The Flatbush Farm, that is. Going to this Brooklyn joint for brunch is every bit as good as going to their Web site to read a clever restaurant manifesto. Or maybe the other way around. Or, whatever. All I know is that their buckwheat pancakes (with season fruit) are AMAZING!
Here you go: Flatbush Farm!
Archive for June, 2008
on the farm
Posted in brunch, dining on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
cricket in the bronx
Posted in The Bronx, parks on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had my first adventure in Van Cortlandt Park this past weekend, playing cricket on the parade ground and scrambling up a giant rock to gaze at views of the city. This is one vast, rambling, beauty of a park. In The Bronx! The wonders never cease here in the big city.
Here you go: Van [...]
a forest grows in brooklyn
Posted in parks, tagged Brooklyn, prospect park on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Before I moved to this city, Central Park dominated my imagination about parks in New York. Now that I live a 20 minute walk from Prospect Park, all that has changed. To me, Prospect Park is so much the heart of this borough and I look forward to getting lost in its 585 acres of [...]
orange. sour cream. donuts.
Posted in West Village, brunch, dining, tagged dining, donuts, good, good restaurant, manhattan on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, you read that right: hand rolled orange sour cream donuts.
I rest my case.
Here you go: Good!
last of the manhattan movie palaces
Posted in entertainment, film, tagged film, manhattan, theatre on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really do mean it when I say that the Ziegfeld Theatre is a palace: over 800 seats with a balcony that seats 300 more, plush red upholstery, outrageous chandeliers, and a giant-sized screen. This is the type of luxury that we really only dream of in our airport-sized multiplexes. I feel ashamed that it’s [...]
