Leo Villareal's Buckyball in Madison Square Park

CBS New York: Five Great Lighting Displays

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New York is known for its lights. Around the holidays, the city that never sleeps uses more than its share of electricity to turn its buildings and streets into twinkling wonderlands. The displays that follow might not be as big as those at Rockefeller Center or Dyker Heights, but they’re bright enough to say “Happy Holidays” to all who pass near their glow [read more].
  

The Scream at MoMA

Almost cartoonish in person, Edvard Munch's Scream nevertheless expresses a primordial horror. We went to see this painting at MoMA because it expresses what we're feeling. Someone we love is going through a difficult time right now --- someone vivid and strong, with many fans and friends, someone who loyally reads this blog, or at least looks at the photos --- and we have no words of comfort for him, for our family, or for each other.   
 
Nearby is a gallery devoted to Monet's paintings of water lilies. Like Munch, Monet produced variations of the same image. Whereas Monet saw art as a balm for the troubles of modern life, Munch saw art as a depiction thereof. Sometimes art soothes, but sometimes it simply mirrors, depicting the unsayable, screaming the unexpressible.  

 

Serious Eats: El Mio Cid

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This week's Date Night finds us at El Mio Cid, where the the food is sizable and un-re- or de-constructed [read more].
  

New York Thanksgiving

With a Hudson Valley turkey from the Knickerbocker Meat Market, wine from Anthony Road, cider from Eve's Cidery, vegetables from the greenmarket, bread from Amy's, cheese from Murray's, bacon from Violet Hill, jams from Beth's Farm Kitchen and Anarchy in a Jar, and baked goods from our oven, we're all about the Empire State this Thanksgiving. And someone orange is very excited.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
    

      

Tats Cru Halloween Wall in Hunts Point

   

Serious Eats: Anella

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This week's Date Night finds us at Anella, a New American restaurant in Greenpoint that specializes in deceptive simplicity [read more].
  

CBS New York: NYC's Five Best Lunchtime Concerts

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Instead of wolfing down a slice while walking or, worse, trying to keep crumbs off your keyboard while multitasking, spend your lunch hour at a concert. Here are five worth checking out, close enough to NYC landmarks and offices to appeal to tourists and residents alike [read more].

   

Tacos Matamoros

In our dreams about doing a taco crawl through Sunset Park, Tacos Matamoros always plays a lead role. As it turns out, our subconscious was trying to tell us something, namely that Tacos Matamoros doesn't belong on a crawl, not unless you have a bottomless pit of a tummy. It warrants its own trip, one that allows you to properly fill up on flavor-packed chorizo and enchilada tacos and chicken burritos as thick as prizefighters' fists.

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

If you have tickets to tonight's performance of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, count yourself among the lucky: after receiving raves from just about everyone, it closes its sold-out run today. This show is a knockout, with exciting staging, deft acting, and fabulous songs fabulously performed (yay, Prairie Empire!). And if you don't have tickets, take a page from Tolstoy and duel someone in line. The prison time will be worth it.

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How & Nosm at Bowery and Houston

CBS New York: NYC's 5 Best Takes on Classic Thanksgiving Food

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Here are some of our favorite takes on classic Thanksgiving dishes around town [read more].
   

Serious Eats: Singapura

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This week's Date Night finds us at Singapura, serving excellent Singaporean fare in Murray Hill [read more].
 

CBS New York: Dumplings

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Call them what you will: kreplach, manti, ravioli, dumpling, but just about every culture makes some kind of goodie wrapped in a carby skin, stuffed with meat or veggies, boiled or fried. They are warm and comforting, packed full and filling. Here are our five types of favorites, along with where to gobble them [read more].
 

Asiate

Thirty-five-odd floors above Columbus Circle sits Asiate, which uses Asian ingredients to tweak American classics. A recent breakfast featured stormy skies, a decidedly un-Asian Belgian waffle, and a full Japanese spread, including a light omelette, seared salmon, miso soup, tofu, mountain potatoes, packaged nori, and rice. Fancy food in a fancy restaurant at which you're paying for great views, great service, and great flavors? Yes, please. 

      

Autumn at the Bronx Zoo