Central Park – Turtle Pond, originally uploaded by Peter S on Flickr.
A beautiful evening in Central Park.
Editor’s Note: I mistakingly posted this as Turtle Pond. It is actually The Lake. Sorry for the confusion.
Central Park – The Lake
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Friend of a Farmer is friend of my taste buds
Friend of a Farmer is definitely a friend of my taste buds. It was a really delicious dinner in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of New York City.
We needed to get out of midtown Manhatten yesterday for dinner and headed for Friend of a Farmer. I had heard of this place from my sister in-law and my wife. My sister in-law used to go here a lot and took my wife there before.
After a short walk from the subway at Union Square, we were there and sitting outside at the restaurant enjoying a cool evening breeze in New York, something that has been missing for most of our trip.
The service was prompt and friendly. It was almost like visiting family for dinner.
I had the Tery Alan Chicken. Was this delicious. It is a chicken breast stuffed with granny smith apples and cheddar cheese served over lemon bread with citrus honey raisen sauce. It is served also with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.
This was just one of the items that were on the menu, but I just loved this. It was quite flavorful and enjoyable. It all was washed down with a Witte beer from the Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York. It was a Belgian Wheat beer that was quite smooth.
For desert I had the key lime pie, but the berry tart also looked good.
It is more known for their breakfast and brunches, but is also a wonderful place for dinner.
It is a wonderful place to get away from it all in New York. It is a nice, quiet, and restful place in a big city. If you want to get away from it for an hour or two, head to Friend of a Farmer.
Filming Ugly Betty
Walking near Battery Park and came along the filming of a scene of Ugly Betty.
Times Square
Frankie & Johnnie’s a wonderful steakhouse in New York
We were looking for a place for dinner tonight, but didn’t want to go to far away from our hotel near Times Square. I knew of a steakhouse near Rockefeller Center, but in doing some research I found one near our hotel, Frankie and Johnnie’s.
It is on 37th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Walking down the street you wouldn’t think that a great steakhouse is there, but go inside and it is a wonderful place.
Downstairs is the bar and upstairs is the restaurant. The hostess took us upstairs and we were greeted by the head waiter who promptly sat us and asked us if we would like to have anything to drink.
The service was wonderful and the Boddingtons was quite cold and tasty.
Now for the food. Continue reading
A wonderful day at Yankee Stadium
A wonderful day at Yankee Stadium, the Oakland A's vs New York Yankees.
My dad and I went to Yankee Stadium today. We had a great day and quite enjoyed it. It has always been a dream of mine to go to a game there and I finally fulfilled that dream.
It was a blast. I enjoyed just walking into the stadium and seeing it with my own eyes. We had a ball and got to see a great game also. (The Yankees won in the bottom of the 12th on a bases loaded hit batsman.)
It was a beautiful stadium. An old stadium, but a great stadium. I will hate to see it come under a wrecking ball here this fall. The new stadium will be nice, have wide aisles and seats, and even wider concourses. But it won’t be the same. A stadium that has seen a lot since 1923.
The only thing that we didn’t get to see was Monument Park. We got there as the stadium gates opened and by the time we got to the line, it was closed and they wouldn’t let us line up. That just sucked.
If you are a baseball fan out there and haven’t seen a game at Yankee Stadium, do it now. Before the catedral of baseball is gone.
Batting Practice at Yankee Stadium
We came early to see Monument Park but their were so many people that we couldn’t get in. We are looking at coming back Monday and trying again.