SoHo sojourn

The room in the West Village has a view across SoHo. The hotel is one where its best if you wear black, if you want to blend with the trend. I'd driven stress-free from Connecticut into Central Manhattan and found the parking lot to return the car without getting lost(not even using a map), but the yellow cab from 55th to Grand and West Broadway had a manic driver who loved smoking tyre stops, so it was great to see the inventive mini-bar contents in the room.

Firefly Chill-Out de-stress drink, with herbal extracts.

After sifting a gazzilion emails, it was time to venture into the now darkened streets, past the bustling lobby and out into the warm air past rows of full and animated restaurants.

New York, New York, its a helluva town.
Tag: New York

South Norwalk by Sunseeker

At around six o'clock, David invited us to take his boat for a spin across the sound to Norwalk.

We met at the Crab Shell, on the waterfront and David's Sunseeker Sun-Ray arrived.

We eased out of the channel and then opened up to 35 knots as we made the crossing to Norwalk, with the silhouette of Manhattan some 40 miles distant, set against the backdrop of the setting sun.


Having moored in South Norwalk, we made our way to the historic Sono district and then selected the restaurant Ocean Drive.

Ocean Drive serves fish, seafood and steak served in a soaring warehouse space. The 30 seat oyster bar serves icy shellfish platters, fresh sushi and an array of tropically infused cocktails. We sat in a private dining Cabana enjoying the food and one anothers' conversations.

Baang in Greenwich

Tonight we visited Baang, in Greenwich, CT. This Chinese fusion restaurant has some great and innovative dishes. A constant theme is that of bold flavors. Marinades, sauces, dips, spice rubs, and heavy reductions are masterfully executed. Marvel at the crispness of the flash fried spinach and moistness of the meats and seafood and how well the chef is able to balance these exotic flavors while allowing the main ingredient to be the star of the dish.

Grilled Shanghai beef in hot oil with cilantro, wok sauteed vegetables, bamboo steamed vegetables, and stir-fry sesame citrus noodles nestle up to the barbecued salmon with mustard sauce and the ginger glazed jumbo shrimp just beautifully.

Delicious!

Tag: food and drink, New York

Connections in Connecticut

We were mainly staying at the Westin in Stamford, Connecticut. Shawn was in from Ohio and Mark from California.

David drove us to Morton's for an evening of steak and preplanning for tomorrow's event.

'ike to ikea

Our mission was to get to Ikea and leave enough time to browse its stock. The size of an airport terminal, Ikea made the task formidable and didn't give us time to try the Swedish meatballs.

Soho

A late afternoon excursion to Soho, in Central London, prior to seeing a play in the evening found us around Greek Street and Old Compton Street, which was thriving with Londoners and tourists alike.

We sought refuge and Lebanese food in Maison Touareg where we were genially hosted as we ate spiced foods and drank mint tea.

Tag: London, Food and Drink

spontaneous santa fe

Last minute decision to go out instead of defrosting some chicken found us in Santa Fe, Reading. Good buzz but we still havn't watched E.T.

Tag: Food and Drink

Site makeover in stages

I've been looking at ways to improve the look of the site and in particular to bring in some micrographics to smooth a few of he rough edges. I've decided to use 'White' for the main text area now, so that I can drop white background pictures in directly and get soft edges when I want them.

Over a few cups of coffee, I will progressively change the site away ftom the multiple greens as I make the look 'cleaner'.

Tag: blog

click roll squeeze and scroll

I've sort of got used to mousing around with only one button, but I have to admit those right clicks were jolly useful. Salvation would seem to be at hand.

Tag: apple

Celebration

The scene was set for our special gathering in Essex. We were on time and so were the rest of the gang. This public site shows a pretty view of the venue. We will create a small separate site for those "in the know" to check through the photos. My cufflinks were great and I am sure Julie will enjoy E.T. Our thanks to all who joined us.

The Book Page

Welcome to the Book Page. This links to my other posts with books and article reviews and photos.

Hiruki Murakami
Douglas Coupland

The Music Page

Welcome to the Music Page. This links to my other posts with album and concert reviews and photos.

pretty shiny things

Sigur Ros
Bob Dylan
KT Tunstall
White Stripes
Mara Carlyle
Will Young - Leeds Castle
Louden Wainwright
Glastonbury 2005
My G-DEC Midi Page
Midi Files for G-DEC