1. Start the weekend right. Happy hour starting at 3:30 on Friday will do the trick. Mojitos, Caipirinas, Sangria & guacamole at our favorite Cuban restaurant in Chelsea works for us.
2. Celebrate your friends. Going away party at d.b.a. on Friday night. Good beer, good friends, good times outside on the back patio. The only downfall was saying good-bye to a friend moving down to South Carolina.
3. A NY weekend just isn't a NY weekend without drunk brunch. H went with an editor friend to Sunburnt Calf, the grown-up sister restaurant of Sunburnt Cow (an old favorite of ours where $18 gets you a delicious brunch & unlimited mimosas). $18 will still get you the best brunch deal in town at Sunburnt Calf, but without the crazy wait & boisterous young crowds.
4. Good food feeds the soul, but so do good friends. J hit up Otto, one of Mario Batali's genius creations, with an old friend from NYU. Cheese with honey dips, prosciutto, gourmet pizza, plenty of wine and deep conversation with a dear friend made for a perfect evening.
5. Explore beyond city limits. Just because we live in the concrete jungle doesn't mean we need to deprive ourselves of going to the beach. Luckily, $19 & a 45-minute train ride from Penn Station out to Long Beach in Long Island gets you the best escape in town. We hit up a delicious creperie for a quick snack along the main drag & then hit the sand. We basked in the sun, played in the waves, soaked up the seaside & even got ice cream. And we've got the sunburns to prove it.
4 out of 5 apples on the big apple weekend review radar.
xx H&J
At d.b.a. on the back patio
Grabbing a bite before hitting up the beach!
Beach card! First time paying to go to a beach...
J playing with the seagulls
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