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Another Friday, another reset, and another restaurant that looked way too good on my feed to ignore. This time it was Estelle’s NYC, and before anyone gets confused, this is Estelle’s with two L’s in the Meatpacking District, not the other one downtown. Yes, I’m convinced the naming overlap is intentional… and yes, someone has…
Lately, my feed has been flooded with clips of people raving about Danny’s NYC, so with a free weekend and a social battery running on fumes after three straight weeks of birthday parties, I decided to treat myself to a quiet solo meal. Of course, “quiet” rarely happens in NYC, but I figured a bar…
Yankee season is deep into the playoff push, and while everyone’s losing their minds over wild card tickets, I’m sitting back and watching the prices hit home-run levels. Section 123? $170 before fees. That’s not watching baseball, that’s financial cardio. Over the years, I found a better alternative: skip the stadium chaos and head to…
Every now and then, the stars align and Peaches makes it back to the East Coast. She’s one of those friends I don’t get to see nearly enough, so when she does roll through, it always turns into a proper feast. This time, we kicked things off at Minetta Tavern , a New York institution…
The last stop on my Fort Lauderdale tour this trip was Tap 42. I hadn’t been there in ages—pre-COVID, back when the all-you-can-drink brunch menu was still a thing. Back then it was fun, sometimes a little ratchet, but definitely memorable. This time around, it felt like they’d trimmed the excess. The good parts stayed…