Francesca is subletting an absolutely extraordinary townhouse on the UWS all summer (we're talking multiple stories and - jealous - a private backyard), so last night she invited us over for a little home-cooked meal. It was fantastic, and simple, and - surprise! - I have the recipe for you.
Excellent news to start your day! Tuleste Market - one of my favorite jewelry companies, and the makers of the bangles that I wear pretty much every day of my life - has offered to give one lucky RG reader one of their classic rosette anklets (in rose gold, retail value approx. $95).
I adore these things, both because they can be used in about a billion different ways, and because they're just so simple, old-fashioned, and gorgeous.
Last night, I met reader Natasha for some heart-to-hearting and fantastic ramen at Menkui Tei.
I've moaned before about the misery of living in the smack-dab center of a mind-blowingly enormous construction site, and now I desperately want one of these T train t-shirts, which the Transit Museum Store has optimistically put into circulation about 12,000 years before we can expect the line to be operational.
Woke up this morning to the charming discovery that I spent the night cuddled up with a mosquito.
Too pretty: Instead of dumping a whole mess of ice cubes into your punch bowl, freeze some water in a Bundt pan, and then pop out the ring to create a beautiful ice ring that keep your punch chilly without diluting it.
I have to say, 9th Avenue between 43rd and 46th Streets may just be my favorite stretch in all of Manhattan. Shall we take a walk?
VODKA POP: Mix 3 cups juice of choice for every 2 oz vodka (try flavored vodkas for best results) and freeze in popsicle molds (any small cups work fine).
...don't get much better than this.
