A West Side Blunder

On December 13th, we did one of our most favorite activities - we drank and ate our way down the West Side of Manhattan! With Marvis in town, and it being especially chilly, we concentrated our feasting/drinking first in the west 80's and then ended up in Columbus Circle. A brief tour follows:

We begin at a great place, PINCH & S'MAC, which is pizza measured by the inch and a whole bunch of variations on the classic macaroni & cheese. We had a plain 6" pizza (nice tangy sauce and thin crust) and the Napoletana S'MAC, which was, in a word- awesome.

Next, we clearly needed a drink. The Dead Poet was the answer. On a cold day, whiskey was the drink of choice - Irish coffees for Rebecca and Marvis and Bushmills for Paul. We came in cold but felt warm when we left!



A delicious series of tapas followed at Luzia's, which is a Portuguese tapas bar. Crab cakes, jamon croquetas and sausages accompanied by the house red sangria. A perfect amount of food and drink to keep us going through the shopping we were about to embark on. (Columbus Circle Winter Arts Fair)

Last but certainly not least, we ended up at one of the
newest wine bars in Manhattan, Clo.
It has this great interactive menu of wines that is projected from the ceiling down onto the bar. You can select your wine of choice, find where it is in the bar, and take your Clo card over to fill up your glass. Quite a gimmick, but it was pretty cool.

All in all, a great day experiencing Manhattan with one of our
favorite people to stumble around with!