Sam I am

[This post is mainly for me so that I can keep track of Del Posto reviews when I decide whether or not I want to go.]

As frequent readers know, I go to Otto frequently. I enjoy the food and atmosphere there. I’ve visited the bar at Del Posto once, and had one of the best negronis I have ever had. However, food is not served at the bar, and I have not had an opportunity to eat there. And while I know several of the people who work there, I am feeling very nervous about plonking down the amount of money required.

Here are a couple of reviews of Del Posto:

• Opinionated about Dining
• New York
• The Amateur Gourmet
• The New York Times

Of these reviews, only the New York Times review is extremely positive.

Harlan and Kathleen weren’t able to join me at my birthday party, so we went out a couple of weeks later during the day. We ended up going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s a fantastic museum. I end up seeing a different part of the museum for the first time every time I visit. And I’ve been visiting since I was a kid. This time, I saw the Luce Center for the first time.

Harlan and Kathleen

I was browsing through the sites I read on Bloglines and thought I would highlight a couple of food sites that have had recent interesting posts. On Butter Pig, Tom Dowdy punctures the myth of filtering cheap vodka. C’est moi qui l’ai fait! is a cooking blog based in France. I mostly read it to practice my French, but the recipies and posts are interesting as well. Finally, Chocolate & Zucchini has great coverage of the best baguette in Paris.

For my birthday in January, my father took my brother and I to Blue Smoke. Blue Smoke is a good BBQ join in the flatiron neighborhood. My favorite part of the meal was the custom peanuts. They open the jar at the table.

Thanks for dinner dad!

Over the winter, I visited my friend Sharon in Pittsburgh. Sharon moved to Melbourne with her husband Mark after they got married. (Mark is from Australia.) Sharon was visiting her family in Pittsburgh, and I figured that if Sharon could travel halfway around the world, the least I could do is travel across Pennsylvania.

The sunsets are pretty in Pittsburgh.

Sharon and me.