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Last Day in NYC

My last night in NYC for two weeks and I spent it with some of my closest friends drinking margaritas and chatting about summer adventures. My last day I spent procrastinating some packing, grabbing lunch with some friends, then off to my favorite neighborhood thrift store, Atlantis Attic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diesel tee shirt

Forever 21 shorts

Jessica Simpson boots

Vintage/thrifted bag

Next time I post you’ll be reading all about my July 4th weekend! Enjoy 😀

La Bernadin

Saturday evening began at my friend Mahsa’s where three girls attempted to assemble into dinner attire in one studio apartment. After that lengthy process my friends Mahsa, Eliza and I headed to the Bowery Hotel to meet up with some other friends for some pre dinner drinks. The hotel had just switched to their spring cocktail menu so three of us enjoyed the new “governor” which is a fresh, cucumber and mint infused gin cocktail which I highly suggest for a hot summer evening.

Next stop was uptown for an exceptional dinner…

La Bernadin is an acclaimed midtown restaurant with tasting menus based upon fish and eclectic wine pairings. As most of you know, I’m not a fish or meat eater, but thankfully my friend Mahsa convinced the restaurant to do a special vegetarian tasting menu for my Saturday night trip there, complete with specially paired wines.

My first course (of 7) was some lightly roasted fresh vegetables, followed up by a mushroom and greens salad in truffle oil; YUM.

Next came some more roasted vegetables along with some fried vegetables, all over seasoned cous cous. Somewhere in between there was white asparagus in an egg cream glaze…I’d never even known white asparagus existed but was so pumped and pleased I didn’t get a picture!

This was then followed by spinach handmade ravioli with mushrooms and seasoned spinach in an egg and oil sauce.

After these courses came the desserts; yes, dessertS.

Pre-Dessert #1 was a Greek panna cota with apple dices, apple gelatin, and a sliver of jalapeno, which was undetectable in the grand scheme of the slice.

Pre Dessert #2 was a La Bernadin specialy called “the egg”. It’s paired with an ale instead of wine and is heavily instructed to be consumed from the bottom up, strictly NO MIXING. It was….indescribable.  All I can say is go and be sure to ask for the egg, you can not be let down by this!

This was then followed by an intricate, heavy mouse of mixed dark and milk chocolates topped with a liquidized pear and crystalized ginger. As the waiter explained it I was already in heaven, though upon diving in, the mouse proved too heavy for me. This was then followed by a sampler of mini desserts; a mini creme brulee, mini macaroons, mini puff pastries, etc. I had been craving macaroons all week so I ate about three of the minis as the ender to this exquisite meal.

My roommate, Eliza, also live tweeted her entire meal of meat and fish, so here are a few images and descriptions for her tasting menu (desserts were the same):

monkfish with egg cream and other glaze

Blue fin tuna carpaccio over foie gras on toast

Octopus with miso vinegar and black beans

Black bass with riceless bean rissotto

Tuna tartare with seaweed and watermelon

Irish coffee!

And now, for actually fashion/people:

I wore a Forever21 dress borrowed from Mahsa along with my favorable Aldo wedges and H&M jacket.  As you can tell, we all had a wonderful time.

Melting Pot

It’s been a busy week. I just started my new job and was thrown into putting together a brand new store from the ground up, fighting with my parentals and making time to see my boyfriend. It’s been hectic but I’m finally getting around to purging everything off of my camera.

These pictures were taken last Monday when my friend’s whisked me away to this restaurant in Providence called The Melting Pot. It was an amazing place with four course meals all based on fondue, with the exception of the salad courses.If you’re wondering about my outfit (this is a fashion blog, after all) both my top and skirt were from Forever 21. I was wearing a diamond necklace given to me by an ex bought from Linden Jewelers. My blue bracelet was made by myself 🙂

The adorable couple known as Aleia and James.

It was so delicious. The appetizer meal was three Wisconsin cheeses mixed fndue with veggies (SO fresh, might I add!) and bread. Then the salads, then the main meal consisting of veggies and vegetable dumplings for me and meat for the carnivores, all in a Caribbean garlic flavored broth. Lastly, dessert. Me and Aleia had Turtle flavored chocolate fondue, while James favored Oreo S’mores chocolate fondue. Each came with a plate of fruit, cheesecake, brownies, and rice krispies treats! I’m quite sure I gained a good 10 lbs, but it was so good I did not even care.