Despite the Bad Economy I Still Apparently Eat Well

Thank goodness I had my flu before the swine flu or I would have been really paranoid about it. Last weekend I celebrated the end of registration with some co-workers at Don Giovanni's in Hell's Kitchen. The wood fire pizza was good but not as good as the amazing brunch we had for Sandy and Esther's birthday. We went to Bobby Flay's Bar American in Midtown. Hank Azaria was also having brunch there that day.

After brunch I met up with Sarah and Paula at Washington Square Park. We went to the Village Street Fair before stopping at Burp Castle for IPA and Pomme Frites. After Paula took off, Sarah and I went window shopping on the Lower East Side and had a treat from Babycakes. They may be my favorite NYC bakery. Their cupcakes are sugar free and many of them are gultan free so you don't feel so guilty when eating them. I highly recommend the Key Lime Cupcakes. We walked from the East Village to the West Village and listened to some Jazz at Bar 55. The bar was an old speak easy during the prohibition era. We ended the night with salads at Good which is one of my favorite restaurants in the Village.

Last week one of my essays was published by the New York Press. If you want to check it out go to nypress.com and look at their 8 Millions Stories Column. Mine was for the week of April 22-28.

This past weekend Sarah, Joe, and I went to a Met's Game at the new Citi field. The Mets won which made it more fun. We then had dinner in the East Village followed by Beer Bar Hopping which was fun since Joe brews.

Esther and I spent last Sunday in North Brooklyn. We had brunch at Provence En Boite in Cobble Hill. Esther then took me spring clothes shopping at Lee Lee's Valise in Carrol Gardens. We walked through Borum Hill and did some antique window shopping before heading to Park Slope. We had appetizers at Miriam (an Isreali restaurant) and split a burnt orange ice cream sandwich at the Chocolate Room.

This week Esther, Sandy, Terry, and I went to the Paley Center for a tribute to Learner and Lowe Musicals. Donna McKeckinie and Leslie Caron were both there. We then had an amazing dinner at Bosso 56.

Yesterday Joe, Sarah, Paula and I went for a taping of the Jon Stewart show. You wait in line longer then you actually get to sit and watch the show but hey its Jon Stewart so I can't complain. We went to Hallo Berlin afterwords for Brauts.