By Luci Special birthday dinners, for many of us, are the best part of a birthday. This year, I celebrated at The River Café, a charming...

By Billa Staten Island has many fine restaurants, and most of them are Italian. But every once in a while we get a hankering for other...

By Michele Last winter while staying in Vero Beach, Florida, our dear friend, Sharon, treated us to dinner, along with our mutual friend,...

By Billa Knowing we (me and my husband Martin) were going to be staying in Miami Beach for six days in the beginning of January, I made...

By Billa Cape May, New Jersey is a charming small town located 140 miles south of Staten Island. It is known as America’s original...

By Billa When you Google “What foods is the State of Maine known for?” The first answer is “lobsters” (see my blog from 9/1/24 - (...

By Billa If you google “What foods is Maine known for?” The top answer is invariably “lobsters.” So, on a recent trip to Maine, I looked...

By Billa Being a sabra (a native-born Israeli), I naturally have an affinity for Israeli food. So, when a cousin invited us (me and...

By Billa Last week, my husband, Martin, and I went to see the Whitney Museum’s Biennial exhibition; the biennial being a survey of...

By Luci At age 17 I became an opera lover. Why? I was a fan of Ella Fitzgerald. She had a marvelous song, “Beat Out That Rhythm on a...

By Billa Day 1: Dinner at Joliet This is a Cajun-inspired seafood bistro. We’ve been here before, a few years ago for lunch. It is where...

By Billa Buttermilk Channel is a restaurant located at 524 Court Street in Brooklyn. On a recent (third) visit, my husband, Martin, and I...

By Michele On a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon, my husband and I, along with our friends, Billa and Martin, visited Mello Bistro on Staten...

By Billa Mello Bistro, a Staten Island eatery, opened in November of of 2022. The bistro is a family affair with father and son chefs and...

By Billa Savannah, Georgia is a charming little town with an interesting historic district dating back to the 1700’s. On our 4-day trip...

By Billa A couple of weeks ago, my husband, Martin, and I sailed on a 12-day cruise to Scandinavia. The ship we sailed on is Silhouette....

What a treat! This Sri Lankan restaurant on Staten Island is rated by the New York Times as one of the 100 best restaurants in the city....

By Billa On Monday we visited the Metropolitan museum of Art. There are two current exhibitions that I went to see. The first is a...

By Billa This Staten Island restaurant opened in March in what used to be Perkins Pancake House on Forest Avenue. The large, renovated...

By Michele Last week I met for Afternoon Tea with two friends, Sharon and Pamela. We met at Sealantro British Café located in Vero Beach,...