Dinner at Marlow and Sons, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY. Marlow and Sons was a true gem hidden out in Brooklyn. Each day they write a brand new menu on a chalkboard (for all to see), and on a piece of receipt paper (for all to hold), based on fresh ingredients that they gather from the local farmers markets. Everything we tried was fresh and delicious. salad, homemade pasta, sea bass.
Market style corn on the cob, chile rellenos and pozole rojo at La Palapa Cocina Mexicana. Everything was good here, but we talked about the corn on the cob for like two weeks after eating it. It was THAT good. We made it twice last week for dinner. The corn was grilled and covered in lime, mayo, chile piquín and queso cotija and served with extra limes on the side. I highly recommend it.
Cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery. Andy Samberg endorses these cupcakes. Luckily, I know a girl who makes a mean replica of this frosting in Seattle, so I don't have to travel to NYC for my next buttercream covered treat. You can find the frosting recipe here.
Coffee at Ninth Street Espresso in the Chelsea Market. coffee in the big city comes in tiny cups. someone liked the "moose" on Dan's shirt. thank you. compliment accepted.
And for some non-eats photos and enjoyable times:
hangin' in the subway. and people watching. lots of people watching.
Eating lots of food in Chinatown. Riding the escalator on the eve of our engagement, after being given the pleasure of viewing a 300+ person wedding that occurred in the Chinese restaurant's dining room. it was a hilarious experience. made me wish all Chinese restaurants had weddings and escalators. Oh yeah, and our waiter told us we ordered too much food, and then refused to bring us rice as a result of our gluttonous order.
"I’m just a small town girl who moved to the big city with big dreams… just to find out, the only way to make it in the big city… is to shake it. And that’s what I do — at the Coyote Ugly." Yeah, we went there. Not as cool as you may think, and they weren't pouring shots directly into people's mouths like in the movie.
While shopping I came across an underwear brand named after my brother and dad, Todd and Terry. Those sailors sure look like they're having fun dancing.
the Friends apartment building. not really because it wasn't filmed there, it was filmed in L.A., but something was based off of this. so it's cool. trust me.
In summary,I could spend one million more days in New York and still find tons more places to explore and delicious meals to eat and that is why we need to plan another trip back :).
