Got the Monday Blooze? Why not drown your sorrows at
Buttermilk Channel, one of our favorite restaurants in the city and home of a super generous, Monday-only,
$25 three-course meal, made up of some of the restaurant's most popular
regular menu items.
Diners can choose between a delicious sounding arugula and radish salad and a green tomato soup with Blue Hill Blue grilled cheese. Fresh linguini, fried chicken and brook trout are on offer for mains, and for dessert there's a cookie plate or the restaurant's famed pecan pie sundae (pictured; and served as a "mini" portion, thankfully!).
For …
" … [T]he idea of a vegetarian traveller in comfortable shoes waving away the hospitality – the distillation of a lifetime of training and experience – of, say, a Vietnamese pho vendor (or Italian mother-in-law, for that matter) fills me with spluttering indignation. No principle is, to my mind, worth that; no western concept of, 'Is it …
Good news for travelers!
AT&T and Starbucks just announced that they'll be offering free, one-click Wi-Fi in all company-owned US store locations. While we're not sure if that means airport Wi-Fi is free it does mean that grabbing a coffee and getting online in an unfamiliar city should be pretty seamless.
And though we're not huge fans of the corporate chain (we're addicted to
Blue Bottle; the two just don't compare) at least they give health insurance to their employees. And now, free Wi-Fi to all.
[Update: most Starbucks in airports won't offer it the free Wi-Fi as …
Did you know that
The Brooklyn Kitchen (which is right next store to the super outstanding Meat Hook; both pictured) offers more than just cooking supplies? They also have classes and events that are sure to appeal to any traveler who loves to eat. And that's all of us, right?
And let us know - we're thinking of starting an Italian Club for the summer where we meet every other week, drink wine, and talk …
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