travel

a few of my favorite new york places...

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{for a certain miss ema that will be making her way to the island in a few days...}



for chrismikah present shopping...

the best little girlie chochkies
from new designers
...and the gift wrapping is the best part!


for some late night greasy food...

the BEST belgian fries and a zillion sauces.
and they're served in a cone!
also open way past my bed time.


performance venue

sometimes there are bizzaro things going on in this joint.
but other times there are awesome things like my friends' bands!

and

half dance club, half concert venue
full bar
their concerts are wayyy to hip for me. but i try anyways :-)

thrift store

in brooklyn!
it's HUGE and simply too good to be true.

tea time

(dear ema,
i am actually ordering you to go here.
you will not regret it.)
their pumpkin scones = heaven!

cupcakes

(duh.. who doesn't have an inner carrie bradshaw?)

also

they have a green tea and a chocolate soufflé cupcake!

shopping areas

bleecker street
1 train to christopher street
(marc jacobs, BABY marc jacobs, mulberry, magnolia, intermix, olive and bettes, jack spade, cynthia rowley)

soho
b or d train to broadway-lafayette

L train to bedford
cute little antique and thrift shops
and shops where you can get things that you will NOT find anywhere else!
(and no, ema, not williamsburg, virginia :-)

pizza

in brooklyn.
just allow yourself for about a two hour wait, no joke!
and worth it.
delicious sicilian!

burgers
dumont burger in williamsburg
5napkin burger (my favorite of the faves!)

burger joint at le parker meridien
landmarc at the time warner center in columbus circle

more food and drinksies

a whole restaurant devoted just to mac and cheese?
yes please.

home to one of the best meals of my life!
if you're into wienerschnitzel :-)

cheap, authentic japanese food.
you crouch on little stools while they play japanese songs from the 30s.

a total establishment.
they didn't allow women in until recently.
and there's saw dust on the ground for easier cleaning of puke and blood.
just two kinds of beer- light and dark,
and crackers + the spiciest mustard you've ever had in your life.

this place is huge and half of it is outdoors.
i sometimes feel hipped out by the native downtowners...
but it's fun anyways :-)

...and you can always just go on a dumpling tour

park

i've never actually been here,
but it's a park built on an old elevated train rail.
i hear it is super awesome fawesome.


lady



i mean, of course there's always lady libs.
what up, miss thang?

and when your feet are killing you from all that running around...

pedis + drinks.
'nuff said.




have so much fun, ema!!


xoxo


yeh


bye bye, miami :-(

in ,


thank you for being so happy and friendly and warm and welcoming.



you guys are awesome and made my time in miami incredible!


the percussionists: jake, ed, kyle, me, sergio, and rob


i had so much fun making my (quasi) drumset debut...


...this was one of the funnest concerts i have ever played!


also thank you for throwing swannnnk parties...


me and my old juilliard friend ben at said swank party


i hope to see you again soon! (maybe sometime during the cold cold winter months??!?!)



xoxo


yeh





la sandwicherie

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friend doug and i discovered a sandwich place that deserves a stop on anyone's sandwich tour. it's a little counter on 14th between collins and washington in miami beach, called




the french dudes who work there serve up an impressive selection of cheese, and some amazingly fresh croissants. they also put little pickles and peppers on the sandwiches. no mustard, but (i know it's weird i'm saying this), they actually didn't need mustard. (i mean, nothing needs mustard, but these sandwiches held their own sans the seeds). 



upon recommendation from the sandwich-man himself, dougie and i ordered

turkey+camembert

and

salami+brie

and the brotha did not hold off on piling on the cheese.... mmmmmmmmm

i think i know a thing or two about sandwiches (posts on sandwich tour '09 to come...). and i think i'd have to say that this is definitely among the top five in the country. 

...yes, up there with zingerman's and milburn.

the tastes were really well rounded... all of the veggies went really well together, and the creamy texture of the cheese made for a lot of richness. and the croissants were just perfect. 

the only downside? i don't think any amount of running on the beach would make me feel better about eating this beast.


but.. wait.... WHO CARES?


go. try. sandwicherie.



xoxo 


yeh







life adventures fund

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i had a beautiful day off in miami last week...

it involved waking up at noon, going to the beach, wearing my floppy sun hat, lying in the sun, listening to les noces, and daydreaming about the future. 

the future is one of the best things in the world because everything can be as perfect as you want it to be!!

on this particular day, the future involved a lot of adventures. i like adventures...a lot a lot. 
i dreamt up all of the ultimate adventures i could take in my life and wondered how and when i would actually get to take them. so i thought of an idea: 

the molly life adventures fund
(referred to hereafter as the LAF)


the details of how i add to the fund have yet to be determined, but as i'm making a little bit of a salary this year, i gather i can add bits and pieces to my fund and over time have enough to make some pretty strong adventuring happen. (mum wants my savings to go to a down payment on a house for when i grow up. but what good is settling down in a house if you haven't done enough cool things to merit settling down yet? i guess we can negotiate a happy medium, mum). 

adventures that i will take using the LAF:

a dumpling tour of the world
samosas in india
potstickers in china
gnocchi in italy
pierogies in poland
knödeln in germany

yoga in india

cooking classes in italy

learning things about my roots in china and hungary

carnivale in brazil 

something in paris... i don't know what yet. maybe just finding the best croissant? 



those are the adventures that i've dreamed up so far... i'll add more as they come...



xoxo


yeh