Chris Nordquist
Holly Golightly went to Tiffany’s. I go to Kalustyan’s, a magical shop that’s filled –floor to ceiling and wall to wall– with thousands of spices and other exotic ingredients from all over the world. Time stops inside this foodie heaven in Murray Hill. 123 Lexington Avenue, New York or kalustyans.com.
A charming, friendly coffee shop with that serves the best cappuccino I’ve had in New York. ( Great tile too.) 148 W 28th Street.
It’s a cherished family ritual. The weekend before Memorial Day –if the weather’s fair– David, Julia and I head to Halsey Farm and Nursery in the Hamptons and choose plants for our kitchen garden in Southampton. This year the weather was glorious, and the tiny tomatoes, lettuces, peppers, eggplants and herbs were strong, healthy and […]
In the heart of New York’s flower district (28th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues), Dutch Flower Line is a great place to pick up some posies — or cure a bad mood.
I ducked in for some sweet Italian sausage (with lots of fennel –delicious) and ended up browsing for nearly half an hour at this treasury of Italian specialty foods on Bleecker street. Tidy, cheerful, spotless, friendly, reasonable and well-stocked, it’s everything a neighborhood store should be.
In Southampton for the annual Spring ritual of household repairs and service, most of which we managed to schedule on the same day. The highlight: the dreary, dirty canvas cover was replace by a clean, sparkling swimming pool! Now if it were just about 25 degrees warmer . . .
The snow and bitter cold are finally gone, so it’s time again to pack my helmet and cycle all over Manhattan (well, downtown anyway) with the Citibike bike share system. There’s a rack right outside our building, so no excuses. Now I just need to get a Hövding to save my brain and my vanity at […]
