After a 3 hour 136 Euro Thalys, the super fast train, ride through Belgium and into Holland we arrived in Amsterdam. We scheduled the earliest train possible, leaving the Paris Nord Terminal at 6:20 am, which meant that we had to wake up and be out of the house by 5am. A Ferris Wheel in Belgium Centraal Station- Amsterdam We arrived at Amsterdam’s Centraal station which is just that, completely Central and I could not believe how everyone as soon as you walk out of the station was riding a bike. Seriously, everyone, young old, in business suits and in jean shorts. Bikes...

Waking up in Paris this morning I only had one thing on my mind. Crepes. If I had to put my top ten foods in order, crepes would be somewhere between an Eggplant Parm hero and my Mom’s beans. Here are my top ten: 1. My Mom’s Pasteles 2. Pizza! 3. Eggplant Parmigiana Hero 4. Crepes 5. My Mom’s Beans So after a nice stiff mug of French coffee, Cat and I headed out to check out 1. The Musee de Moyen Age (the museum of the middle ages) & 2. To get me my long awaited crepes. In college during a semester abroad in Nantes, France I LIVED on...

I’ve always been that type of person that loves adventure, but today, I may have gotten a little more than I bargained for. When I came to Paris I expected there would be lots of coffee drinking, people watching and museum going, but when my friend, Cat, who I am staying with, told me about going to the catacombs under the city, I jumped at the opportunity. How often do you get to see something like that? A Little History of the Paris Catacombs The Catacombs around Paris where originally built as ancient quarries where the limestone to create most of the...

I arrived in Paris this morning after a 6 hour red eye flight from NYC. Unbelievably I had a great sleep on the plane, mostly thanks to a tablet of Benadryl…don’t judge. Believe it or not I slept through the entire flight, even through the midnight snack and the early morning breakfast, they still remember how to treat passengers on International flights! When I arrived safe and sound and went through customs where unfortunately I wasn’t able to get my passport stamped :(, my friend Cat was standing at the exit, and greeted me with a resounding “Dude!!!!”. It was great...

I am a BIG fan of the pop of color, every room needs at least e few colorful accents. But many people are afraid to commit to buy a hot pink sofa, and frankly I don’t blame them. It can be a tough decision, ESPECIALLY if you plan to purchase a long term investment piece. It’s tough to commit to a color that you just might fall out of love with sometime in the future. So how can you add color to a space without making a big commitment? There are really TONS of ways. Some of my favorites are with...

I just returned home from a scorcher of day of errand running. New York City has been unbelievably hot this summer but nowhere in the city are you more likely to be able to make a frittata on the side walk then Canal street, in the heart of Chinatown. Here people converge to buy just about anything a recessionista’s heart desires, knock off Louis Vuitton purses, I Love New York T-shirts for everyone in the family, custom made plexi glass anything and light bulbs, which I ran out to get. But when I got home after sweating off what felt like...

Anyone who knows Rachael knows that she can throw one heck of a party, and this year’s Snapple and Rachael Ray Feedback party was a perfect example. On top of all you could eat food, check out Louisa’s blog here for all the deets, she had a line up of amazing musicians most notably, The Cringe. I have dated musicians before, and I feel strongly that everyone should do it, at least once, Rachael, of course snagged one for good, her husband and The Cringe frontman, John Cusimano. There is something about seeing someone you love rock it out onstage to...

I hope everyone had a splendiforous 4th of July. I certainly did. As a born and raised New Yorker, Brooklynite to be exact, it is not often that I get out of the city and really unplug from the stress and manic pace that New York has to offer. But, this weekend I got to do just that. My and my beau headed to Luzerne, Michigan, that’s right next to the middle of nowhere and the outskirts of nowhere, Michigan. Seriously though, its on the Northeastish side of the state in a place with crystal clear waters and beautiful pine trees. We...

It’s not everyday that I get to meet a figure skating legend, let alone make a sandwich with one of them. A few weeks back on a blissfully beautiful summer day, I stumbled across Brian Boitano who helped me pull together a rockin’ romantic picnic in minutes for me and Stephen. Check out the video here: I couldn’t believe I was able to hang with a skating master, and I also couldn’t believe how incredibly delicious his food was. Apparently he can hold his own in the kitchen as well as he does on the ice. But can he do both at the...