good enough to eat!

yummy weekend! friday night kate m liz and i went to caracas 291 grand st near havemeyer 718.218.6050 we brought our own wine (and a fifth of jameson) and chillaxed for quite a while while we sampled he menu- such a while in fact that we were kindly asked to depart bc we had been sitting a while and there was a giant line (oops). the spot was quite good and the arepa i had (pictured here) was fantastic! the food is damn good and i had been wanting tio try this spot for a while. i won't be running back as soon as possible but it some good eatin'. all the arepas (read the website if you have no idea what i'm talkin) are a great combo of tastes and flavors. mine which was basically chicken salad on a super crunchy english muffin (arepa) and made me happy. 

next on the list was saturday brunch w o.g. (my fav) liz and m. george suggested some spot called good enough to eat 483 amsterdam ave (at 83rd street) 121.496.0163 and obviously all i could think was the place better be "good enough to eat" if i am haulin my ass up to the upper west- and i know o.g. knows what's up so i had an inkling that there would be a line (and that no matter wht george would make us 

stand in it). was i right? of course! we stood in a line for about 30/40 mins (which seemed like an hour bc it was chilly and it is NOT yet spring contrary to popular belief). wht i found inside however, i would gladly stand in a 3 hour line for (again)! holy moly! good enough to eat? try good enough to make love to! i can't even describe how amazin

g everything looked and tasted! i had homemade sausage patties, a blt omelette (bacon gruyere cheese and tomato) and it came with 2 hot biscuits and strawberry butter! i also shared my sisters grits (delicious) and some of the tastiest bacon i have ever had. let's put it this way: this place is in the top 3 breakfasts i have EVER had (ever) :) mmmmm

after such a good bfast we all had a wild hair to venture out to long island for a day trip of sorts to look at the ocean and get antsy for the summer! (oh ps- we had also worked up he appetite by purchasing a new leather chair for $200 from a really nice lady (craigslist) which russ and i ended up carrying up 4 flights of stairs!??? it shall go into the new apt-- packing and moving soon! yay! (yuk)

dinner sat night was at houston's 378 park ave south (at 27th st) 212.689.1090 pretty good stuff as usual-- so stuffed we didn't make it to a movie. i had a really good salad (thai chicken salad but of course i opted for beef and chicken (which houston's serves really thin sliced in their salads!) we obviously had the famous spinach dip app. and russ had amazing ribs!!!

happy monday to all...