My Fridge

OK, so this picture is not really of my fridge but our fridge... but I fill it, and empty it, the most out of the two of us. [Ava has a sixth sense for when a door opens. It could be any type of door - bathroom, kitchen, wardrobe, cupboard, fridge - and she will…

Summer Of Chipotle: Chiptopia 2016

This is a tribute post to Chipotle’s Summer Reward program that was held over the summer of 2016 (1 July to 30 September) in the States. From my knowledge, Chipotle never ran this same Summer Reward program again. And this is probably why… Back in in 2016, Chipotle just couldn’t shake off all their bad…

FreshDirect Thanksgiving Dinner Feast Kit

This is a review for the small 2016 FreshDirect Thanksgiving Feast kit. I am posting early so that people (in New York area) that like to plan ahead (like me) can consider this as an option! Our first Thanksgiving in New York was in 2015 when we went to the Thanksgiving Day Parade. That year…

Levain Bakery, NYC

Almost any New York guide book will tell you to head to Levain Bakery up on the Upper West Side and grab a cookie, or two. Not being one to turn away from a cookie, or two, Husband and I headed up to UWS in November. The ‘thing’ about Levain cookies is that they are…

Cupcake hunt: Empire Cake

My lovely NYC neighbour 'ACP' told me I had to go to Empire Cake and try their Salted Caramel Cupcake. I told her I was actually going to be down near that area on Sunday and popped in after going through the pop-up Seinfeld apartment. Husband and I had been past and in Empire Cake…

NYC Cheesecake hunt – Eileen’s Cheesecake

I had bought a Groupon voucher for Eileen’s Cheesecake while Husband's parents were in town. Eileen’s were celebrating their 30th anniversary at the time and through Groupon, I paid $30 and received $40 to spend in store. I had been dying to try Eileen’s for a long time as I had heard amazing things about…

Smorgasburg in Williamsburg

Our first trip ever to Brooklyn was to visit the Smorgasburg - http://www.smorgasburg.com/ in Williamsburg. Smorgasburg is a weekly event where loads of different food vendors set up a site and sell their food.  Anything from ribs, burgers, buns to cookies, ice-cream sandwiches and popcorn. It was the first weekend the Smorgasburg returned to its…

Carlo’s Bakery, NYC

I had no intention of going to Carlo’s Bakery because I actually didn’t know it existed.  I stumbled across it the day I walked home from sitting the 5 hour pre-licencing course.  Carlo’s Bakery is situated at 625 8th Avenue at 42nd St, near Time Square. I have since found out that there are nine…

My Girl Scout Cookies hunt (2015)

Here are a few facts about these elusive Girl Scout Cookies that you may or may not know: • You can (or should) only buy them off a Girl Scout• It’s one of the largest Girls Scout fundraising events for the year• The cookies have been sold since 1917• Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, and…

Houston as a hole…

Oops, I meant to say – Houston as a whole, reminded me of some suburban parts of Brisbane. If you know Brisbane you will hopefully understand my following references. GETTING AROUND I found that you needed a car to get around to most places since everything seems to be spread around everywhere. It would be similar…

John Legend Rocked the Houston Rodeo

To see John Legend was one of the reasons I went to Houston (well, besides the obvious). Just skip below if you want to read about John Legend because I need to just quickly write up about the rodeo so I cover this as being a rodeo post and all... FOOD As soon as we entered…

Veniero’s Pasticceria, NYC

Last night after dinner at Baohaus, and since we were in the area, we went to Veniero’s Pasticceria - 342 E. 11th St.- to continue the hunt for the best New York Cheesecake. As we entered the premises, we took a number and queued up to be served.  If you wanted to sit and eat,…

Mighty Quinn’s, NYC

We had an out-of-town, actually, out-of-country friend visit us this weekend and Husband organised us to go out for a meat feast at Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque – West Village location. I was super excited as I had heard about this place and it was on my to-do list.  You will also find it as a…

Junior’s, NYC

Another must do for me is to find who really has the best New York Cheesecake. I have so far only tried Junior’s. Junior’s claim that they have “the Most Fabulous Cheesecake and Desserts”. Junior’s is a diner restaurant that sells well, diner food, along with desserts. The original restaurant can be found in Brooklyn, but…