Antique Store, West Village, Manhattan

Blue Ribbon Bakery, West Village, Manhattan

Commerce Street from Bedford Street, West Village, Manhattan

House of William Hyde built in 1822, West Village, Manhattan
On the way to a performance by the Greenwich Village Orchestra (GVO) I walked up Bedford Street and took these photos. Bedford and the streets directly off it (Downing, Morton, [...]

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A perfectly balanced midwestern meal: meat, potatoes, vegetable & bread.

Last month Jason Kottke posted his family’s recipe for tator tot hotdish. Having also grown up in rural Wisconsin I’m very familiar with hotdish culture and with tator tot hotdish in particular. I can remember eating this as a kid frequently. It was fun.. the tator [...]

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I returned from brunch at the Cupping Room to find 3 people standing in my apartment hallway trying to make sense of the sign posted above our mailboxes. The sign reads (all grammar, spelling, & punctuation errors are that of the note’s author):
TO ALL THE “TENANTS”
PICK-UP YOUR MAIL AT THE “POST OFFICE. THE “MAIL MAN” [...]

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Saks 5th Avenue, Manhattan
This year Saks 5th Avenue has partnered up with VH1’s Save the Music Foundation to create a campaign called “Gifts That Give Back”. When someone purchases an exclusive designer gifts in this campaign, money will be given to the VH1 foundation which restores music programs across the country and reinforces the importance [...]

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I love going to Chinatown and picking out and trying new, exotic candies. Even better, sometimes, than actually eating the candy is exploring the packaging graphics and the awkward and sometimes mistranslated English.

… shining in colors of the cheeks of a snow-country child …

Please have a fun time with this strawberry gummy.

Shower Candy: Taste [...]

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