Nick, Molly, And East Grand Forks

Oh 12/27/14, my friends Nick (Eggboy) and Molly Yeh got married on their farm in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. East Grand...what? Yep. #farmlife

*Puts a check in the "random places I never thought I would visit" box.

Also *puts a check in the "have experienced -13 degrees and lived through it" box.

I flew in couple days earlier on the 23rd and stayed on the farm with Nick and Molly. Right after she picked me up at the airport, we went straight to Rhombus Guys Pizza. That was where I had my first Fargo beer, the infamous T-Rex pizza, tater tots on pizza, and met Molly and Nick's families. They all made me feel warm and cozy right away. They're such lovely people! There's a part of me, right now, that wishes to relive that week again.

Molly and I go way back and I had met Nick when they first started dating but....we never really hung out or chat. He has always been Molly's Nick/Eggboy/boyfriend/fiance but after spending a week there, spending Christmas with his family, eating Chinese food, trying my first lefse, I can now totally say that he is my friend too.

So thank you Molly, Nick, and your families for such an awesome time and welcoming me with open arms.

Allswell's Crispy Chicken Sandwich

Allswell's Crispy Chicken Sandwich for lunch (or brunch or weekday brunch)! Comes with fries (with mayo!) and get a side of beer please.

New Year's resolution? Eat more chicken sandwiches, the tasty kind. There's no room for the bad ones.

A little announcement. Yesterday I launched my portfolio, freshly redesigned and got a feature on the West Elm blog. Happy days.

A Day In Midtown, At One Spot

What do you see if you're in Midtown for a day, standing at one spot? Here's Midtown (looking south on 3rd Ave and 44th St) morning, afternoon and night.

Back To Where We Were

Balthazar, a French bistro in SoHo NYC, holds a special place in my heart. Sure they serve my favorite duck confit dish but this place is so much more than that.

My sister, Connie, had somehow found this place on the internet while she was apartment hunting with me in June 2003. We took the red eye and landing in a rainy (and at times pouring) NYC. We had spent the day wandering around with a broker and put down deposit for a place in Astoria (though of course the next day I found another place in the UES and got my deposit back). So after a long tiring day in the streets of NYC, we went to Balthazar for a nice cozy meal. My friends, that meal not only made my tummy happy it also recharged my soul.

And ever since then, I would go back once in a while. Almost every time I would get the same two things, a French onion soup and the duck confit.

Balthazar 80 Spring St.