imaginarycircus

For some reason I always end up making reservations and finding the restaurants when someone wants to take me out to dinner. I guess I should not complain because I get many nice dinners out of the deal, and I could never afford them otherwise. My in-laws are coming for my graduation and want to take us out to celebrate. They have pretty much given me carte blanche for restaurants. I meant to call Babbo two weeks ago and make a reservation but I didn't. I'm assuming it is too late but I should call them in the morning just in case.

The Mercer Kitchen seems too huge and overstimulating. The Bridge Cafe is a maybe. Right now I have a reservation at Cafe Boulud. Daniel is too expensive and was booked weeks ago. Cafe Boulud gets an amazing rating and I have always wanted to eat there. It sounds more relaxed than Daniel.

If I knew we wouldn't have to wait for forver I would be happy at Blue Ribbon on Sullivan. Maybe other New Yorkers can recommend restaurants that are nice enough for a major celebration, are not like Le Cirque, and won't be crazy like Mercer Kitchen, and that we could still reserve a table at two weeks from now?

I got so many interesting queries to my nyc restuarant rec post. Thank you. But a convo with strange_selkie reminded me of crazy Jeffrey Chodrow and his fight with Frank Bruni at the New York Times. So I made an rss feed of Chodrow's blog. He hasn't done too much with it, but just in case. stalking_bruni

He posts like once every two weeks. He hates Bruni enough to have taken out an ad in the NY Times ranting about him. Details of fight at Slate.

You know it is funny that I don't post about food more. I sure as hell think about it a lot. I have worked in professional kitchens (as a baker not a cook.) *shrug* I get weak in the knees in places like Dean & Deluca, Citarella, and Balducci's.

I really have to redo my lj layout and get new icons. I guess here on the cusp of another transition it makes sense that I want to do that.