The Bloody Mary was created at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City back in 1934 at the infamous King Cole bar. To make it more acceptable to the young ladies it was called the Red Snapper back then. Yes – this recipe was included with the King Cole Bar and Astor Court post…
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NYC: St Regis – King Cole Bar and Astor Court
The King Cole Bar is tucked into the back of the St. Regis hotel which we made home during a quick trip to New York City. The St. Regis hotel is seeped in history. It was built by Colonial John Jacobs Astor in 1905 and, at the time, was the tallest building in New York…
NYC: Bouley
The first time we dined at Bouley was almost 20 years ago on Saturday May 11, 1996. No – it was not so wonderful that the date is seared in my mind forever. Rather, we saw Rent on Broadway that night (it had not even been open for two weeks at this point.) Jonathan Larson’s…
NYC: Union Square Cafe
One last hurrah at Table 49!! Before we are painted as Danny Meyer groupies, I must point out that our late night dinner at Gramercy Tavern mere hours earlier was purely an impromptu idea given our location and the late hour. I will confess, however, that we did plan for our final lunch to be at Union Square…
NYC: Gramercy Tavern
Our most recent trip to Paris – October 2015 Trip to Paris – was a day longer than it needed to be because we decided to fly through New York. Yes there are direct flights to Paris from Boston on Air France BUT we were able to score two business class seats out of JFK (plus flights from…