Month: January 2010
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High Line: Dusk, You and Me
This is Part 4 of High Line: I ♥ NY – my series on the many reasons why we love NYC. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. We went to High Line on Boxing Day late afternoon. Entering the park from its south entrance on Gansevoort Street, we walked north to the end of Section…
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NYC Food Porn: DBGB #1-#5
DBGB’s menu is primarily designed around small plates for sharing. The section labeled “Links, Bangers, Saucisses & Wieners” features, you guessed it, sausages from around the world, but even from countries that do not make sausages, e.g. “Thai”, which contains green papaya, basil fried rice, chili sauce, quail eggs. Another section of the menu is…
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CBGB OMFUG is now DBGB
After a day of bargain hunting in downtown Manhattan, IT and I decided to crash DBGB Kitchen and Bar on Bowery (photo above by DBGB). This new restaurant by Daniel Boulud took the space of CBGB (Country, BlueGrass, Blues) which had a long history in the music scene of NYC. In its heydays, The Ramones,…
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High Line: Style Details
This is Part 3 of 5 of High Line: I ♥ NY. Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2. I was looking forward to the opening of the High Line, and even recommended out-of-town friends to visit it. But somehow I managed not to go until last week. My punishment was that all the…
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High Line: Star Architecture
This is Part 2 of High Line: I ♥ NY. Yesterday’s post is here. Looking westward, the High Line offers direct view of Hudson River and New Jersey. The view is interrupted by a few old factory buildings to which the elevated railway was connected, and new office and residential buildings designed by star architects.…
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High Line: I ♥ NY
On Boxing day, IT and I went to the High Line. It was a good day to visit the park as the wintry weather was less prohibitive than Christmas eve, and even the sun came out. These B&W historic pictures are borrowed from the official web site of the High Line. The High Line is a…