Marche du Sud - Upper East Side

Marche du Sud is one of my favorite neighborhood gems.  The food is tasty and the ambiance is great!  They offer an outdoor heated patio as well as happy hour cocktails from 4-6PM.  Not only do they serve dinner, but there's a great market & bakery that's open all day serving fresh crossiants, muffins, tarts, meats & cheeses and baskets. Without a doubt, Marche du Sud has the best thin crust French pizza in town.  It's a must have!!  Bon Appetit!!

Lindsey Buckingham - Town Hall

Lindsey Buckingham from my favorite band Fleetwood Mac was at Town Hall in NY on September 27th.  What an unreal show!!  From Fleetwood Mac songs to his own hits, Jill and I loved this show.  He jammed through at least 15 songs and played his heart out.  His guitar playing was top notch!!  Enjoy the attached video titled "Big Love".

Feast of San Gennaro

Through the streets of Little Italy lies the Feast of San Gennaro.  The last time I had attended this festival, I was in my teens.  It's packed with families, teenagers and people who can deal with crowds.  I'm not one of those people so my friend and I opted to get cocktails from two different restaurants which allowed us to get off the streets.  We had some pricy glasses of wine at Umberto's Clam House (132 Mulbery St) then ended the night at ChaCha's (113 Mulberry St).  ChaCha's is where we'd go after high school dances and prom because they never carded us.  All these years, the place still looks the same.  We ate our way through the festival and went home.  Let's just say, I don't need to go back for a few years.

Songbook Series at Lincoln Center - "Sweet Girl"

In late September I went to see a very good friend of mine sing his song "Sweet Girl" at Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Theatre.  Robert Manganaro can sing to me anytime he wants.  He's super talented, incredibly sweet and a close friend of mine.  Performing with him was Jon Barbieri (piano), AJ Tessorero (bass guitar) and Anthony Ramos Martinez (background vocals).  Such a great song!!  Hope you enjoy the video :-)

FOLLIES

Jill and I went to see FOLLIES back in September.  What an amazing show!!  It's the epitome of true Broadway!  I have to send a shout out to Jill for hooking us up with great seats.  We were literally rows from the stage.  I've been lucky enough to see Bernadette Peters perform a few years ago but our seats this time made it like our own private performance.  I've never seen an audience react like they did for FOLLIES.  Literally after every number the crowd was on it's feet.  There were at least 15 standing ovations for the various cast members which included: Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines, Terri White, Elaine Paige and Jayne Houdyshell. From the quality of the voices, the music, the costumes and the dancers...I loved every second of it!! It ends January 22nd so go see it soon!!  Discount tickets are available here!

To watch Jill's Word of Mouth Review, click on this link: http://www.broadway.com/shows/follies/reviews/

THE HURRICANE CLUB - Flatiron

My boss/friend took me to the Hurricane Club (360 Park Ave South) for helping her with her move.  What a great place!!  The food was amazing!  We shared the pupu platter for two which had Peking duck tea sandwiches, coconut shrimp, croque monsieur spring rolls, tuna tartare cones, Samoan deviled eggs and PB&J with prosciutto.  We ate everything!!  We shared the ribs for dinner and an order of asparagus (the best I've ever had).  The drink menu was a bit complicated but very original.  The patrons were mainly in suits with the woman dressed to impress.  I stand at 5'1 and I'd say most of the women were 5'10 and above...all models!!  This is a great spot for a group dinner or drinks with friends. 

Ray LaMontagne - The Artists Den

Great news my Ray LaMontagne fans!!  Live from The Artists Den sent me an email today saying that they've teamed up with HULU to show you some of their favorite performance from the past three seasons.  They have started off with my favorite so enjoy!!    http://artistsden.com/raylamontagne/