Brunch at The Landmarc...Time Warner Center.

Henry and I went to the Landmarc in The Time Warner Center. Great view. Good omelet. Lousy service. When I went to the lady's room (I'm a lady...) there was a throng of servers next to the bar. I think it was party central. Oh...they are there to wait on people dining in the restaurant? I think not...

Nice table setting....

Two menus..it took some time to figure out they were BOTH menus as the plastic menu was stuck on the side of the table with the HUGE paper menu (seen above...folded) was put in front of you. What was the waiter doing? Nothing. 

Cozy table by the window...very nice. Comes with no service. I guess I've made my point!

After brunch I went to the Museum of Art and Design (next door). I adore this museum! Go and see this (and all) their fine exhibits...

Museum of Art and Design (MAD)

THE MUSEUM RATING...XOXOXOXO.....

THE RESTAURANT RATING

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok-If you are paying A LOT one (I) expects a lot...call me silly.

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back

Lunch with friends....

I headed to the westside, with a friend from Connecticut, to meet a friend who came in from NJ...I've known both since I was 9. That is a very long time!!!!.....

It really says 44 & X on the door...the outside space is lovely (we ate inside...it was chilly outside). Of course, the restaurant looks out on a gas station and traffic! I LOVE NY!!!

The indoor space is attractive and VERY LOUD. The LOUD seems to be somewhat universal...loud is ok. Of course when you are older and half deaf...lip reading is a handy skill.

On another (TOTALLY UNRELATED) note: who thought it was a good idea to put Gayle and Charlie on CBS morning news? I cannot bear it! I've had to move on...boo hoo...

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back

Not...inexpensive....

I eat a lot of just...ok food. I'd go back if I happen to be in the neighborhood and don't know where else to go! There are tons of other places to go! The name is clever as it is the address...can't miss it. Spend a lot of time on 10th Ave?....I bet you don't. The 40's in Hell's Kitchen is LOADED with restaurants...a wonderful neighborhood. Ninth Avenue is the best...

xoxoJaneoxox

Making up for lost time...if you Blog...time is never lost! My diary...

For the past few days I have been throwing out rugs (more about that later), rearranging space, entertaining an out-of-town friend, eating and more eating...and there was the graduation...xoxoJaneoxox

The Graduation

The Graduate...yay!!!!!

Proud mother and brother! Brava!!!! 

xoxoMomandCyoxox

Graduation dinner at Esca....

My son ordered these after being told they had a metallic taste...needless to say, he ate all of them! He really liked them...???

Mahi Mahi crudo. Of all we ordered, the best, hands down. Thank you Justin!

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back...I've eaten here a few times...the crude is the best food they serve. The waitress was quite the salesperson. Go with your 'gut'...you needn't order crude, pasta AND an entree. 

Birthday and Graduation Celebration at The Water Club...lovely.

Perfect weather for lunch inside and drinks outside, at The Water Club. Friends and family...a wonderful time.

Could the day have been more beautiful? I don't think so...a picture from upstairs at the H2O club...looking north.

Happy Birthday and Graduation to you...

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back

xoxoJaneoxox

Hamburger Heaven....Imagine.

I did not eat out today. I walked to the westside of NYC to the 'finisher' (sounds ominous, it's not) to pick up some of the jewelry I make, went to Uniqlo and The Gap...still NO food! My son sent me a link to an article about a young woman with flesh eating disease. She is fighting for her life while having parts of her body amputated. If you pray, pray for her. Count your blessings. xoxoJaneoxox

Need I say more......

The day before Mother's Day...lovely. A friend and I had lunch at The Smith Restaurant NYC, mid-town. We headed west and met up with another friend at the Museum of Art and Design. This is a fantastic museum. Visit...support...join...XOXOXO. After the museum I met my son went to a street fair (he was STARVING) and then we went for drinks at The Peninsula Hotel in TWO bars...and then home, alone, to the dog. It was a lovely day. xoxoJaneoxox

The Smith...VERY loud, very friendly service, expensive and ALWAYS BUSY!

A street fair on Broadway...isn't he cute???

At the roof bar of the Peninsula Hotel...the sky above...

Mother's Day flowers from Annie and John...aren't they gorgeous...

xoxoJaneoxox

Lennys...ubiquitous Lenny's...

Great Prices...NO ambiance...which is Lenny's ambiance.......

Lenny's on 2nd Avenue and 54th St....
Good breakfast, decent sandwiches...
Good prices...
Ok service...I ordered one egg and crisp bacon on a roll...
She heard egg and ham. I repeated myself...and again.
What's up?

Working in Lenny's...
I cannot, I repeat, get crisp bacon.
Why not?

A RATING SYSTEM

xo=eh

xoxo=ok, just...ok

xoxoxo=really ok, really and I will go back....

xoxoxoxo=yes+I'd go back+I really like it, I really do

xoxoJaneoxox

ANOTHER DAY...ANOTHER DINER! and a bike tour.

WESTWAY DINER

I walked to the westside of NYC and joined my son for breakfast in a diner, of all places. 

I am convinced I am either invisible or don't speak the same language the waiter hears. I said, loud and clear, I thought...no potatoes. So why were they lying next to my spinach and feta very very well-cooked omelet? Why? The waiter was friendly...enough.

 I managed to muster up enough will-power not to eat them! Go Jane!!!
Now for the tour...xoxoJaneoxox

I took my own advice and got up and out. What a great day. I met my son at 46th and 8th. Ate (you will see where...) and walked to the westside, by the Intrepid and proceeded north. We walked to past the Boat Basin back down there (79th St.), headed east through Central Park, went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art...and got in a cab back to the westside to EAT. At that point in time...I was spent!!! Nary a picture of lunch...yummy meats and bruschetta with sardines and cheese...xoxoJaneoxox

Lox and eggs and onions with fast friendly service...
Not beautiful (where have I posted that is beautiful...asks
I....)

Broadway Deli & Bagels, New York 
515 W 42nd St (Hell's Kitchen), New York 10036   (212) 564-0503

This morning in NJ...to the dentist.

Breakfast in New Providence...Lovely little place. Wonderful owner...who is about to be a daddy...awwwww.................a baby girl. Lovely

PANINI CAFE

ME...'QUICK'

The year I was born....

Three brothers.Two came before me; one after me. I was told "be a teacher". (There were some intervening years between birth and 'be a teacher' but that is not 'QUICK'. So I cut to the chase...two 'brilliant, special, walk-on-water brothers (and I don't, in fact, disagree), one lost soul brother, and the 'pretty', be a teacher, get married, girl-me. Life's tough. I became a teacher. (art and shop...no less) Not really my thing but I do Love children. Married, had three children...and Fresh Air Fund Children, Big Sister, Foster Children. Did I mention I love children? ADD was not on the horizon 'then'. My diagnosis came after three children and two years in therapy. Hah. Surprise...tried drugs. Hated drugs. What difference does it make especially when I'm not driving others crazy? (I only drive them crazy when I'm with them..but not ALL THE TIME!!!) Separated...for years now. (Still have 3 children) 


I have a million ideas...I've sold my 'things'.... Different things. Did I mention ADD? Lack of commitment and confidence. I do love my ideas. I love how they come to me. Any time any place. I close my eyes and 'see' things that aren't there or are they there? What do you see when you close your eyes? I've tried to get some manufactured...begged and pleaded, smiled and smiled some more. One guy even ripped off an idea...in his own crappy way...QVC no less. Jerk. Well...I give up. My ideas will appear here sooner or later because I'm NO business woman and I just don't know how...but I'm always game...


HELP! Here's what I need...Imagine a small box (2X2ish). You want to light up the inside of this box with small bright lights with a power source and switch. The switch should be outside the box, small and sweet. Any one out there? If you know your bulbs and switches
your my 'man'...

xoxoJaneoxox

On my walk with my daughter to work...we got hungry!

Esa-a Bagel
I haven't gone here in years. I didn't go because the people working there, years ago,
were...nasty. Enough said. I got hungry. We were going to walk right by so what the heck. The fellow behind the counter was a doll. He even smiled. The cashier and I are not on a first name basis but he too was...ok. Perhaps I'll go back. The place was packed. I guess that's a good sign. Yes?

Yummeeeeee.......in the....I'll spare you the rest. 

An Ugly Sign...but a sign none the less...
831 3rd Ave
(between 50th St & 51st St) 

xoxoJaneoxox

Rancho...Soup Nazi? The only Soup Nazi was on TV

The nice patron at the table watched me cough coffee quite

a distance and his reaction was "....this happens to every

one." I found the friendliest place in NYC this morning!

After walking for 1/2 hour...fast...as fast as one can walk with lights at every corner and after going to Staples I was really hungry so...I stopped at the big sign that said breakfast served here..Rancho. The gal that waited on me was AMAZING! Could not have been nicer.  I ordered The Champion BUT with changes. I should just give up but I cannot. We want what we want. Right? Over easy, 1 egg got me eggs scrambled.

  

The 'you cannot miss me' awning to the entrance.

I've passed this place a million times...this is 

finding nice people in...fun, places.

They did leave off the cheese and left the ham...! Scooped out...almost. I asked if there was 

decaf. I thought she said yes. She did not. I drank MORE coffee...never good. But the 

place was clean, the service polite and friendly and the food ok. For $4.60 I got 2 scrambled eggs/ham/bagel/coffee....3rd Avenue...NW side of street...between 

55th and 56th St...I think. You can't miss the awning!

xoxoJaneoxox

A Charmed Life and other matters...

I started three 3 III blogs! This is the one 1 I... I will pursue...The others, xoacharmedlifeox  and
Now You See It...Before You Didn't (see it!)

and A Charmed Life

will only exist in my imagination and on this blog, for the moment. Get ready for my imagination...bring yours!

Now You See It refers to scenes like the one in this picture. LOOK AROUND! The HEART is on the GROUND! All AROUND there are interesting shapes to be found! Look UP and DOWN (perhaps not while you are texting or driving or reading e-mail...that's enough to get you killed!) and LEFT and RIGHT, interesting scenes are in your SIGHT.

(Oh, I do love rhyming...so do kids...be a kid...)

xoacharmedlifeox™(and A Charmed Life) will, I hope in the nearish future be a website on which I will sell...charms, necklaces, etc.! Yes...another jewelry site. Mine is better. Stay tuned...More food, photos and...more.       

Have a lovely day! xo                                                       
oxoxjanexoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

It's raining...Lunch at the John Dory Oyster Bar...

John Dory Oyster Bar
http://thejohndory.com/info.html

My son and daughter and I stopped in for lunch. I think I might have been looking, for a change, at apartments, in the neighborhood.

You have to love the floating-in-the-air fish tanks. I think my kids liked the oysters. Tall tables, young, fun area....Check out the restaurant and the bar at the Ace Hotel, next door...

An oyster bar...

The other side fish tank...

Cafe Jia 

37 W 46th St

(between 5th Ave & Avenue Of The Americas)

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-jia-manhattan

Well...I asked for one egg scrambled on a scooped out toasted sesame seed bagel (only in NY!!!) I got two eggs scrambled on a toasted un-scooped toasted sesame seed bagel. I repeated the order 3 three tres times! The counter guy looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language. I guess I was! The upside: $2.45 WITH a small cup of coffee. Can't beat that...Oh well...This place was filled with cute guys in hard hats and, I imagine, is a zoo at lunch time as they offer tons of options.

Some of what they offer...tons of choices here....

I am writing in green so you will see this post...I must branch out. I have 16,000+ photographs that I've taken. Many in NYC and elsewhere in this great and glorious world. I love to fiddle with Photoshop and I am sure that within the next couple of decades, I'll be fairly well versed in it. I LOVE digital everything! I love technology! God bless APPLE!!! (He/She has...haven't they...) Life is not just about food...and I wonder why not??? xoxoxoJ

A slice of heaven in Califon....

Visit Bex Kitchen

Main Street, Califon, New Jersey
908.975.3334 for directions, etc.

A charming little bistro in a beautiful part of the world. The service is warm and friendly as are the owners. Leave NYC behind. Relax. I went today, for brunch. DELICIOUS! Fresh food. Fresh air.

Joan, an owner and the loveliest waitress
west of NYC!

A YUMMY PLATTER....

FRESH BAKED GOODIES...I drool....

Drive around this part of New Jersey...you won't be
disappointed. It's not called the Garden State for nothing!

If you come Monday through Saturday (I hope) you can eat AND buy lumber right next door. Sunday...you just eat. You know that's what you want! Oh how I love lumberyards!!!

La Baguette

Yesterday I was walking in the morning...as I try to do on a daily weekday basis...and got hungry as I do on an hourly basis...so I thought I'd eat out at the first diner/cheap (looking) place I came across. This was it. Avoid the place. Enough said.

Sarah's Kitchen...give it a shop

Sarah's Kitchen 725 3rd Avenue

I think I am going to wander Monday through Friday morning (give or take a day or two) and eat breakfast out...somewhere new every day. Cheap(ish) This is NY City after all. I could use some suggestions...I went to a pretty awful place yesterday. Sarah's Kitchen might put some Salt and Pepper and Napkins UPSTAIRS where one eats in. I know it's expensive...but in the grand scheme of things...come on.