AUCKLAND DAY 2 Last evening we had a very early bite to eat at the Occidental Belgian Beer Café, a rustic dark wood place with a long bar and lots of low and high tables. The menu had many options for mussels (green-lipped ones very popular here) with a variety of sauces, and of course, …
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West Village: Eating Ethnically
ETHNIC EATS. We like to eat and we like variety. We’ve returned to some of our favorite dining spots, but have also been on a quest to try new places. Here’s a round-up of some recent meals in the West Village. Bon appetit! Nisi On Bleecker Street, Nisi’s front window has a view of an …
Manhattan Musings
MANHATTAN MUSINGS. It’s been a week for rainy weather, TV, a fine film, and re-visiting some favorite West Village restaurants. After what seems like months of no rain in Florida, we are getting re-acquainted with the wet. Toting umbrellas and slogging through the puddles, we endured or enjoyed, depending on your perspective, two solid …
Tidy Tidbits: Viewing and Vittles
We attended a fun concert of Cole Porter songs, explored new dining options locally, and I’ve been sampling a number of different television series. MOTHER’S DAY FUN We four were sans our mothers, but we enjoyed very much the Hot ‘n’ Cole concert at the Sarasota Opera House that afternoon. Featuring six undergraduate musical theater …
