The finances of a 104 year-old reclusive heiress who has been living in a hospital for more than 20 years are under investigation. Mystery Upper East Side Heiress Becomes Subject of Investigation - DNAinfo.com
August 26, 2010
August 23, 2010
Tomorrow: Celebrate The Waffle!
from Tomorrow: Celebrate The Waffle!
Photos via Wally G’s flickr and the Drawing Farm’s flickrYou guys, tomorrow is National Waffle Day! Seems like just yesterday it was International Waffle Day. Anyway, this means Wafels & Dinges is the place to be. The truck will host a pageant and be crowning Miss Wafel & Mister Wafel, as a centerpiece to their all day waffle celebration. The winners will get a full year of free waffles—which sounds like a very dangerous thing to have access to.
August 17, 2010
I’m always in the mood for angel food cake. I think everyone is. Just try and come up with a scenario where you would say, ” nah man, this situation would be way better without angel food cake. Thanks though!” Hard, right? My main problemo with angel food cake is the fact that I have to buy an entire cake to have some. Well, that is until now. Ready yourself for the absolute best angel food cake, with various flavors, and sold by the slice. POW! That’s how I felt when I walked into Yura on Madison. Individually wrapped slices, coated in delicious chocolate or lemon icing. Not only is the icing perfect, but the cake was everything you could hope for and then some. It’s only $3.25 per slice as well! For the size and quality, it’s a steal.
Angel food cake, dropped from heaven.
Tip: I went after 5, and they were discounting prices. 2 for $5. May not be an everyday thing.
Yura on Madison
(212) 860-1707
Mon-Fri 6:30 am- 8
Sat- Sun 7 am- 5
August 16, 2010
8:55 PM. Starbucks. East 84th and 3rd Avenue. Upper East Side.
First hot chai latte of the season. Manhattan finally cooled off enough.
I’m sitting next to “Snookie Lite” and her miscellaneous New Jersey chick sidekick.
“[My boyfriend and] I don’t really like [Atlantic City], but it’s nice sometimes. It’s nice to have sex in a different place, too!”
Well, thank goodness they aren’t banging at the table next to me. Much appreciated.
This is something new. Well for those of us in our twenties. When my grandfather perks up and says, “oh! I know that place!”, you immediately know you’ve missed something. Apparently William Greenberg Desserts is pretty well established. A New York institution if you will. Anyway, if you like black and white cookies, hell, even if you don’t like black and white cookies, you’ll want to stop by William Greenberg Desserts for one of these. Now I’m sure you’re wondering, what makes this the best black and white cookie? I catch your drift. I haven’t really ever had a bad one either. Well, when you bite into this cookie, you can immediately tell something is different. Better. There’s an amazing amount of depth in this cookie, and the frosting is what really separates it from the crowd. Hey, the least you can do is go throw down the $1.50 for the mini b&w, then we can all be confused as to why this cookie is better than the rest.
The best black and whites, since 1946.
Tip: Don’t mess around, just go for the black and white.
Tip: $5 credit card minimum
1100 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0327
(212) 744-0304Open Weekdays 8am-6:30pm; Sat 8am-6pm; Sun 10am-4pm
August 13, 2010
August 12, 2010
As usual, the dog days of August have cleared the city of all but its most devoted gallerists, leaving behind summer shows on reduced hours and a more or less dead event schedule. However, there are more than enough shows — some of them of historic caliber — on view in the city’s museums, as well as one must-see exhibition spread out between the hearty galleries of the Lower East Side. ARTINFO shares their top ten must-see shows.
August 11, 2010
While trying to find out whether sprinkles contain gluten (they do sometimes, you have to check ingredients carefully), I came across Sprinkles Cupcakes and their new gluten-free red velvet variety. Sprinkles Cupcakes is a California based company, but is expanding across the US. Lucky for us NYC glutards, they are coming to New York’s Upper East Side in February 2011.
August 9, 2010
UES Shake Shack: Open & Packed
As any savvy Upper East Sider knows, the new Shake Shack on 86th street opened this weekend. Unfortunately, as was expected, the wait for a simple burger has been out of control, with the line sometimes extending the length of 86th street.
In order to save myself the trouble of leaving my apartment to get a burger, only to realize the line is longer than any rational person would ever stand in, I have devised a system using popular social network FourSquare.
Some of the other Shake Shack locations have a useful “Shack Cam,” giving a live view of the current line. Since that doesn’t exist here, I just check FourSquare for the current number of people checked in and make my decision based on that.
It is completely unscientific, but from my early observations, 5 or less people checked in is approximately 20 minutes worth of waiting (in line and then waiting for the burger). Between 5 and 10 people is probably between 30 and 45 minutes. I have no idea how long the wait would be when there are more than 10 people checked in, since that is how many people were checked in most of the first weekend, and the line was too intimidating to even consider waiting in.
So, until a “Shack Cam” is installed, this system will have to do.
