{"id":632,"date":"2014-12-06T19:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T23:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2014-12-06T19:30:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T23:30:23","slug":"new-york-city-blog-dec-1-dec-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog Dec. 1 – Dec. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jazz Tuesdays in the Gillespie Auditorium at the New York Baha’i Center has become a tradition for a friend and me. Dinner in a restaurant with a fake Italian name and then an hour and a half of jazz. The address is 53 East 11 St. (between University Pl. & Broadway). Dorothy Longo is the organizer extraordinaire.<\/p>\n

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Want to impress people? Want them to think you come from old money? New money? Take them for dinner to the National Arts Club, I joined it during the tenure of the rat pack twins. The Club has had its tumultuous moments, but now has settled into being a well run capitalist enclave decked out in American Edwardian furniture, lots of cultural events, great bar and an excellent restaurant.<\/p>\n

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Do you like greasy spoons? So does Detective Steve Kulchek. Places where there\u2019s a lopsided sign in the window saying breakfast served all day? Places where buzz words like gourmet, vegan, gluten free, organic are a foreign language? Where the only hint of modern times is the other sign scrawled in paint on the front window: wine & beer. Do I have the restaurant for you. It\u2019s La Bonbonniere. It\u2019s tucked into a tiny space north of Jane Street. Steve and I sat outside on a blustery Saturday. I had breakfast – cheese omelet. He had lunch – BLT. The word brunch doesn\u2019t belong here.<\/p>\n

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