Bare Burger

All organic? check.  Grass fed? check.  cool decor? check.  Thick milkshakes? check. 

Bare burger is so good!  After driving upstate to drop Zeppelin off to go to the vet, Mike and I got back to the city fairly late on Tuesday night and very hungry.  Fast food on the road was tempting, but we decided to get burgers, but a more "legit" alternative.  This place rocked...they have all different burger varieties as well as amazing onions rings with several dipping sauces (I'm all about condiments) as well as a really great milkshake (which is hard to come by in NYC I find.)  The good news?  This place is four short blocks from my apartment.  The bad news? I think I ate two days worth of calories in one meal.  Hmmmm...pretty sure it was worth it.

Coppelia

Coppelia is a Cuban diner that opened up around the corner from my apartment several months ago now. I kept forgetting about it until in a crunch for a brunch place that wasn't mobbed on a Sunday afternoon I remembered.  The food is fantastic and cheap!!!  They serve eggs al day is many spicy varieties, and have one of the best homemade ice cream sandwiches that I have ever had.  The one unfortunate thing is that when I leave I am always over stuffed and really just feel like falling asleep.  So when I decided to go here on my lunch break with Alex, I was pretty much useless after eating a pulled pork salad and a corn empanada.

I realize after while writing this that I didn't take any pictures of the food!  I guess it is all about the atmosphere for me, and this place is super cute.

Weekend Wonders

There were high hopes for this three day weekend.  A couple of errands to run, a date night, and some down time, but in reality a whole different weekend was planned for me from above.  I came down with a cold last week (this being like the fifth cold I've gotten this winter,) which only got worse with a fever Friday night.  Then Saturday morning I got a call from my boss saying that we had a fire in one of our stores.  I reported there immediately and spent the day cleaning up the damage (Could have been way worse.)  Things started shaping up when I got home...even though I was exhausted I decided to shower and dress for our date night.  We tried a really great Indian restaurant called Bombay Talkie, and after sitting down I realized that Mick Jagger was seated at the table behind us!!  I must say I was a bit star struck.  I took a very bad pic illustrated above.

Sunday and Monday were mellow.  I nursed my cold, made chicken soup, and watched Netflix on my iPhone, while Mike parused the inter webs, and Zep slept by my side.  Very nice indeed.

Taka Taka

I love to eat anything that is spicy.  So when my boss and I were starving one afternoon after walking all over SoHo in hopes of finding a new retail location (in the pouring rain) and he suggested going in to Taka Taka I immediately caved.  Mexican sushi and Japanese tacos hhhmmmm...  Well it turns out it is now my new favorite place.  The food there is the type that pops up in dreams, and in sparse silent moments comes to mind accompanied by the most intense craving.
I decided that if I were going to become addicted to said restaurant I might as well have Mike try it out as well.  So on New Year's Day we ventured there for lunch.  I promptly ordered everything that looked good i.e.. every spicy sushi roll on the menu, and we ate until we were bursting.  Did I mention that a variety of sushi rolls come around on a conveyor, and you can choose to pick up any of them?!  Yes, there is a number coded menu that tells you which is which, and you can grab until your heart's content stomach's bulging and screaming at you to stop the madness.
I went there again today for lunch by myself.  After a hard week of work, and the fact that it was 4:30pm and I had still not taken lunch, I decided I deserved it, plus it is right down the block from the showroom where I was working, and frankly why not?!  Not only was I able to indulge in spicy sushi and miso soup (with jalapeños,) but the waiter told me I looked like Drew Barrymore and I must get that a lot.  This is what I call a win win situation.
 Happy long weekend my friends!  Stay cozy!!