FRIDAY
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Ceci -Cela  |
A Great pastry shop in SoHo. No fuss, just expertly created classic French pastry. It's been around for many years and has stood the test of time. For Opera, eclairs, napoleons, tarte aux citrons etc.etc.etc. It's a must stop when you desire the classics.
On Spring and Lafayette at the uptown 6 train entrance.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
NYC, March 2011.
After what has become de rigueur in domestic air travel, we arrived in NYC four hours late and did not get to our mid-town hotel until 1:00am, a morning jaunt downtown to visit one of my favorite espresso bars in the US helped us forget the lunacy of commercial airlines. Gimme! Coffee is a spot for the purest. No half caf -decaf mocha frappa-something with part skim part soy blah blah blah is served here. If you fancy expertly pulled espresso, cappuccino, americanos etc. and outstanding American style coffee then Gimme! Coffee is for you. Oh and don't bring your laptop, there are no sofas or tables. The interior is a classic European stand -up bar. It's great.
Located on Mott between Prince and Spring, Gimme! is a must visit for true lovers of artisan coffee.
Monday, March 7, 2011
CHICKEN POT PIE AND BECKHAM
Last week we had the chance to see the Los Angeles Galaxy play Club Tijuana in a preseason soccer match at the University of San Diego. A friend and colleague who works in soccer management provided us with a pair of outstanding tickets for the match...mid-field ..row "J." In a small stadium like USD's being that close to some of the best soccer players in the game was pretty amazing.
We began our outing with a stop at a great spot in San Diego called Shakespeare's Pub. After a pint or two and the house made chicken pot pie, we were off to the stadium.
A word on the match. Landon Donovan played the entire ninety minutes which was great to see him up close..right in front of us. He is a gifted athlete and watching on TV doesn't do his skill justice. David Beckham played seventy five minutes and spent a considerable amount of time in front of us as well. I know it has become quite a sport to bash Beckham. He is one of the most recognizable and highest paid athletes in the world. He lives a jet-setting life and is always clad in the most trendy fashion on the planet. But to see his footwork, first touches, crosses and distribution from a few yards away is amazing. Effortless physical efficiency differentiates the great ones from their peers and he lives up to the hype.
It was a very good match that ended up being won by Tijuana in kicks.
BASKETBALL
After a long and very fun season of assistant coaching our high school basketball team, time now exists to write again. BUT SPEAKING OF BASKETBALL...How about those HEELS. In a season of uncertainty and parity in college basketball, UNC rose to the occasion and re-found their roots in uptempo, unselfish play. Gone are the twins that needed to be home in Orange county CA and the guard who left the program via a phone call to Coach from daddy. It's been a fun team to watch: great defense, the old fast break is back and a deliberate well orchestrated half court offense led to another ACC championship.
What a game last Saturday night when the DOOK blue devils traveled the seven miles to THE UNIVERSITY to attend a basketball clinic at the Dean Smith Center. Sorry DOOKIES but the HEELS unselfish offense coupled with a relentless trapping defense rendered coach K's perimeter run and gun 3 point offense impotent (27 three point attempts by DOOK compared to UNC's 9). I was fortunate to have been in Manhattan over the weekend and had the opportunity to watch the game at a bar in my old neighborhood of Murray Hill. Surrounded by Carolina fans / alums made for great night out.
But what makes the greatest basketball rivalry so fun is we all know DOOK will be back next year as good or better... and we can't wait. That's what makes great Universities so special: a tradition of excellence...in the classroom and on the fields and courts.
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