First Week of July

Happy belated fourth of July! 

Hope everyone had a great holiday and is continuing to enjoy the wonderful weekend. This week was not only a 2-half-day kind of week for us but also a two-date-night one. Lucky me!

On Wednesday (half-day numero uno), S and I had dinner at Alder, Wylie Dufresne's latest endeavour in the East Village. Here, food and drink come in smaller portions - which I most definitely prefer to large format meals. Even the cocktails come in half serves, like the rhubard pimm's cup below: 

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The dishes are adventurous, akin to Dufresne's successful first restaurant, WD-50 (which was one of the first nice meals S and I had when we moved here three years ago).  At Alder, we ordered "pigs in a blanket" which were done with lap cheong; pickled beets that were served with coconut ricotta; and a generous portion of pink pub cheese below, so coloured from the cheddar, cream cheese and red wine mix:

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Exciting and reasonably-priced, Alder gets two thumbs up from me! 

On Friday (which was half-day numero duo) we traipsed back to the East Village to visit old haunts for our usual date-night outing.  First, for drinks at Angels Share, which is a speakeasy-style cocktail lounge located behind an unmarked door inside a Japanese ramen joint. The place is so narrow that you either get a seat by the window with a great view of Stuyvesant Street; or a seat at the bar where you get to see the mixologists in action. Really cool spot, you just have to come early to avoid lengthy waits.

Then, we walked hand-in-hand to Dirt Candy for dinner. And you already know how in love I am with that place. We had a couple of new dishes Ms Cohen introduced for the season: a parsnip dish - which you can read about here; and the best not-dogs I've had!

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Two dates this week mean two outfits photographed. The common theme across both being "something old mixed with something new":

Old DVF crepe dress, Vincci Malaysia earrings 

New dress: Anthropologie Cherry-drop Sheath (now on sale,  with further 20%  off until July 7)

New shoes: Alexander Wang Livia (also on sale!) (and here too)- the structural heel is so sick

Vincci Malaysia heels

Vintage Chanel flap (sim), Hermes bracelets and Giles and Brother hook cuff

Old Anthropologie collar necklace (sim)

Have a great weekend everyone!