the block. Russ & Daughters had a 2 hour wait. We couldn't get through the front door of the Egg Shop. Day 1 as tour guide for...

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Bar Boulud

The night before Christmas Eve, we made our way through the pouring rain to admire the magical spinning, sparkles and snowflakes that filled the stage in New York City Ballet's...

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5 Things & 3 More

5 happy things from a challenging week: 1. Running with friends 2. B's Mexican Lasagna invention 3. Our advent calendar finally arrived (thank you maman!) 4. Fairy lights...

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Easy Peasy Mince Pies

Despite the American love and obsession with pies, which range from wobbly pumpkin, to comforting apple, lattice-topped, crumble-topped, or bare and open, the British Christmas...

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5 Things & 3 More

5 happy moments from this week: 1. The lines of Christmas trees on Park Avenue. 2. Fancy drinks with friends old & new. 3. Fabulous pizza at Bruno. 4. Christmas music...

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Bushwick Wanderings

We spent the better part of a rainy day strolling the streets of Bushwick, snapping away at all the art plastered to each and every wall, fueled by Roberta's pizza and topping...

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5 Things & 3 More

5 happy moments from this week: 1. Eating all the Honey & Co chocolate and pistachio cookies I baked at the weekend. 2. Getting rid of my cough. 3. B's spontaneous date night. 4. Finally, finally making it to a yoga class.  5. That moment when the rain finally stopped. 3 things to read this weekend: 1. One day I will live in a French château and we'll have an olive harvest lunch...

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Fine & Raw Chocolate Factory

After lunching at Roberta's pizza I'd already been convinced that Bushwick was my new favourite New York 'hood. After devouring so many irresistible slices of pizza pie we walked...

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Roberta's Pizza

There is no question that Roberta's pizza is the definition of a hipster haven. Drawing hungry people from far and wide to the definitely-still-up-and-coming neighbourhood of...

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5 Things & 3 More

5 happy things from Thanksgiving week: 1. Wednesday night ice-cream at Ample Hills. We had a mountain of ice-cream. It was amazing. 2. A Thanksgiving feast. 3. Commuting...

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Pure Thai Cookhouse

Last Friday evening we made our Broadway début. Before we took our seats to watch Keira, coincidentally, also make her Broadway début, playing the lead role in the bleakly intense...

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5 Things & No More

It's been a week that was filled with work. And then also a cold. And lots of headaches. But there have been some happy moments amongst the stress: 1. Board games with B. 2. Ricola cough sweets. 3. Late afternoon hot apple juice. 4. Kamel's matcha baccio. 5. Making Christmas plans. There hasn't been any time for reading this week, apart from keeping up with the tragic Paris news. I promise...

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Mid-November at Prospect Park Farmers' Market

My freedom of being unemployed was rather abruptly snatched away from me 2 weeks ago. I turned up on a Wednesday afternoon for an interview, and I have been in the office ever...

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