the weekend buzz

The weekend buzz gives you a short and sweet weekend plan of attack – a place for dinner, a spot for brunch, and a cool joint to have a cocktail or two. We've put the weekend buzz on hold for now, but check out some of our previous favorite weekend haunts below

“Wine Tasting, Greenmarket Chef Tours, Taste of Tribeca, New Brunch at Moim, Wine Dinners”
Friday: Wine Tasting at Bottle and Soul, 1200 Lexington Ave, between 81st and 82nd Streets. While we can no longer spend leisurely lovely evenings dinning at the legendary La Caravelle (insert sigh), we can still dr ...
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Posted: May 15, 2008

“Mother's Day Cooking Classes, Yacht Cruises and more!”
Two Ideas for Saturday! Chocolate & Wine Tasting at Bottlerocket, 5 West 19th Street at 5th Ave, 212-929-2323 ...
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Posted: May 8, 2008

“Mint Juleps for the Kentucky Derby, Sunday Supper at Commerce, Mexican BBQ at Flatbush Farm, Isabella's Turns 20”
Saturday: Celebrate the Kentucky Derby!PrimeHouse, 381 Park Ave South, (212) 824-2600 At PrimeHouse, Steven Hanson’s luxe steakhouse on Park Avenue South, the TVs will be tuned to the r ...
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Posted: May 1, 2008

“This Weekend: Cheeses of Italy, Wines of the Pacific Northwest, and Wines of the North Fork”
Friday/Saturday: It’s Cheese Season! I am often asked to name my favorite food, which I see as the culinary equivalent of choosing a favorite child, but when forced to do so, my answer is cheese (and if I can ...
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Posted: April 24, 2008

“800 Bottles of Beer, 22 Natural Wines and a couple of Grapefruit Margaritas”
Friday: Eight-Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall On one of our afternoons off from unpacking boxes here in our new place in Cobble Hill, Craig and I went next door to One Girl Cookies, for, what else? Cookies. (Th ...
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Posted: April 17, 2008

“Spring Wine Tasting, Family Style Brunch, Wine Tasting...”
The week’s WEEKEND BUZZ is sponsored by Yoga High! Strong Buzz Readers take 10% off a Ten Class Card!Yoga High is a brand new eco-friendly Vinyasa yoga studio on the Lower East Side. Owned by veteran instructo ...
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Posted: April 10, 2008

“Haggis, Hikes, and Grilled Cheese”
Friday: Haggis for Tartan DayOn Sunday April 5th, New York City will kick off Tartan Week, a celebration of Scottish history and culture. You can get started on your celebrating early on Friday with a few links of h ...
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Posted: April 3, 2008

“Jewish Cooking with Arthur Schwartz, Bartenders Brunch at Huckleberry Bar, Free Cava at Rayuela!”
Saturday: Just in time for Passover—Jewish Home Cooking with Arthur Schwartz!If you’re having people over for a Seder and you can’t make a matzoh ball to save your life, and you don’t know y ...
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Posted: March 27, 2008

“Free Hamantaschen, Batch Opens, and Easter Eating”
Friday: Free Hamantaschen!It’s Purim—the Jewish holiday that commemorates the Book of Esther with the reading of the Megilah. As with most Jewish holidays (other than Yom Kippur), Purim has a food associ ...
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Posted: March 20, 2008

“Girls on Grapes, Spanish Wine, Fabada”
Friday: Girls on GrapesThese days, an evening of wine and women sounds like an Eliot Spitzer special, but this one's just a little different (and a little less expensive). On Friday, join District's Executi ...
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Posted: March 13, 2008