We’re taking a wee break (just for a minute) from my seemingly never-ending NYC trip for an acknowledgment of Passover. I’ve had this little Jib Jab Passover video (below) in draft for a while now and wanted to post it. I hope you are amused! Oddly enough (or maybe not so odd?), the little cartoon guy in the video reminds me of Eminem, whose new song (“We Made You”) I heard today for the first time. Ick. I was really disappointed with it. Have you heard it? Want to? Click here to get an earfull (and an eyefull: it’s the video!). Anyway, back to Passover. It started tonight at sundown…
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If You Can Eat It There, You May Not Be Able To Eat It Anywhere…
Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! I figured that a separate post on the food we ate was in order. Don’t worry, it won’t be hella-long. Our hotel actually included a continental breakfast in the room price, so I only have a few exciting meals to bore you about. I mentioned in a prior post that, when we first arrived in the city, our room wasn’t ready so we hopped on the subway and went to Brooklyn, walking back to Manhattan on the bridge. That’s not all we did; we also ate…
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Just A Little Sex in the City
Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! Greenwich Village is another one of NYC’s great neighborhoods. Mostly residential with a bohemian feel, the streets are lined with cool shops and coffeehouses (“Friends” was set in the Village!). Like SoHo, the Village is an area meant for aimless meandering; there are countless “treasures” to be found. We didn’t have a lot of time in the Village on the day we visited (unfortunately), so we didn’t get to see one of the most famous parks in New York City other than Central Park. I have…
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Where They’ll Know You’re a Visitor If You Say It Like The City In Texas
Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! One of my favorite neighborhoods in Manhattan is SoHo. SoHo stands for “South of Houston (Street)”, but don’t say “Houston” like the city in Texas. The street in Manhattan is pronounced “How-ston”. And yes, there is a NoHo, “North of Houston”. SoHo is a fun, artsy area with tons of galleries, quaint shops, and gorgeous buildings like these: On this day, we had some key spots we wanted to see: a couple were new to just Jim and the boys, and a couple were new to…
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Eats On the Cheap: Easier Than You Think!
Once upon a time, I was to be a contributor for a Chicago restaurant blog. I was really excited about the opportunity, because I was going to be the Suburban Restaurant Girl (official title. not.). I was asked to write a few articles ahead of the launch date, so I did. They paid me (in pennies, I think), and then the blog–in that format–was killed before launch. Almost a year later, the company started a new blog, and the writers it had already contracted with for the old one were told that they would only need one writer and if we were interested in the job, we had to send…