Tour del Gelato – Ciao Bella on Mott Street in Manhattan

October 17, 2008

In late September, I finally made it back to a Ciao Bella with a camera so I could profile it on Tour del Gelato. Be sure to check out Ms. Adventures in Italy, home of the Tour del Gelato and a great blog on food and travel. I visited the Ciao Bella on Mott Street, […]

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il Laboratorio del Gelato, An Update

October 16, 2008

One of my favorite Whole Foods store in Manhattan is the Lower East Side Bowery Whole Foods. Once I get past my confusion of a Whole Foods being there (let’s just say I remember a time when the Bowery was not somewhere you’d expect a Whole Foods), I get really happy about that Whole Foods. […]

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Blog Action Day 08

October 16, 2008

I made it to DC, and hopefully my stuff will too — I will find that out tomorrow. I just wanted to get a post in for Blog Action Day 08, even though I am doing this in the final hour of October 2008. I wanted to highlight Dress for Success, an organization that promotes […]

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Gone Moving, Back on Thursday

October 11, 2008

I’m moving. From New York City to Washington, DC. I was hoping to continue posting while I was in the process of moving but I cancelled my internet last week and have not been able to get on blogger via blackberry easily. I’ll be back on here as of Thursday. I still have tons of […]

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Cupcake Updates

October 9, 2008

I have a theory that macarons are going to be the next craze in New York when the cupcake craze ends. So I started to research more on that, but ended up finding the next two very cool cupcake updates. Magnolia Bakery is opening a Midtown outpost according to dessert bloggers Blondie and Brownie. And […]

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Parmesan Infused Butternut Squash Soup

October 9, 2008

Welcome back to What’s Cooking Wednesday. Be sure to check out Tales of the Fairy Blogmother, home of What’s Cooking Wednesday. There are lots of interesting recipes every week!In an attempt to empty out the freezer, I decided to try something new. I had heard of using cheese rind to flavor soup, but never actually […]

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Indie Spotlight on Joyce Bakeshop

October 7, 2008

Joyce Bakeshop is actually also a coffeeshop with ample seating, and it’s become my favorite coffeeshop in Prospect Heights. The coffee (supplied by Brooklyn’s Gorilla Coffee, one of the preferred coffee roasters in New York) and teas are really good, as are all the baked goods. The atmosphere at Joyce Bakeshop is relaxing and warm […]

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Beauty Monday – Ricky’s NYC, A Unique Beauty Shop

October 7, 2008

Ricky’s calls itself a beauty shop, which is really the best description. You can find Burt’s Bees and Fekkai, but also Spanx tights and wigs and toothbrushes and who knows what else you might need to feel beautified. The prices are comparable to other drugstores, but the shopping experience is not. Ricky’s is much more […]

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Happy Sunday!

October 5, 2008

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I have a hectic week with limited blogger access coming up, so I am going to publish my Monday to Thursday posts today. Friday’s post will go up late Friday night most likely. I know I could just schedule publication of posts for every day this week, but […]

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Indie Spotlight on the Dessert Truck

October 4, 2008

Last night I was in Midtown and on my way home decided to hop off the 6 at Astor Place. You see, I had the Dessert Truck on my mind. I did think of stopping by Wafels and Dinges, which I wrote about last month. It’s in Union Square, so just one stop north of […]

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Cupcake Psychology

October 3, 2008

I like cupcakes — I remember standing in line at Magnolia Bakery more than 5 years ago because I wanted to know what the craze was about. They were good cupcakes, mind you, and I got the whole journey to childhood familiarity thing. Plus, it had been 3 years since Magnolia had been on Sex […]

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What’s Cooking Wednesday — Parsley Pesto

October 2, 2008

So lately I have had pesto on the brain — I don’t know if it’s because of all the lovely basil I saw at the markets all summer, and still see a good amount of, or if it’s just because I find it easy to make and is good on more than just pasta. The […]

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Indie Spotlight — Blue Marble Redux

October 1, 2008

So after I tried the lovely original Blue Marble, I decided I *had* to hit the one that was closer (Blue Marble at 186 Underhill Avenue) to my apartment. I was also particularly curious how they share the space with NY City Explorers which is not food-related at all — it’s a childcare center. As […]

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Beauty Monday – Preparing your skin for winter

September 30, 2008

Happy Monday! I am cheating just a bit today — a year ago, I wrote this series on how to prepare your skin for winter. I included many paraben-free products in the series as well. So instead of rewriting everything I talked about last year, I encourage you to check out the series!

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Herb Smashed PotatOes

September 27, 2008

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, several awesome bloggers — aka Sara of Ms. Adventures in Italy, Jenn of The Leftover Queen and Michelle of Bleeding Espresso — are hosting an O Foods Contest to raise Ovarian Cancer Awareness. Michelle also wrote a great post on the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer. […]

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