Vinegar Hill House

I don't know Brooklyn.  But am discovering bits and pieces as Nikki & Tom chooses different places to dine at.  I wanted to treat Tom for his birthday and he said to meet at Vinegar Hill House for Saturday brunch.

I thought it was in "Brooklyn Heights" since it is in walking distance to Kathy's.  (My knowledge of Brooklyn was Canarsie and Bklyn Hts - both places Kathy lived in).  But Kathy informed me I would be in Vinegar Hill or Ft Greene.  What?  Besides the fact that I thought Ft Greene was way over the opposite end (like near the Verrazano) so this was a big "huh?" moment.

Driving there was easy peasy!  And totally as if I entered another era.  Streets were cobblestoned and low level brick and wood buildings.  Very quiet & quaint neighborhood.  Loved it all.  Food was awesome...company more so!

Dirty Dancing Revisited

I saw Dirty Dancing when it first came out...in 1987 and in Forest Hills on Austin St.  I was with Stan, Ronna and Kevin.  We danced out of that theater and Ronna felt she could recreate that lift move and had Kevin waiting down the street to catch her.  I watched holding my breath as she leaped into the air and slammed into Kevin.  Almost but not quite and we all had a good laugh.  That memory comes up every time I see a mention of Dirty Dancing.

Winnie won tickets for the 30th anniversary screening.  It was equally as fun to watch this with Winnie and Liz.  Movie held up.  I was a bit sad to discovered it wasn't filmed in upstate NY but it made sense because I did wonder where the heck the resort was located.  And Patrick Swayze...swoon....

Week of 01.23.17

This week was a busy one for me.  Talk-show-crawl culminating with a sushi dinner!

01.23.17 - At The View - Cristela was a guest and hilarious!  Giveaway of Coloring Book and Athletic crop pants!

01.24.17 - Wendy!!  Unexpected attendance...Noel called Winnie the night before...:) Sheryl Lee Ralph was the guest.

01.25.17 - The Harry Connick Jr Show - Guests were Patrick Wilson & Andrew Zimmern.  This day holds a significant occurrence.  We were all hungry after the taping and Winnie and I wanted to return to a Hole in the Wall Latino pizzeria place down the street.  It is the kind of place that I have been searching for in Queens.  Hispanic cuisine that is offered hot and in front of you (buffet like).  When I looked on-line, nothing popped up.  I needed the right "words" and Connie suggested I used "pizzeria" and "Latin" and incredibly it worked!!

01.26.17 - Originally I had a dim sum lunch date with Daniel but Noel put Winnie & I on standby for the morning taping.  In the end, he had enough people but I had already changed my lunch plans to dinner plans and added on Willy who drove in from New Hampshire. All worked out great!!

01.27.17 - Here is Jorge's!!  The place I found after my exhaustive search for exactly this!  And it exceeded all expectations....delicioso!!

Closing the Year at Wo-Hop

Wo Hop & JHS mini reunion.  These mini reunion dinners have been consistent and great in that there is a revolving group of people - some new, some old - always fun and interesting. Tonight's dinner - gathered together by Eric - a kind of closing of the old Chinese year - had a new face - May Mui who brought along Billy Lam - a classmate from A&D.  Both I haven't seen in 40 years!

Butterfunk

Soul food in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn!  I have yet to be disappointed by any restaurant choices that Nikki has recommended.  And in driving over, I also got to know a new way to get to her area without dealing with traffic circles!  Hooray!

I had seen the reviews and many raved about the lemonade fried chicken.  I was sold!  So was Nikki. We shared a starter of crawfish hushpuppies. Though the chef comped us an order of mushroom dumplings as another appetizer.  We couldn't pass up a side of mac n'cheese!  Everything was delectable and I can only imagine that there was alot of lip-smacking - I was too busy eating to noticed!

Best Moments - Xmas 2016

Had to divide the first video into 3 parts due to size - please watch in order, thanks!

First Best Moment - Part 1:

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Part 3:

Second Best Moment: