Tues. Dec 25, 2007
Arr. Auckland, drive to Rotorua
Overcast/rainy, Chilly
Favorite sign: “Well, you asked for a sign. –God.”
Greetings from tomorrow! I predict that everyone will have a very Merry Christmas. Now that I have predicted it, it has to come true, and if it doesn’t that’s your fault not mine.
Entries Tagged as 'The Eleanor'
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 3?
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · The Eleanor
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 2!
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Sun. Dec. 23 2007
Lv LAX arr. Auckland
Our flight was not till 8:45pm, so we had lots of time to kill. We meet up with Erik and Angel for burgers at Fathers Office – a cool place with an amazing selection of beer. The beer was good, the fries were very good and the company was [...]
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The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 1!
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Sat. Dec 22 2007
Lv. NYC, arr LA
The flight was uneventful, if rather full and tiny (insert comment about how awful American seats are). Hopefully we will get upgraded on the way home. Everything bodes well so far, our bags were early off the plane, and the flight was in fact a bit early.
Red Cat – The Eleanor
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
After a well deserved pause for Thanksgiving digestion, we were out again for date night, ie going to Chelsea Piers driving range to thwack a few golf balls and call it exercise. But it left us in the West Chelsea area for dinner, which is a nice place to be. Having read many good [...]
Lunetta – The Eleanor
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
A Brooklyn restaurant that made the leap to Manhattan – does that mean Brooklyn is the new Manhattan or Manhattan is the new Brooklyn? Whichever it was, it’s a rare thing and bodes well for the restaurant.
La Pizza Fresca – The Eleanor
November 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
So as it sometimes happens, I was starting to get a craving for pizza. I believe in going with a craving, if you want it, you want it, and its no use fighting it. But if I am going to eat pizza, I want to eat the best. Of course, the best pizza is not [...]
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Matilda – The Eleanor
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Last week we checked out a new restaurant in Alphabet City – Matilda, which opened a couple weeks ago. The space is smallish, but fun – a little rustic and a little modern, but a successful blend. The food is a mix of Italian and Mexican, in some dishes it seems to be a true [...]
Tags: Alphabet City·Burrata·Italian·Mexican
Le Tub – The Eleanor
October 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
We were down in Florida for a wedding on Saturday, and after spending a nice afternoon on Sunday visiting Grandma and sunning on beach, we went searching for dinner before our flight. Luckily the magic combination of iphone and chowhound gave us the answer – the GQ best burger in the country was but a [...]
Tags: Flordia·hamburgers
Grand Central Oyster Bar – The Eleanor
October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
After growing up hearing fond memories of my mom’s visits to Oyster Bar in Grand Central when she was younger, and returning from meeting in Connecticut at lunch time starving, I finally put one and one together and had lunch.
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Chelsea Royal Diner – The Eleanor
October 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Restaurants, The Eleanor
After a weekend at the Red House in NH, we decided to meet up with Sarah (a high school friend of mine) and Dan (her husband) in Brattleboro, which was on the way home for us, and not too terribly far away for them.
Tags: diner·sweet potato fries·vermont
Osaka – The Eleanor
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
So we were out in Brooklyn checking out an apartment (fabulous building, but the apartment was smallish and weirdly laid out) and decided if we are thinking of living there, we should eat there as well. We decided on sushi, though I had my reservations as I am the ultimate sushi snob. Good isn’t ok [...]
Jaleo – The Eleanor
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Tapas. This is a mini chain in the DC area. I have been here several times before, and have always enjoyed it. And it is yet to be beat in the ‘Grandpa Mac and the baby’ dinner category – my dad was in town as well and we went out en masse. Its tasty enough, [...]
Tags: Baby·jaleo·Restaurants·spanish food·stewart·tapas·washington dc
Guapo’s – The Eleanor
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Mexican. I like the Guap (as it seems to be known to those in the know, or at least my sister, and since I like being in the know, I will call it the Guap). But the funnier thing about the meal is the confirmation that Stewart had a slightly hard time telling me and [...]
Tags: Baby·guapo's·mexican food·Restaurants·stewart·washington dc
Artisanal – The Eleanor
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Bistro. This one was a while ago, so its a bit fuzzy. I will totally second Alex’s love for the Stilton – Sauternes fondue, I am not a huge blue fan, a little goes a long way – but this is amazing, a real revelation. I got Moules Frites, which I tend to do whenever [...]
Tags: artisanal·artisinal·cheese·fondue·french food·Restaurants
Babbo – The Eleanor
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Italian. I wasn’t feeling the best going into dinner, which ended up being a great thing since I didn’t stuff myself silly. I really liked the chickpea amuse – very simple, probably very easy to cook at home – if only I had the time. I started with the special salad, which was very [...]
Tags: babbo·batali·italian food·Restaurants
Mini-Moon Day 6 – The Eleanor
September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · The Eleanor
Very early morning, so I can take a last dip in the ocean. Ahhhh, so nice. And looking to be the nicest, sunniest day of the trip. Sigh. We have breakfast at Mosaic (buffet eggs benedict with runny egg yolks? impressive! totally safe? welll….) As we took a few last pictures from the balcony, it [...]
Mini-Moon Day 5 – The Eleanor
September 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Don’t worry. This will be shorter. You might have been able to tell from yesterday that we really liked the Cove. A lot. So we re-booked our flight, and stayed an extra day. Booked online, cause it was $200 cheaper, had to check in again, but stayed in the same room. Totally worth it. Totally. [...]
Tags: bahamas·bobby flay·caribbean·casino·compass point·conch·gambling·mesa grill·Mini-Moon·the cove·water·wedding
Mini-Moon Day 4 – The Eleanor
September 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
So we decided earlier that we would switch to Atlantis for our last day so we could check it out and try the waterpark and see the aquarium without paying extra. We called, and they said it was totally booked, which was odd, given we could book it online still. We had 2 (of 4) [...]
Tags: bahamas·caribbean·casino·compass point·conch·dune·gambling·jean-georges·Mini-Moon·ocean club·the cove·water·wedding
Mini-Moon Day 3 – The Eleanor
September 19th, 2007 · No Comments · The Eleanor
Still raining this morning. But looks more likely to clear up, and in fact it did, mostly. A very lazy day, reading in the pool, walk on the beach, attempts at snorkeling (no fish and leaky masks make for boring snorkeling) another fabulous massage. Dinner at the hotel (we’re so lazy) risotto for me (ok, [...]
Tags: bahamas·caribbean·compass point·conch·Mini-Moon·snorkling·water·wedding
Mini-Moon Day 2 – The Eleanor
September 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Eleanor
Rain rain go away come again another day. Such thunder! Such lighting! Seemingly a couple yards out over the water. Power going in and out, hut rattlingly. It seems unlikely there will be beach in our future, so we decide to head to the casino at Cable Beach. And once we got there, we promptly [...]
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