I had a truly lovely Valentine’s Day. As you all know, I love chain restaurants and have long thought that my favorite was the Olive Garden, in spite of having only been once before and of being served a wilted salad. But those pastas! All those pastas! And their cream sauces! And unlimited breadsticks! Isn’t [...]
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In the Olive Garden of good and evil.
Posted in Boyfriend, Joy, New York, Restaurants, TV, tagged Chris, Olive Garden, Valentine's Day on February 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
High school musical.
Posted in Family, Friends, High School, Joy, Music, New York, Restaurants, Walla Walla, tagged burnt ends, Nate, Stepanian on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night, my brother and I went to see my high school friend Michael’s band, Stepanian, play at the Bitter End in Manhattan. Actually, the band’s bassist and I have been friends since we were babies; we used to carpool to preschool, and I have very distinct memories of climbing the stairs to his second-floor [...]
A stab in the dark.
Posted in College, Eats, Friends, Restaurants, tagged Amherst, Bertucci's, bread, frat party, Julie on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There was a stabbing over the weekend at a party in my sophomore-year dorm. I never understood why UMass students would come all the way to Amherst for a party (unless they were invited, that is). I would imagine UMass threw many more — and better — parties than we did. And it’s kind of [...]
For the benefit of Mr. K’s.
Posted in Boyfriend, New York, Restaurants, tagged Chris, dessert, Restaurant Week on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Tuesday last week, for our third and final Restaurant Week experience (Chris had one more on Friday for lunch), we headed up to Mr.K’s. As anticipated, this was no No. 1 Chinese, but as RW experiences go, it was not a standout, either. The restaurant was about as comfy and grand as they get, [...]
And a cherry on top.
Posted in Boyfriend, Cooking, Eats, New York, Restaurants, tagged bread, Chris, Restaurant Week, Robert DeNiro on January 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So there was no ice-skating, but we did have a marvelous meal today at Bobby D’s Tribecca Grill for Restaurant Week. I had pumpkin soup, spinach ravioli and chocolate cheesecake. Chris had veal terrine, short ribs and pecan tart. It was all so delicious, and the bread basket was the best bread basket I’d ever [...]
