Merchants River House
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: my birthday month! I’ll be in Paris for my actual birthday (j’ai hâte de fêter ça!) so this weekend I got together […]
Sugar Factory
There’s truly nothing better than celebrating your friends’ milestones, especially when the celebration involves a fabulous brunch and crazy cocktails! And we had something huge to celebrate: Steph was matched […]
Jacob’s Pickles
Jacob’s Pickles has long been on my brunch bucket list, since everyone raves about it being one of the best brunches in NYC. I’m not exactly sure what took me […]
Drag Brunch at La Pulperia
New York City is all about brunch. We have every brunch you can possibly imagine, from jazz brunch to party brunches. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I was […]
Fiammé
Vicki, my number one blog fan, also recommend eating at Fiammé in nearby Naperville, Illinois while I was in town. So I got together with a few of my cousins […]
Benny’s Chop House
After drinking our bodyweight in tropical drinks, Jenny, Jason, Greg and I ventured into the daylight and over to Benny’s Chop House for dinner. I tried to get them to […]
Three Dots and a Dash
After Jenny planned such a fun day in Chicago for us, I’d follow her pretty much anywhere in the city. So when we next met up I again allowed her […]
Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company
Vicki works with my mom and dad and is one of my most dedicated blog readers. I always joke she’s my biggest fan, even more so than my parents! Vicki […]
Quality Eats
I know a New York City restaurant is good when I want to visit it multiple times. With so many restaurant choices in the city, I only go back to […]
La Sirena
The first time Greg and I went to La Sirena in Chelsea we liked it so much we knew we had to bring my mom there when she visited. We […]
Tao
My mom and I both love sushi, so while she was in NYC I also took her to Tao. It is hands down one of the coolest restaurants we’ve ever […]
Afternoon Tea at The Plaza
There’s nothing more quintessentially New York City than having afternoon tea at The Plaza Hotel, so when my mom was in town I had to take her there. Afternoon tea […]
Gnoccheria by Luzzo’s
My cousin Joe and his wife Corrie live in Austin, and when I was first interested in going to UT for college I flew down for a campus visit and […]
Tanner Smith’s
Sundays are for brunches, at least in New York City. Over the past few months I’ve gone to Tanner Smith’s twice for brunch, which is a significant amount of times […]
Burger & Lobster
For our Valentine’s Day celebration, Greg took me to the place where we had our first date, Burger & Lobster, in Midtown. While the original Burger & Lobster in London […]
Amalfi Coast
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s only fitting that today I’m posting on the most romantic place in Italy: the Amalfi Coast. After our day trip to Capri, Greg and I took […]
