Starting The Mornings Off Right...

There was Friday morning at Abraço with Shann. A latte and cured olive cookie for Shann...
...and cortado for myself. I don't often wake early enough on weekdays for a stop at Abraço, but we set our alarms extra early for that particular morning. Frigid weather! Hot liquids! It was promising start to the weekend.

Lunch was at Pecan with P in Tribeca. We both work in Tribeca, making for very convenient lunch and coffee meet-ups. For coffee in the neighborhood, we have RBC NYC, Moomah, Kafe 1668, and La Colombe. Lunch options? Bouley Bakery, Locanda Verde, Kiva Cafe, Little Pie Co., and Columbine. Pecan is a pricey though very solid neighborhood cafe...the seating is plentiful...lots of running into coworkers and nearby Citi-Bank employees. My soup + sandwich combo totaled just over $10.

Dinner? P took me out to Jules Bistro, which he assured me, being a Parisian himself, that the restaurant was indeed very French. It was my first visit to Jules, even though I only live four blocks away. Live jazz in the evenings, dishes of filet mignon, a bottle of wine, café liégeois for dessert, and it was <...sigh> as if we were in Paris.
Saturday (late) morning started off at Third Rail Coffee with P. A latte for him...
...and macchiato for myself.
We made our way further west into the village where I had to do a bit of real estate work. Midday meal at Le Pain Quotidien where we shared a trio of bites including Quiche Lorraine...
...split pea soup...
...and a chicken curry salad tartine.

Hope you are having a lovely weekend!

P.S.
Tickets for Hawai'i in May and San Francisco in June are booked! There will be Barcelona and (hopefully) Paris in the fall. And Hawai'i again in the winter. Nothing like Hawai'i in the winter :)

Abraço
86 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 388-9731

Pecan Cafe
130 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013
(646) 613-8296

Jules Bistro
65 Saint Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
(212) 420-0998

Third Rail Coffee
240 Sullivan Street
New York, NY 10012

Le Pain Quotidien
550 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 255-2275