Soho Sites and Brooklyn Bites

Hello lovelies!

Did everyone have a fab weekend? Mine was wonderful as there were lots of fun activities to do! Unfortunately I was a bad bad blogger and didn’t take ANY pictures… ugh. I need to get better about that! But luckily, Google image searching and link backs to sources have saved the day as I have lots of wonderfulness to share with you!

Saturday night was my close friend’s birthday dinner and partayyyy. The dinner was at Adrienne’s Pizza Bar down in Financial District (she actually LIVES down there… crazy right? ) and it was pretty good. Nothing superbly special about it, but yummy enough. The party was at Sola’s in East Village… pretty standard bar scene. I had never been there before so it’s always fun to check out new places. And we had a section all reserved for the birthday party which was great as well. Some more bar hopping ensued post party but I don’t recall much of that.

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On Sunday I headed down to Boqueria in Soho to have brunch with a friend from home who was visiting, and we chose Boqueria in particular since our other friend is a hostess there. We got a little two-top table right near the hostessing stand so we were able to all chit chat! Twas lovely. The food was amazinggg and we may have been granted some complimentary beverages for being friends of the establishment… and by some beverages I mean an entire pitcher of sangria. Which we finished. Obvi. I had a rolled omelette for my meal which was filled with goat cheese and greens and came with an amazing side salad and also delcious french fries. I’m such a sucker for french fries. So both the food and drinks were delicioussssss, and I highly recommend this spot to grab a bite if you are ever in the Soho area shopping. The sangria had cranberries in it and this cinnamon-y taste… very seasonal and very heavenly. And the churros for dessert were also heavenly. Mmm.

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After brunch we took our tipsy selves to peruse some Soho shops, including the new DASH, recently opened by the Kardashian sisters… I gotta say I wasn’t super impressed with it. Maybe it had been really picked over, but everything was over-priced and a lot of it was… unfortunately… ugly. Yep, I said it. And trust me, I am one of the biggest Kardashian fans ever, I think they all have amazing style, yet somehow the store didn’t really reflect that? Hmm, perhaps they are still getting set up and it will get better eventually… I hope so! But when I was there it was just a lot of overpriced gold lamé. And it was literally LAME! Ha! Worst joke ever, but you get the point.

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We then stopped in Sabon where we got our hands scrubbed down and lotioned up for free. Lovely, lovely place. I got the lavender scent and it was just fab. My hands were so soft the rest of the day… mmm. I feel like some of the stuff there would make lovely xmas gifts… I’m going to keep that one in the back of my mind.

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THEN we took a trip to BROOKLYN. I know, crazy times. I had actually never been to Brooklyn before… considering I’ve lived in NYC almost a year and a half that’s pretty pathetic. So I’m glad I finally got to scope it out. We walked up and down Bedford Avenue a little, and stopped in Bedford Cheese Shop where I had some delicious samples of raw goat cheese. Since I’m a terrible food blogger and was still a little buzzed I don’t remember the name of the cheese. A shame I tell you. I would have bought the cheese but was a bit worried about transporting it home since we still had more shopping ahead of us. And those fancy cheeses are mad expensive! But, I’ll def put it on my list of things to buy when I’m rich. But they are very helpful there and everything I tried was delicious, so if you are a cheese aficiando I would check it out.

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Then we checked out some cute vintage-y type shops, and for our last stop we grabbed a quick drink and bite at Hotel Delmano. We were recommended to go there by a friend and it did not dissappoint. It was one of those sneaky hidden places that doesn’t have the name displayed ANYWHERE so we really were never sure we were in the right place… but I confirmed it once I looked at pictures on Yelp back at home. So un-trendy of me. Anyway… the place had a very cool old-time speakeasy type vibe, from the decor to the menu. We tried an “Alibi” cocktail which was some mixture of agave, tequila, and some vanilla-cinnamon flavoring (clearly I was into cinnamon alcoholic beverages on Sunday) and it was soooooo good. I could have gulped down about twenty but then I probably wouldn’t have made it home. We also had a ricotta cheese appetizer with little baguette toasts to nibble on… it was also very good. I loveeee ricotta. And it came with coarse sea salt that you could sprinkle on top of each bite! Really enhanced the flavor. Veryyy tasty. The place was also dripping with hipsters and I must admit I love that vibe… I think deep down I wish I were a hipster. So very Brooklyn.

All in all it was a great weekend for checking out lots of new things! Those are my favorite kinds of weekends, getting out and exploring this crazy city as much as possible. It’s seriously amazing how much stuff there is here! Still amazes me everyday even a year and a half later… I <3 NYC

Ever been to any of the above spots? Did you check out anything fun this weekend??

xoxo

Hilary

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