70 Park Avenue Hotel, Murray Hill, Manhattan
70 Park Avenue Hotel doesn’t have as great of a view as the SoHo Grand, where I stayed last week, but who needs it with free high-speed wireless internet connections and 42” flat screen TVs with surround sound?
Hot Pot, Wu Liang Ye, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Masako, Jessica, Yvan :: Wu Liang Ye, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Name Bland, Wu Liang Ye, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Last month I read about hot pot on Jen‘s and Tien‘s sites. It seemed really interesting and afterward I became infatuated with trying it myself. Last night we got together at Wu Liang Ye and had hot pot. It was really fun. Basically you get a pot full of boiling broth and plates of raw meat, seafood, vegetables and noodles. You then take the meats and veggies and things and put them in the hot broth and it cooks. When it looks done you fish it out with a small mesh basket or with your chopsticks. We got 2 pots because we had 11 people and each of our pots were divided in half: one half was really hot (spicy) and one was more mild. The shrimp and scallops were my favorite. Afterwards we went to Junior’s for cheesecake.
See also:
» Sichuan Hot Pot by Tien
» Hot Pot by Dahlia
Tags:cheesecake·dahlia·hot pot·jeannette·jessica·juniors·masako·murray hill·New York·tien mao·wu liang ye·yvan
Scandinavia House, Murray Hill, Manhattan
After leaving Roosevelt Island Jeannette and Eleanor went to Trader Joe’s in Jersey (Yvan’s parents were in with their car). Masako, Tien and I went to one last openhousenewyork site, Scandinavia House. It celebrates the cultures and traditions of the five Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
In 2004 in Finland, The Snow Show is scheduled to take place. Artists and architects are gathering to build large-scale structures out of snow and ice. Here in New York at the Scandinavia House, the featured exhibit is a behind the scenes look at the artists and architects thoughts, plans and models for The Snow Show.
- Tien’s post on Scandinavia House
After leaving the Scandinavia House, we got some cheesesteaks at Carl’s which just opened up in Tien’s neighborhood.
Before we went in the Scandinavia House, we passed by a pet store and I snapped this photo of all of us and the little puppies in the window. Will this be my next Mirror Project entry?
Puppies in the Window, Upper East Side, Manhattan
Overall, I think that openhousenewyork was a success. One thing that was agreed upon is that the marketing isn’t where it should be. It seemed like the people that I know who are heavy internet users all knew about the event but people who were less nerdy.. even people who are online everyday.. had no idea. If they’re going to do this next year, I would suggest to the openhousenewyork committee more offline advertising. Of course, maybe they were trying to keep attendance on the low side for the first year. .. not that it wasn’t well attended, but it’s not like all of New York knew it was going on.
Tags:Animals·carls·denmark·finland·iceland·masako·murray hill·New York·norway·ohny·open house new york·pet store·puppy·scandinavia house·sweden·the snow show·tien·upper east side