11.29.2012

@VestaVino for our last meal in NYC.

Last year, I deemed Vesta as one of our best meals in 2011. Not much has changed. It is still top notch, super filling, and what I consider to be some of the best Italian cooking.

1+2 Their seasonal menu by candlelight and hearty bread with oil that practically disappeared as soon as it arrived.
3+4 Seth pouring a carafe of Vesta's very own wine on tap + me patiently waiting for my glass to be filled.
5 Fresh mozzarella with arugula + crostinis.
6 Slow braised meatballs with parmigiano, + tomato sauce ($12).
7 Arugula salad with shaved carrots, walnuts, + oranges topped with maple yogurt ($10).
8 Roasted Brussels sprouts with parmigiano ($6).
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A six hour, Sunday dinner style meat ragu lasagna ($15).
10+11
Perfection in a rectangle or La Torta Del Piccolo Bambino Gesu Cristo or The Baby Jesus Cake + the most delicious and delicate pumpkin cheesecake.

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11.26.2012

Christmas Wrapping.

One tree ($50 from Moore Trees), five sets of 100 mini white lights ($4.50 each) + how many ever ornaments later — it feels like Christmas time again in our home.

<p>Merry Christmas 2012 from Justine B. on Vimeo.</p>

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11.23.2012

The best Black Friday deal.

A big glass bowl of mish mosh for $10 from The Bagel. Well, actually it is available every day at this price.

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11.06.2012

Bulot at L'Ecume Saint-Honoré in Paris.

L'Ecume Saint-HonorĂ© en Paris looks like this. Only, image you listening to seagulls singing on repeat over the speakers as you sit and eat your oysters and bulot (40€). Call them sea snails/whelks/bulots — they are not something I can easily eat. You pull the snail out of its shell and then proceed to dip it into garlic mayonnaise. Voila.

The silver bucket next to the bottle of Muscadet (22€) is to discard your finished shells. After a plate of pretty delicious oysters, Seth was feeling more adventurous and decided that buying a sea urchin (7) was a good thing to do. He tried it and seemed to feel indifferently about that orange mush that you eat inside.

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