holiday paws

Due to the insanity that was the last day of work before the holidays combined with the sudden inclement weather-induced cancellation of my New York exit plan, I completely forgot about posting yesterday. Which is to say that this is the perfect time to announce a holiday break from this whole blogging thing. I have not yet resolved whether I will keep this up in the New Year. But perhaps a brief pause will re-energise my spirits. Happy Holidays everyone.

Dory's latkes

In a fit of brilliance, a friend of a Dory's hosted a night of Hanukkah, Christmas and winter music (performed by a 12-person band), accompanied by frantic food making. Dory was one of the chefs, cooking up sweet potato latkes for our seasonal enjoyment. And after having a little trouble at first getting them to stick together, they ended up turning out perfectly.

CONSUMED: Bowery Poetry Club; 308 Bowery, East Village (Manhattan)

A Muppets Christmas Carol

There's nothing like popping the Muppets Christmas Carol into the VCR (two childhood memories at once), hands cupping a mug of spiked mulled cider, the air alight with flavours of butter cookies, and being surrounded by good friends to put you in the spirit of the season. I think my friend Emily put it best (in metered verse, no less): "And slowly but surely, Christmas love, it arrived!"

CONSUMED: Emily and Lindsy's apartment; Greenpoint (Brooklyn)

fish tacos

Someone once told me that you can't get good fish tacos on the East Coast. And for some reason I believed them, took it to heart, and even continued to further that nonsense myself. But it's a lie. You can get perfectly good fish tacos from the truck that sits on Bedford. I know. Because I tried them.

CONSUMED: Endless Summer taco truck; Bedford and N6th, Williamsburg (Brooklyn)

puppet musical

Late nights on subway platforms can either be extremely tedious, or wildly entertaining. By the looks on these people's faces, puppets singing Christina Aguilera apparently fall into the latter. I myself was caught, found myself pausing as I ran up the stairs to try my luck with the NRQW.

CONSUMED: L train platform; Union Square station, Manhattan