Tag Archives: Food

Potatoes, A PUPPY and a party.

Posted on June 5, 2021 by polloplayer

In the end, it was a very good thing that my potato seedlings failed. For if they hadn’t, I wouldn’t have asked my friend Tammy to come over to help me plant those homely-looking mail-order Adirondack Reds . My hope … Continue reading →

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End of an Era: Farewell to Downey’s

Posted on September 2, 2017 by polloplayer

It was everyone’s favorite restaurant that they never went to. People saved up the prospect of dining at Downey’s as they would lock away a gold coin – something shiny and wonderful to enjoy in the future. But, alas, they … Continue reading →

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Hungry in Manhattan: The Prix Fixe Lunch, Part I

Posted on July 22, 2017 by polloplayer

The best-kept dining secret in NYC is really no secret at all – like leaks out of the White House, everyone seems to know the scoop: the best way to enjoy snazzy Manhattan restaurants is to skip the exorbitant dinner … Continue reading →

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Wynn-ing in Las Vegas.

Posted on July 16, 2016 by polloplayer

Just back from five sultry summer nights at The Wynn in Las Vegas, where the most sinful thing we did was to order up our morning coffee from room service. Oh, and there was that Béarnaise sauce on our Steak … Continue reading →

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Q: Does Dining in Brooklyn Make You Hipper?

Posted on July 9, 2016 by polloplayer

A: Close. But with that extra whisper of an i. Not hipster, not hipper, sadly, just hippier. But, at least briefly, also happier! We always enter Brooklyn with breath held, suspecting we may be turned back at the border for … Continue reading →

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Two Days and 10,000 Calories in Bologna.

Posted on February 13, 2016 by polloplayer

Let’s go back to Italy, shall we? The travelogue left off after our four days in Firenze, but the trip went on: we boarded a Trenitalia for a brief visit to bustling, historic Bologna, site of the oldest university in the western … Continue reading →

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First Impressions of Florence

Posted on December 12, 2015 by polloplayer

  Dusty and weary after after our day trip to Siena and beyond, we arrived in the narrow streets of Florence during what must have been their rush hour. In the ninety seconds we double-parked on the Lungarno degli Acciaiuoli to … Continue reading →

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Orvieto, Part Two: Il Pranzo!

Posted on October 31, 2015 by polloplayer

There are two kinds of temples in Italy: churches and restaurants.  In Orvieto, we beheld God’s grandeur first at the duomo, and then we encountered the divine once again at lunch. In Orvieto, God truly is in the details, and, … Continue reading →

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Dining in Rome: Antipasti…Primi…Secondi…Nap!

Posted on October 10, 2015 by polloplayer

You can’t walk a hundred feet in Rome without being accosted by a plate of pasta (or a selfie-stick salesman, but that’s another story). There are enotecas, trattorias and ristorantes at every turn. I think we ate at all of … Continue reading →

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Table For One: Dining Solo in NYC

Posted on May 23, 2015 by polloplayer

Ten days alone in Manhattan! I wasn’t sure whether to rejoice or hire a bodyguard. I mean, I’ve spent enough time in the city to know uptown from downtown (despite my propensity to exit the subway and head the wrong … Continue reading →

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