Diner en Blanc NYC 2022

Last night I attended Diner en Blanc NYC right on the Hudson River outside of Brookfield Place. This year marked the 10th anniversary of Diner en Blanc in NYC!

At Diner en Blanc, thousands of attendees dress up in white, head to toe, and gather together for a large dinner celebration. What is unique and fun about this event, aside from everything being in all white, is:

• you need to bring your own table, seats and picnic for dinner, however you can order a gourmet picnic basket

• the location is a secret until just a few hours before the event

• at the start of the event everyone waives their white napkins

Chef Todd English & I

The highlights of the night included delicious bites made by none other than Chef Todd English and featured champagne from Baron de Rothschild Champagne. I was lucky enough to had the opportunity to meet and chat with Todd in the media lounge, he was so down to earth and friendly!

Fun facts I learned about Todd English, despite using caviar for his high end clientele he is NOT a fan of caviar, but IS a fan of anchovies, in fact he likes to eat them straight!

Can’t wait to see where the Diner en Blanc will be held next year!

Cheers

Baron de Rothschild Champagne

Cousins Girl Day!

Today I took my younger cousin Jenna out for a girl day! Jenna just finished her freshman year of college and this was our first time to hang out in the city without her parents! (I guess they trust me!)

Here’s the perfect girls day guide, especially if you are under 21:

Brunch at Maman
Maman is a cute restaurant/bakery/cafe for brunch and pastries, I love the ambiance at the restaurant - it is cute, yet classy, but still casual at the same time. We shared a ratatouille hash, some pastries and both got iced elderberry matcha lattes!

Kayaking on the Hudson at Pier 96
The Manhattan Community Boathouse at Pier 96, located at 55th Street & West Side Highway offers free kayaking throughout the summer. You can book a timeslot in advanced or just walk up, which is what we did. When you get there, you sign a waiver, get a life vest, paddle, wait until it is your turn and you are good to go for 30 minutes. This was a lot of fun and I would highly recommend!

Intrepid Museum
Next we decided to visit the Intrepid Museum as it was just down the block from kayaking. The Intrepid is a Sea, Air, & Space Museum on an actual aircraft carrier, featuring a lot of historical war and space exhibits. It is a bit pricy to visit, but definitely worth checking if you are into war history and want to be aboard a battle ship!

$1 Pizza
Jenna had never had $1 pizza, so we had to stop for some authentic pizza at 2 Bros before she headed home!

I love spending time with my family, can’t wait for the next cousins girls day!

Milestone Birthday

Today is milestone birthday, so I decided to celebrate it all weekend and all month long!

Celebration 1 - Bermuda

I celebrated last weekend in Bermuda with my friend Diana, since I wanted to celebrate the actual day in NY with all my friends and family. We went for a quick weekend trip and explored the island. Bermuda is GORGEOUS and everyone is so nice and kind!

This photo was taken at Waterfront Lot at the Fairmont Southampton. The Waterfront Lot hosted a lot of celebrities and had AMAZING food!

Celebration 2 - Saturday Night

Dinner at Legacy Records

My friends and I went to small(ish) dinner at Legacy Records, owned by the masterminds of Please Don’t Tell and Charlie Bird. The food here was delicious, one of my favorites was the duck! Thankfully we had a big group so we were able to order a variety of dishes and share them family style.

Drinks at The Roxy

After dinner we headed downtown to The Roxy in Tribeca. Sarita (the GM) and her team were kind enough to hold 2 tables for me and my group to have some privacy, but not before catching some of the live music first! The Roxy is a great little spot and ALL of my friends loved the venue. I had a great time and felt so loved that day with almost 20 people coming out!

Celebration 3 - Sunday Brunch

I had brunch with friends at Industry Kitchen near South Street Seaport. We had a lot of fun winter and fun themed foods and drinks. My favorite was a GIANT spiked hot chocolate and the La La Land Pizza, which was POP ROCKS, COTTON CANDY, SPRINKLES & FROSTING on a rainbow colored pizza!

Celebration 4 - Family Dinner

My family and I went to Uncle Boon’s for some yummy Thai food followed by my favorite kind of bday cake - a snowman Carvel cake!

Thank you to everyone who came out for my birthday - I feel so loved and blessed to have you all in my life!

Happy National Dessert Day

Hope everyone has a sweet day!!!​

​I just tasted these delicious cupcakes from Huascar & Co Bake Shop.  The flavors going clockwise were Nutty Fella (chocolate fudge cupcake with Nutella filling, Glanduja buttercream frosting with chocolate pearls toasted hazelnuts), Pink Lemonade (lemon sour cream and raspberry cupcake with raspberry buttercream frosting and raspberry chocolate curls) and Berry Champgne (pink champagne cupcake with strawberries baked in iced with vanilla-pink champagne frosting)! 

​Huascar & Co had a bunch of fun flavors and other items in the store, such as spiked tres leches cake which is one of my favorite kind of cakes!  The cupcakes were pretty tasty, more dense than fluffy, the Nutty Fella even had a filling, which was delicious. As for the frosting, I thought it was a bit hard and too bitter tasting, however they did have interesting frosting flavors to go with the different cupcakes. 

Happy National Ice Cream Day!

Rainbow Cookie Ice Cream topped with Homemade Lemon Meringue from Bona Bona Ice Cream

Celebrating National Ice Cream Day at the 3rd Annual NYC Summer Ice Cream Blizzard - with a variety of NYC's most unique artisan ice cream makers and flavors.

For those of you who know me well, you know I have a big sweet tooth and LOVE ice cream!  

Today I attended the 3rd Annual NYC Summer Ice Cream Blizzard at the Grand Baazar NYC on the Upper West Side. There were so many varieties of ice cream it was hard to choose where to go! There was everything from ice cream mochi from My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream, ice cream sandwiches from Melt Bakery and Thai ice cream rolls from Minus Celsius Ice Cream to ice cream stuffed donuts from Stax Ice Cream, ice cream like cookie dough from 2 Dough Boyz and deep fried ice cream from Sam's Fried Ice Cream to name a few.   

I decided to get something new that I had not seen before (which is rare when it comes to ice cream) - rainbow cookie ice cream topped with toasted lemon meringue from Bona Bona Ice Cream! If you’re wondering, yes it tastes as good as it looks!  The rainbow cookie ice cream had bits of rainbow cookie in it (one of my favorite cookies), and the toasted lemon meringue added a nice touch, definitely a good decision made today! 

Thank you to my friend Della for indulging in my love of ice cream and attending this, despite the intense heat today!  

Until next time, stayed tuned for more ice cream and foodie adventures!