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Grimaldi’s. Pizza.
Found Grimaldi’s when my friend, Pete, and I were out exploring Brooklyn one Saturday afternoon in September. We walked across the Manhattan Bridget thinking it was the nicer pedestrian bridge (which is of course the Brooklyn Bridge - duh) on the one day the sun decided t shine with all its might. Having only just arrived in New York, both of us had no idea what we were doing! After walking from the subway, and thinking that there was nothing around in Brooklyn, we finally found Dumbo and I remember him saying “I think I finally get Brooklyn now.” He searched his Yelp app and we found rave reviews of Grimaldi’s. They accept only cash, there are no reservations, and if you want a takeaway, you queue with the rest of them waiting in line for a table.
Pete and I didn’t end up actually eating at Grimaldi’s because the line was so long (on hindsight, it moved pretty quickly and we should have) but I vowed to return. And return I did! Twice.
Pizza and root beer, a great combination. On both occasions, I had a meaty pizza and root beer, because root beer is so uncommon in London.
I shall leave you to read others’ reviews of Grimaldi’s but in one word, it was good.
Grimaldi’s. Apparently Grimaldi’s has moved. It’s still in Dumbo but at Front Street and not Old Fulton Street anymore. Google for the background to the dispute. And definitely have some pizza when you’re in Brooklyn.
Fresh Salt
One of the things I love about New York City is how everything is online and how there’s a review of everything I’ve looked for. Can’t remember the name of a shop that I went to in Dumbo, Brooklyn - googled it and found the P.S. Bookstore (I only later noticed that there was a banner at the back with the name printed on it). Can’t remember where I had a meatloaf sandwich but remember getting lost around Pier 17 - googled “meatloaf sandwich Pier 17” and found Fresh Salt. Good thing their meatloaf sandwich is apparently “the best” so there were many hits on Yelp and other food review sites.
Fresh Salt is on 146 Beekman St (NY 10038). Small, pub like. I got lost trying to get their as there are two Beekman Streets or two (un-joined) parts of Beekman Street. I didn’t have GPS (roaming data was hugely expensive) and my tourist map wasn’t much of a help, neither were the multitudes of people I asked when I was on the other Beekman. And to top it off, the reception/speaker on the crappy Nokia disposable I had was so bad I couldn’t really hear the directions my friend Andrew on the other end was giving. I finally made it over to Pier 17 and wandered lost for ages till I was found.
I ordered the meatloaf sandwich coz it’s what they’re famous for. It tasted like a burger but I’ve never had meatloaf before (not after, actually) so I don’t know what to compare it to. And beers. Well, Kelly and I had white wines. Was a fun night before packing it in and me heading back to Andrew’s studio (he lent his apartment to me when I was there - thank you!!) and Kelly & him heading back over to Brooklyn.
Some other places that I (think I) didn’t get lost in around New York.
Serendipity 3
Serendipity has been one of my favourite movies since I first saw it absolute yonks ago. I loved the city. So when my friend said that Serendipity 3, which was where the cafe scene in the film was shot in, was just mere blocks away from his apartment, I knew I’d have to go. He said to go early too coz as soon as it hits lunch time, the queue gets pretty long.
The decor in Serendipity looks like a little girl’s life-sized fairy doll’s house with strings of pearls hanging from the ceiling, flowers and fairy lights everywhere. The waiters were larger than life characters dress in black and sang “happy birthday” to me!
Their signature trademarked drinks - the Frrrozen® Drinks.
They also do breakfasts and a light lunch menu.
And me being the crazy nutter I am about cookbooks, left with a cookbook in tow signed by Stephen Bruce himself who happened to be at the cafe that day.
I wonder where I’ll be this next birthday in 2012?
Graffiti wall on Houston
My body wants to sleep but my mind wants to stay up all night so I’m just going to post some pics of a graffiti wall on Houston, just off Bowery.
Given that the whole wall is very artistically covered by graffiti of one kind, obviously one or one group of graffiti artists did the whole wall. I figure it’s a sanctioned graffiti wall. Does anyone know?
I can’t wait till I go back and take another pic of the wall, hopefully with new graffiti. It’s gorgeous. It’s street art at its best.
Slip cover for my MacBook Pro
I’ve been sewing all day today, well almost.
On Tuesday I went to Plaza Singapura with Delphine and the kiddies (a two year old Diego who’s funny and will listen to my broken French and reply in French and a 3 month old Leo who’s just the most smiley baby alongside with Paula) and picked up some really pretty navy blue and white spot fabric at Spotlight. It was avery quick purchase as we had one pram and one Carrefour trolley and couldn’t manoeuvre round the shops so we took turns. The fabric was for my hard cover books - here’s the teaser. I wasn’t sure what to do with the remainder. I considered making a skirt because there was enough material but skirts need zippers and a waistband which I deemed beyond my sewing capabilities. So today as I was thinking about what I could put my MBP in when I carry it around in a bag that isn’t a laptop bag, I decided to give it a go.
I decided on a simple sleeve with the inside printed as well so I sewed the fabric back to back and then the edges together like so. I was going to leave it an open slip but I had a long length of fabric left and randomly tied it around the MBP because I love bows.
I loved how it looked - sort of like a Japanese kimono. So I spent another 90 minutes of so (hand) sewing the strip into a sash.
The result? A perfectly sized slip that is easy to fasten and unfasten. I can put it in any of my bags without worrying about scratching it. And it’s pretty.
Esepcially since it’s got spots and a bow!
An afternoon at K ki
My friend Sue told me about K ki a few weeks ago, said it was a Japanese style French patisserie which sold cakes! Cakes? I’m always to try a cake place. Especially for the pretty delicate cakes that I don’t make myself. And after reading The Endangered Sartorialist’s review of the Noisette, I decided it was what I wanted to have, even before I entered the patisserie.
It’s very similar to Pierre Hermé’s Deux Mille-Feuille. Layers of milk chocolate mousse, sponge and hazelnut praliné. Not quite as fine as Pierre Hermé’s, probably not as sweet. It was really light and easy to eat.
Met Pooja of Notabilia for a chat coz I’d been feeling down the past weekend and had the Antoinette - white chocolate mousse and mango.
We had a lovely afternoon chatting over cake and coffee (well coffee for me).
Oh and there was a bonus. In the same space as K ki is a little shop that sells a variety of things from clothes to book bags, cameras and other fun bits & bobs. It’s called The Little Dröm Store, the word “dröm” means “dream.” Isn’t that nice?
A few Coptic bound handmade books
Over the last few days, I made two B5 notebooks and an A6 notebook. And today, I shipped two of them off to friends as gifts. I hope they’ll be as happy with them as I am and enjoy using them as much as I’ve enjoyed making them.
What I love most about the Coptic style of binding is that it allows the book to sit flat, making it ideal for writing in.
I love the gorgeous chain stitching too.
For this set of books, I used navy corrugated card for the covers and burlap twine as the binding agent. The A6 signatures were made of plain white 80 gsm paper and for the B5s, I dismantled an existing B5 notebook that I got from Popular which was B4 paper folded down the middle and simply stapled together. It was difficult finding suiteble paper to make the B5 books as I wanted the insides to be ruled.
Thank you Notabilia for the book making classes. I thoroughly enjoyed them and absolutely love that I can make my own books that people love to receive.
Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Ever since I sampled the red velvets at Babycakes NYC, I’ve been rather red velvet mad. I love the velvety texture (no kidding when they use the word “velvet”) and I love anything frosted with a cream cheese topping. So this morning, instead of studying like I should have been, I made red velvet cupcakes. The lovely lady who tweaked a recipe for non-high altitudes with me is none other than Selah of Nomelie Cupcakes so head over to her shop if you live in Colarado and get yourself a divine Nomelie cupcake.
Baking makes me happy. It’s a lot more difficult to bake in this heat and humidity but whenever I see something turn out the way I want it to, I’m immensely happy. These cupcakes were loose and light and very cupcakey.
Taking these pictures was great fun too. I’ve been hard at work painting the last few mornings - painting the Ikea step stool that my mom had just bought for me. *Thanks mom!* Painting the re-worked Ikea Gorm shelf that this shot was taken on. My dad removed the individual planks and re-nailed them side by side without any gaps.
Couldn’t resist eating as I photographed.
So it’s back to studying I think. I haven’t even started on the the two chapters that I aim to finish by the end of today. I hope you guys are having a nice Tuesday.
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