Ann Hamilton at The Armory
Do you not like fun anymore? Are you too old? said a fifty something visitor to her friend who wouldn’t hop on a swing with her. That says it all. People lined up for hours today to enjoy the spacious installation by Ann Hamilton at the Armory, in order to feel like flying while helping make fly a spectacular white curtain, or to watch from afar the beauty of people swinging, laughing, feeling like a child (again), or the majestic waves of that white drape
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Cat Power back in the Sun
A few broken songs in the beginning, a new face with a platinum mohawk hairstyle, and then pure beauty with free style songs with minimalistic arrangements where her voice could take her full power. A great energy on titles like Ruin. She seems to be struggling between stage fright and an almost childlike joy to be onstage. There was almost no hit. This was not your typical cookie cutter concert but Chan Marshall delivered
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Million dollar view
When I was leaving around the corner from the Wythe Hotel back in 2005, if someone had told me this desert street would have turned into a hipster hub, I would have laughed. But time has passed, buildings have risen, obstructing some people’s view but also giving birth to one of the most pleasurable new spot for watching the skyline. The bar at the Wythe Hotel can get very crowded during week-end nights but if it still manageable without too much fuss. The view is spectacular and almost unprecedented as there are still so few restaurants or bars on the Waterfront in Brooklyn and especially in Williamsburg, which is facing the most iconic part of Manhattan. The cocktails are a pass, choose instead the bubbly rosé and enjoy this million dollar view.
Wythe avenue at North 11th, Williamsburg, Metro Bedford Av.
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Celestino is a cosy fish and seafood restaurant that transports you to Sicilia or Sardignia. Super cute maritime themed decoration (fish filet, boat windows, etc), delicious and fresh dishes (seabass on a brocolli puree, kale and blood orange salad, seafood pasta, etc). The desert was equally yummy (blueberries panna cotta…), the house wine was great, especially for the price, and the service attentive but not pushy. What’s not to like?
562 Halsey St
(between Stuyvesant Ave & Malcolm X Blvd)
Brooklyn, NY 11233
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Étiquettes : bedford stuyvesant, Brooklyn, fish, italian, italy, Restaurant, seafood
Portlandia
Life is all about lobster in Portland. And where best to savor it than on the Porthole’s deck, on the dock of the old port, basking in the sun? Well, if you really have to, you can head to Lobster and Company, a few blocks down Commercial street. Same punishment, same treatment, as we say in my country. If you want to escape the lobster mania, the Exchange Grill is a good alternative. http://www.15exchange.com/about.html.Or even better, the stylish fore street. And if you’re lucky enough, you’ll be staying at the beautiful, cosy and very special bed and breakfast The Pomegranate Inn. But if you do, make sure to leave the little ones at home… They are persona non grata as in too many b&b of the region.
The Porthole: portholemaine.com/
www.portlandlobstercompany.com
www.forestreet.biz/
pomegranateinn.com
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The Cornell in Lenox Logo. 203 Main Street Lenox, Massachusetts 01240 Phone: (413) 637-4800 (800) 375-9839.
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Étiquettes : affordable, bed & breakfast, Berkshires, charming, escape, hotel, kid-friendly, unexpensive, week-end
Franny’s
Franny’s is working hard to get a good karma. It makes delicious pizzas like the unforgettable « fava leaves, spring onions, calabrian chilies and pecorino rossellino » one, as well as crostinis, pastas, cold-cuts and more, all organic, like the wines. The restaurant is working with green energy, recycles everything. The decor is understated but warm, with an open view on the kitchen and brick oven, a large bar and wooden tables. There’s a always a long wait associated with the no-reservations policy, but, as a consequence of its spectacular success, Franny’s is about to move to a larger venue this fall, twice as large, where its patient followers will be able to get their pizzas faster. What goes around, comes around.
295 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11217
phone: 718 230 02
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Etoile du Nord
A star was born in Harlem a little bit more than a year ago when Marcus Samuelsson launched his long awaited Harlem bistro now doubled with an underground speakeasy. The atmosphere is great along the semi-circle bar, the decoration full of lovely antique items is a success, the food is… less. Too much chicken, too heavy, even though there are some sweet surprises like this raw asparagus with peanut slaw side salad. Haven’t tried the menu of the jazz/DJ bar that opened in the lower level though. At this level, the mood is completely different, a hybrid of a trendy bar and a jazz joint. Overall, totally worth for a drink, for a brunch with gospel singing, or for a fried chicken crave.
125th and Lenox
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A day at the Met Opera
Beautiful Met Opera Theater and beautiful atmosphere for the Ring, the Wagner marathon masterpiece, revisited by the Canadian director Robert Lepage. Worth spending a whole sunny afternoon indoors.
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Véronique Dupont-Ongun
The Urban Wanderer 