Highlights of NYC and Boston, only a month late

More proof I’m a bad blogger: I’m finally getting around to posting pictures of my trip to Boston and NYC, which happened a month ago.

I think I was overwhelmed by all the photos I took and trying to weed out the bad/redundant ones.

Here is the first batch, with minimal commentary, just the highlights (but of course, probably too many pictures).

The rotisserie duck at Momofuku:

We ate until we were sick, but it was so good. I highly recommend it.

SoHo in the rain on a Saturday:
 

This little puppy in a raincoat at J.Crew in SoHo:
 

Pok Pok NY and finding out I’m not allergic to shrimp:

I didn’t realize this delicious noodle salad had dried shrimp, but I ate it and I was totally fine. Take that, supposed shellfish allergy! (I was lucky. I also always carry an Epi-Pen, just in case.)

The sticky rice was so good, I could have eaten 10 baskets of it.

Also delicious, the pineapple drinking vinegar (sweet and tart and sharp):

In Brooklyn, Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies and the Swingle:

This building speaks to me.

 
It’s a frozen key lime pie on a stick, dipped in dark chocolate and it was amazing. Steve’s is a little hard to find, in an industrial area at the end of some very bumpy roads, but it’s worth the trip.

Also amazing was the view of Manhattan around the corner from Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies.

Rag & Bone in the West Village (shopping while waiting for our table at Takashi):

I want those booties.

Magnolia Bakery is still a thing:

Takashi is delicious and a lot of fun, but if you have hair like mine (a sponge that absorbs all ), you’ll leave reeking of meat and in need of a shower asap:

It’s all about the beef.

Tartare

Stewed beef tendon casserole (so good)

Tetchan (large intestines, we’re not afraid of the nasty bits)

Short rib and beef belly.

The next day, Shake Shack in Madison Park (the original):

Missed this one from my last post.

First time at Big Gay Ice Cream:

 

First time in the Meatpacking District:

First time on the High Line (on a gorgeous day):

Walking the Hudson River Greenway:

NYC, could you get any better?

Back in Boston, I mostly hung out with the puppy at my sister’s in Cambridge, drinking real ginger ale:

But when we went out we saw this gem:

I wanted to lean out the window and yell “YOU ALL LOOK SO STUPID!” (I think segways are so stupid. But I hope the tour group had fun anyway.)

Before I left, Shake Shack again, in Harvard Square:

That’s a red velvet concrete. Quimby got the end of it, lucky puppy.

And back in Toronto:

And countering Shake Shack with a healthy dinner of steamed kale, broccoli, and bok choy with grilled tofu and sweet potato (from Fresh):