Williamsburg Wanderings

As much as I enjoy the extra $$ from working Saturday mornings, I was happy to say so long farewell till the Fall. After a lovely sleep in, the Frans rallied and headed out to Williamsburg, Brooklyn for some nosh.

Rain loomed over our heads all day, but we were able to catch about an hour of full on sunlight. 

Where else would we go other then St. Balmain. The sun was calling for us and our bellies were hungry for something delicious.

I finally ordered the Avocado Toast. There are no words to describe how good this is. I wanted another and literally licked my plate.

Natty got the Green Breakfast Bowl. People seriously crave this. We passed a friend on the way out who declared..."I woke up thinking about that Breakfast Bowl and I made my husband come here with me so I could eat it". It is that good people.

Mer had their Salad with Grilled Chicken (I don't know the exact name...I'm sorry).

This is my side of Kale Chips. I went for the healthier option this round.

We had some familiar faces pop over to our table. This one was blown away when he saw our dessert order.

This is the Carmel Chocolate Pie (also not the exact name, but we couldn't remember). It was sinfully melt in your mouth delcious. It was super rich and we each had maybe three bites. 

This is the DIY Donut. St. Balmain is getting a lot of buzz about this puppy. It is a homemade donut with a bit of Strawberry compote inside. It is your job to inject the filling. You can choose from Chocolate, White Chocolate and Vanilla currently. I went for traditional chocolate. The beauty of this is there is no right way to fill the donut, it's up to you.

I made a mess of it, but boy did it taste good.

We could only hold off the rain for so long and had to finish our dessert inside.

Stir crazy, we headed out for a walk around Williamsburg after the torrential rain downpour.

Our wanderings eventually brought us to The Gorblas. It is a new rooftop bar and restaurant above the Urban Outfitters Concept Store on N 6th between Berry & Wythe Ave. I was a bit weary at first, but this place is awesome! The rooftop is not fully open yet, so we grabbed a bit of Rose at the inside bar and popped upstair to our personal teepee table.

We waited out the second downpour of the day in our teepee, and then retreated back to the Upper West Side for a relaxing evening at the homestead. What a GLORIOUS day.

xoxo

Soho House & The Firing Squad...Bang Bang

I haven't posted all week and I'm super bummed about that! It has been a non-stop week at work and in life. But, I was able to grab some fun & snapshots along the way, unfortunately they were with my iphone. 

I got an email earlier this week from an awesome chica I met through church. She no longer lives in NYC, but sent me an invite to a launch party her company was sponsoring. It was for the new BMW i8 and artist Tavares. The new BMW i8 has a unique sporty design and will set you back a pretty penny to own - around $135,000. The NYTimes did a great write up about the car here. 

Now, I'm not really into cars, but I was into the party's location - the very exclusive Soho House. The Soho House New York is a private members' club and hotel located in the Meathpacking District. It's not a place you just walk into, so I grabbed my plus one, freshened up after a long day at work, and set out for the adventure. 

The event also promoted the launch of artist Tavares Stratchan's new work SEEN/UNSEEN. What I learned from people walking around with ipads is that in 2011 Tavares Stratchan created a closed art exhibition in an undisclosed warehouse in Brooklyn. He photographed his work, and compiled it into a book. It's the whole idea of if a tree falls in the middle of a forest and no one is around to hear it did it really fall? I think he is going for the whole if an epic work of art is created and no one knows about it, is it really that epic? 

There were yummy passed horderves - meatballs, risotto balls, tuna tartar and spinach raviolis. We made sure to lounge a bit on the velvet tufted sofas and drink a couple glasses of vino before heading home. I don't think I was supposed to take pictures but I couldn't resist. Hope they let me back in! 

Of course we made sure to snap a few shots in the photo booth and leave our mark on The Soho House wall of fame. 

Fast forward to Friday. Sad cause Hannah was out of town, Mochie rounded up the Frans for some margs. We headed down to Hecho En Dumbo. It wasn't the cheapest marg, but it sure was good. 

If you didn't know, the Frans are a gang. Don't mess with my Frans! Mochie fondly referred to us as the "firing squad" all night. I'll let you all ponder why.

I ordered the Sopes de Pollo. It was a trio of stone-ground corn masa medallions with black bean puree, house-made crema fresca, romaine lettuce and powdery cotija cheese. Mine was also topped with chicken in a chile pulla sauce. 

T & Mochie got the Tacos de Costilla - steak short rib tacos.

Natty opted for the Tacos Campechanos - steak, chorizo & crisp friend pork skin.

This is the Tacos de Tuetano - roasted bone marrow and caramelized wagyu beef tongue.

Mer had the Queso Fundido de Chorizo. Basically baked cheese over meat, served with warm tortillas.

We then popped over to The Wren for a nightcap. 

Like I said...we are a gang. We got each others back.

xoxo