Back on Board

Back to my home away from home. Gets harder each time as I fall more in love with Mr. Jason Campbell, but I am glad I have my very close friends here to keep me company to distract me from my sorrow and make me laugh very hard... constantly. This is a good portrayal of our state of being most of the time:

First cruise: Traveling though one of my favorite states with ports in Santa Barbara, San Fransisco, Ensenada, San Diego and LA. Happy Thanksgiving week everyone!

Don't Cry for me Argentinian Tapas

Alma 33 in the west village was our Groupon date night activity. I wore my leather jacket I had made in Argentina by accident (or was it?) even though it was a lovely unseasonably warm and beautifully balmy evening out.

On the menu for the Campbells:    
Pintxos De Entraña steak skewers with chimichurri

Tabla De Embutidos selection of cured meats with pickles and olives		Tabla De Quesos selection of cheeses with homemade confit and jam

Calamares A La Romana fried calamari with salsa alma 33 (salsa chimichurri & spicy marinara sauce) Tartara De Ternera prime hand-cut beef with reggianito chips, quilmes foam and raw quail egg

All that and two glasses of Argentinian Malbec and we were feeling like we were back in Argentina again!

goofing off in buenos aires...

J'adore le cuisine de Satis

Satis Bistro 

Got to love finding another little gem in our new hood especially when it comes in the form of a tapas french restaurant where you can bring in your own bottle of wine.  The brunch menu was pretty perfect on this crisp fall Saturday afternoon.

I appreciate a bistro with ambiance and immediately started stealing ideas for our little piece of heaven that we continue to renovate.

 Love the rustic angled mirrors, vintage cluster of mismatched picture frames, canvas pillows, and chandeliers.

Our food of choice:

The poached eggs focaccia crostini served with basil hollindaise sauce and candied orange ricotta stuffed french toast.

YUM!

Poppies and Babies

Happy Veterans Day to Ron, and all who have and are serving in our Nations' military's.

And on a completely different note...Beth is having her baby RIGHT NOW!

On 11-11-11 and he will be his grandparents 11th grandchild! How exciting for Beth and Adam and all of us that watch from the sidelines and say....HOW DOES she do it????

 And she can cook too...

http://bethandadamtait.blogspot.com/2011/11/time-for-baby.html

Butter By Nadia

Oooooooh mi gosh. I was going to post about this designer anyways, so this timing is perfect. Nadia Tarr is a former dancer/choreographer turned clothing designer and all of her convertible clothes show it. The fabric is so lush, the lines are flattering on every body type (one size fits all) and they are also maternity friendly! 

Quick ladies get to the fancy flashy friday site and buy this convertible top that flips upside down and turns into a dress. Flips upside down!!! Do any of your clothes do that? I think not! It is amazing, so comfortable and you will love it I promise. Here is her full webpage too if you want a ball gown instead. 

http://www.shopbutterbynadia.com/

A convertible ball gown? Yes please. I am addicted to Butter.

On the ferry with Jerry and Touristy fun

Took the New York Waterway for the first time with Jason's friend Jerry Stiller. 

Jason worked with Jerry on the movie he did last spring...what's that you say you don't see him? He's in the back, last row, behind the last row, and he's not the one wearing a hat. Go ahead and groan, it's my blog.

As you can see Jason and I observe downtown with excitement...

To get to Lombardis, the first pizzeria in the USA 

and the greatest rice pudding boutique ever. 

Are there other rice pudding boutiques? I don't know but this one is pretty bodacious. I'm so excited to bring back the word bodacious.

Amen to the Rice to Riches motto for life:

We pretty much always do this day of activities when we have visitors so.... COME OVER!!!

Anything Goes-understudies are Delovely

I have put off seeing Anything Goes on the Broadway throughout my entire vacation so I could see it with Mama Mo for the following reasons.  
A. We are pretty much obsessed with Cole Porter.  
B. She has seen me in Anything Goes playing both Reno Sweeney and Hope Harcourt (not to worry it was not in the same production) And...
C. We saw Sutton Foster in her star is born musical moment, Thoroughly Modern Millie before she even won her first Tony award. We were revved UP.

Wellllll...as the little white paper understudy inserts fell out of our playbills we realized that neither she nor Joel Grey were performing that night. It's always a bummer to not see the original cast (we are spoiled) but I was SO happy to see a friend of mine and respected fellow Firesider take on the title role.  The Fireside legend Tari Kelly was FABULOUS and I was in awe of her and the whole cast of this wonderful, true classic musical. (The Fireside was my first equity theater job-great place...I will always have a soft spot in my heart for it.) I saw people returning their tickets before the show started and I could not help but think...is this not what happened to Sutton? plucked from the chorus and into stardom? New Yorkers are spoiled!!!
Main note: Go understudies.  Support them. They are overworked, underpaid and most of the time have to fill very big shoes.
Side note. BRING BACK TAPPING!!! That was a belted side note I apologize, but very necessary.