Root and Bone Alphabet City

My proclivity for chicken and waffles has been well documented. It even resulted in my being quoted on Eater NY. So when I received emails announcing the opening of Root and Bone in the East Village I planned a visit.

Lower Manhattan Tuesdays

"9/11 Memorial Museum", "Century 21", "Chambers Street", "Lower Manhattan Tuesdays", "Native Creative Concierge", "New York", "Stone Street Tavern", "The Iron Horse", "Water Taxi", "restaurants", "tourists", "travel"Abigail EkueMay 27, 2014Comment

Judgmental Map of New York

"Judgmental map of New York", "Little Italy", "Native Creative Concierge", "New York", "culture", "gentrification", "hipsters", "maps", "neighborhoods", "stereotypes"Abigail EkueApril 22, 2014Comment

A New Yorker Not From New York

"Craigslist", "David Blend", "Jews", "Long Island", "NY Tenant Rights", "NY native", "Native Creative Concierge", "New Jersey", "New York", "Share the Land", "Thrillist", "connections", "douchebags", "loneliness"Abigail EkueApril 21, 2014Comment

South Bronx Culture Trail

"Casita Maria Center for Art & Education", "City Lore", "Dancing In the Streets", "Native Creative Concierge", "New York", "South Bronx Culture Trail", "South Bronx", "The Bronx", "culture", "history", "landmarks", "travel"Abigail EkueApril 20, 2014Comment

There's So Much More To New York Than That

"Corning", "Gad dairy", "Native Creative Concierge", "New York", "Nimesh Gandhi", "Russ and Daughters", "There's so much more to NY than", "bagels", "commercial", "culture", "iloveny", "preconceived notions", "stereotypes", "tourists", "travel"Abigail EkueFebruary 24, 2014Comment

Guys & Dolls and Native Creative Concierge

"City That Never Sleeps", "Cystic Fibrosis Foundation", "Guys & Dolls", "Hilton Charlotte Center City", "Laura Wright", "Native Creative Concierge", "New York", "auction", "excursion", "immersion", "tour"Abigail EkueFebruary 21, 2014Comment

Bowery Mission Continues Its Mission in New York

"City Harvest", "Food Bank of New York", "Matt Krivich", "Native Creative Concierge", "New York", "The Bowery Mission", "community", "food pantry", "homeless", "immersion", "meals", "people in need", "shelter", "skid row", "sobering", "tour"Abigail EkueFebruary 20, 2014Comment

Super Bowl XLVIII Week in NYC

"Billy Blanks", "Chinese New Year", "NFL", "NY Super Bowl", "NY events", "NY/NJ Super Bowl XLVIII Host Committee", "Native Creative Concierge", "New York", "New Yorker", "Super Bowl", "cold weather", "football", "tourists", "travelers"Abigail EkueJanuary 23, 2014Comment

4th Annual Mac Off Presented By The Claque

On Sunday, November 17, the claque presented its 4th annual Mac Off, a macaroni and cheese competition. Chefs (amateur, professional and passionate) presented their macaroni and cheese creations at Littlefield in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

Attendees at The Mac Off tasted each entry (some more than once) and cast their ballots for the best mac-n-cheese dish. No cheese was off limits. And as it turned out, many of the add-ins that were once groundbreaking (bacon) were the more "usual" variations. The mac-n-cheese evolution is upon us.

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