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“Parea”
There are times in life when your memory gets triggered by little moments that can literally move you to another place. Sometimes it’s an old song from your past, something by Jackson Browne, Yaz, Squeeze (!), or m ...
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Posted: June 17, 2006

“Ditch Plains”
Last summer, I was dating a guy who was way into surfing; he was quite impressive with a wave and a board. He had just moved here from California so he was adjusting to the East Coast waves that were nothing like those out in Newport Beach and Baja. ...
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Posted: June 11, 2006

“North Fork Table and Inn”
It’s funny where life takes you. Or at least where life took two of the city’s great chefs—one a pastry chef who made desserts at Gramercy Tavern as important as entrees, and one who made a name for himself at Aureole and Amuse. The ...
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Posted: June 4, 2006

“Sfoglia”
My Dinner at SfogliaAfter dining at Sfoglia, I realized that it is possible to be picked up while eating dinner at a restaurant. I had no idea this sort of thing happened—get picked up at a bar, sure, but at your table? Rare, right? Bu ...
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Posted: May 21, 2006

“Dona-- CLOSED”
There’s something I should warn you about before you go to Dona. Something you should know before you sit down, and before they are served. They are rather small, the size of homemade muffins. They are warm and soft and buttery. You can smell t ...
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Posted: May 20, 2006

“Quality Meats”
About a dozen years ago, as many of you know by now, I was a hopeful young lawyer at a law firm called Shearman and Sterling. It was a time in my life I often think back to with some wonderfully rich combination ...
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Posted: May 7, 2006

“360”
There are times in life when you need to leave your comfort zone, to force yourself to step outside your self-imposed womb and dip a toe in unfamiliar waters: take a risk on a new relationship, try a fresh start in a diffe ...
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Posted: April 23, 2006

“Dressler”
Colin Devlin, the handsome man behind Dumont and Dumont Burger unveiled his newest Williamsburg eatery this week, Dressler’s. But this one, owned with partner Joe Foglia, is cut from a very different cloth than anything else he has done, and an ...
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Posted: April 18, 2006

“A Voce”
One sentence was uttered frequently at my table last week while dining at A Voce, chef Andrew Carmellini’s flawless post-Café Boulud debut: “I want to eat here every day.” It was a sentence that first greeted our conversation ...
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Posted: April 16, 2006

“Turks & Frogs Tribeca”
Turks and Frogs TribceaI had a chance to check out the new Turks and Frogs Tribeca twice this week. The first time was at the opening bash where I joined crowds to rival the Barney’s Sale to feast on Turkish wine and mezze and mo ...
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Posted: April 10, 2006