Food & Drinks

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TGIF & a Sweet Rob Roy Cocktail

| #tgif #robroy #manhattan #scotch
| So I decided to play around with the left over liquor in my bar and ended up making a drink called the Rob Roy. I was happy to find out that the scotch still held its woody scent but became mild with the vermouth. I’m always a sucker for lemon with whiskey so this was a nice option to mix it up over my normal Manhattan.

Ingredients

  • 2 shots Scotch
  • 1 shot sweet vermouth
  • 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
  • 2 drops lemon juice
  • 1 lemon peal

Directions

  1. Mix liquor into a shaker or bar glass and stir with ice
  2. Add to Martini or Low Ball Glass
  3. Garnish with Lemon peal

What’s in a Name?

According to Wikipedia there is a story to this drink with two first names.

The Rob Roy is a cocktail created in 1894 by a bartender at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, New York City. The drink was named in honor of the premiere of Rob Roy, an operetta by composer Reginald De Koven and lyricist Harry B. Smith loosely based upon Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor. (source)

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Sunday Laduree macaroons & monsters

|@MaisonLaduree @TiffanyAndCo @Bergdorfs#macaroons #aloe #gold
| This post commemorates the third year in a row my good friend Mikey (@mcallan13) and I have met for some Laudree Macaroons and a leisurely stole down Madison Avenue to see the Holiday windows on 5th Avenue.
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Almost Winter Healthy with Sweetgreen

| @sweetgreen #salad #vegan #mushroom
| I am always able to find something I like at Sweetgreen. This night, it was a Sweetgreen date with my boyfriend Angel.
I ended up saving half the salad for the next day and using the bread for some homemade soup.
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Club Coffee Break

There’s a particular calm that settles in when you give yourself permission to pause.

Club Coffee Break wasn’t loud or rushed. It was the soft scrape of a chair, the steady cool of a marble tabletop, and the warm, textured weight of brick walls holding the room in place. A simple moment: sleeves rolled down, hands around a clear cup, ice shifting quietly as the straw leans off-center—like the day tilting into something gentler.

I like spaces like this because they feel lived alongside you. Not staged, not sterile. Just steady. The kind of corner where you can watch your thoughts move without needing to chase them. You sit for a minute and notice the small mechanics of being human: the way you grip the cup when you’re thinking, the way light lands on a patterned shirt, the way a break can feel like a reset.

Coffee, especially in the middle of an ordinary day, becomes less about caffeine and more about marking time. A small ritual that says: I’m here, and this is enough for now.

If you’ve been moving too fast lately, consider this your reminder to stop somewhere quiet, let the ice melt, and let the world keep spinning without you for a moment.

Happy Fall from Club Monaco Marketing Team

| #feelingfall #fall #October
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| Extremely lucky to have such a great team of marketing experts at Club Monaco. Through our normal day-to-day discussions we found the group has a mutual love of the fall season. I decided to orgainize a “Welcome Fall” day on the first Monday of the month and here is what we ended up with.
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Ending the week of Watermelon at Rosie’s

| #margarita #eastvillage #sundayfunday @Rosiesnyc
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|Ending the week with a Watermelon Margarita at Rosie’s. National Watermelon day was this week and after surprising my coworkers with Yellow Watermelon I decided to end the week with sometime more traditional.

The food at Rosie’s was good, the atmosphere was cute, the patio was great, and the margarita was amazing. Overall the perfect Sunday Brunch day with Rolando!

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Melo Yellow Watermelon Spa Water

Melo Yellow Watermelon Spa Water

Another silly national “holiday”, so Happy National Watermelon Day!I choose to make some infused spa water with yellow type of fruint. It was not my intention but the color of the watermelon confused everyone in thinking that there was pineapple involved. It was interested to see everyone taste the water and be surprised. I thought it would be enough that i sliced some pieces up and put them in half of the rind, but most did not make the connection. LOL

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Brown Butter Cod from Blue Apron

| #cooking #934 #nyc @blueapron
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| Another Blue Apron meal and I am starting to see some repetition.I am almost positive there is some research behind what ingredients are available, costing factors into bulk purchasing from vendors, and generally what customers prefer but a vast majority of the fish dishes include Cod. I do not want that to come off as a criticism but more of an observation. That being said, this was a very tasty dish and I now have have knowledge to make a brown butter sauce.
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Supper Squad at Vic’s

Tonight the Supper Squad has gathered at Vik’s Noho.
| So here is the rundown – we tried several of the apps (4), 2 pastas and a pizza. The carrots were to die for, a vegetarian dream, but my favorite was the Borsa “Little Purse” pasta stuffed with ricotta, hazelnut, and lemon sauce. They also had a very nice wine selection. I would recommend sitting at the back of the restaurant near the kitchen as there is a glass skylight area that is nice and bright.
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Summer Cold Soba & Tempura

| #soba #nyc #Japanese @SobayaNYC
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| Call it a weakness, call it a habit, call it delicious ~ There are few things that beat the summer heat but one of my favorites is cold soba.Sobaya in East Village has to be my favorite for any temperature of Soba. Soba-ya (meaning soba restaurant) uses natural ingredients and “buckwheat flour from Azumino, Nagano which is best known for sobako in Japan and also, buying first grade sobako milled by Kurashina Mill”. They have an amazing lunch special that includes Soba or Udon of your choosing, plus a side salad/soup, and tempura! Everytime I eat here I am never disappointed.
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My First Blue Apron with Crispy Cod and Summer Squash

| #916 #food #dinner @blueapron
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|I have been meaning to try Blue Apron, or something similar, and finally made the commitment. After reviewing many services, Blue Apron appeared to have the best track record and most choices.The first meal I made was a Crispy Cod ribboned Summer Squash dish. I had never cooked, let alone pan fried fish before, but i’m please that the result not only looked pleasing but was tasty! Initial assessment of Blue Apron is pretty good. However, I wish there was a better way or an alternate way to dispose of the ice packs.
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