Eat & Drink

So good friends came up from D.C. this past weekend and I had a really good time. This was the first time I actually felt like a New York resident. Okay, so let's get down to it, where'd we eat...haha.

Although we didn't hit all the places I wanted, we ate some good grub. Had a horribly long wait at Lombardi's (30 min to be seated and another 30 for the pizza), satisfied our hunger with Pinkberry in the meantime, but overall worth the wait. Did I get a picture of our pizza? Nope. Since we were starving and inhaled our pizza. It was gone by the time I remembered to take a picture. I heard their clam pie was good but we had Italian sausage and spinach which was yum. The tomato sauce was light, real mozzarella, thin crispy crust, a bite of goodness.

Caffe Reggio, home of the original cappuccino, was an old world delight. A bit tight as 3 of us waited to be seated in the nearly packed house. Dim lighting, enormous paintings, I felt like I was in the Medici home in Firenze. The cappuccino with whipped cream was the perfect answer to Saturday night's cold and windy night. The tiramisu and Viennese cannoli complemented very well.

Saturday night it was off to Perch Cafe in Brooklyn where we saw K's friend's band, Barnyard Brothers, which was fun. Bluesy, folksy music including a banjo!

Sunday included a brunch stop to Ess-a-Bagel, thank goodness for K's blackberry because I couldn't find it. Egg and cheese bagel sandwich, cinnamon bagel with chocolate chip cream cheese and lox spread on everything bagel was goooood. After stopping by Grand Central Station, Times Square, and Herald Square, a red velvet cupcake from Buttercup Bake Shop hit the spot as we walked back, which we apparently finished in 10.8 seconds.