Eat Your Fruits and Veggies in China!

Ebony and I reunited last month in Hong Kong and were bound for Mainland China.  Generally quite adventerous, we found ourselves eating some awfully strange and awfully greasy food.  From "Shake n' Bake" tofu to raw egg pastries to rainbow jellies from the grocery store...

All we knew was that we wanted to steer clear of the ducks heart, sliced up turtle on rice, $1 escargot and of course we were hoping to pass on the tiger leg soup too.

It didn't take us long before we realized that we missed those bright, colorful, juicy things that used to be a part of our diets.  What are those things called again?  It seemed so long since we had fresh fruit and veggies that we forgot their names.

After a little detective work, we found some gorgeous fruit juice stands and markets in Hong Kong to feed our needs.

Though we had to work to find the juicy stuff, it was well worth the wait!  And my quivering insides were glad to be reunited with fresh food!

An Eye for Detail

Recently, while my other half was away fighting off cowboys in her motherland, I was fortunate enough to accompany my favourite monocle wearing gentleman, Darcel to lunch at the Japanese culinary icon that is Nobu. 

Despite daily fantasies I'm not normally a lady who lunches so it was a treat to accompany Darcel on one of his 12 grueling reviewing assignments for NY Restaurant Week.

We got things started with cucumber cocktails and tomato ceviche, more cooling than an open fire hydrant in the NY heat.

Classic sushi, oh and classic wall street-ers too!

All topped off with a glass of creamy strawberry-basily-cakey delight. I took care of both of these.

Just in case all that wasn't fit for Darcel's discerning palate we were presented with a specially prepared plate of mango, melon and raspberry mochi ice cream (De Niro must have sent those out).

And the meal as seen through the eye of my date:

 

To see all Darcel's restaurant week reviews check this out.

Thank you Darcel!

Africananana

It was sizzling, it was sweaty, it was the beginning of summer here in New York.  And what could be better to do on a hot Memorial Day long weekend than hit up the Dance Africa festival at BAM.

We came on bike, on train and on foot.  And we sweated it out in the hot sun, tried on dresses, danced to all kinds of different beats, ate jerk chicken, made great new friends, drank cane juice and basked in the glory and culture that was oozing out onto the streets.

 One of the most incredible men I have ever come across! Genius style!

What cleanse?

 You are breakin' my heart here. Too cute!

I want to come back in my next life looking like this pretty please!

Living vicariously through Anthony as he made somer serious purchases.  Hello.  Best hat ever?

New friends from all over the place!

I have never seen a girl so happy, or so quiet...after she got her fork and her home style food!

Sweet tamarind....a real sweetie!

um, what's it gonna take to transport everything here to my closet?

Yes Kaiti. Yes!

One of my fav male looks...sharp, yet subtle.

Mr Goodstuff, is that you?

And now for some of my favorite things.....

Essential pantsuit

Michelle Obama Handbag...obviously!

 The most ridiculous thing about this dog was actually its owner's GOLD lipstick.  I need to get some!

I have got two words for you...tropical pizazz!

What a weekend!!!  And what a festival.  I really wish it happened every week!

Drunk As A Dragon

Although the event on Monday night at Macao in NY was actually called the Drunken Dragon, we all left there drunker than any dragons!  Thanks to the gorgeously mixed and mastered exotic drinks, our table was flooding with our favorites...the "Calamity Chang," "Lovee Long Time" and of course the knockout mixing of champagne and absinthe, aka "The Dangerkat".  Needless to say, by the end of the night we were all telling each other just how much we love one another.

 The Gorgeous Kaiti Dangerkat and Matthew Chiu...our fav NYC movers and SHAKERS!

Matthew dancing on the bar.

After we came out of the haze of our hangovers, we were able to remember just about everything that happened.  Every little thing impressed; from the table service catering, to the ambiance, to the costumes.  But not surprisingly, the dancers stole the show.  Our gorgeous friend Kaiti Dangerkat organized the entertainment and the show put on by the House of Dangerkat dancers was epic.  These dancers ruled the evening and had everyone standing on table, doing chin ups and screaming for more! 

 The scene of the crime...

The culprits...Ebony, Craig, Thomas and Jenny all looking for trouble

I didn't lie...we were literally doing chin ups above our table (oops!)

After the show...some backstage bonding.

Circus runaways? Circus runway?

Oli and Gio aka Jelly Jells, new found besties!

Our lady of the night....Miss Dangerkat

Recently Kaiti and Matthew did some incredible modeling for us at Make Believe...so we wanted to say Thank You and help them celebrate their big night with a lil MB lovin'!

Thanks for one of the best nights in a long time!!!

xoxo