Holiday Walk 2010

Every year, my friend Jeremy organizes a walk to take in the holiday sites around New York City. This was my first year doing it, and luckily, the weather was cooperative (for a December night in NYC) - 40 degrees-plus!

We started in the Starbucks at the SE corner of Washington Square Park - I picked up a hot apple cider to go, and we were off to our first site: the arch at WSP.



Then we walked up 5th Avenue and over to Union Square where we elbowed our way through the holiday market before taking the subway up to Macy's.


There, we went from window to window for a 3-D storytelling of "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus." Afterwards, it was on to the windows at Lord & Taylor (not as impressive) and then the snowflakes and bubbles light show on the Saks 5th Avenue building. Along the way, I picked up a paper bag of.....ROASTED CHESTNUTS! Haven't had those since I was in Europe last year.

We munched our way to the tree at Rockefeller:


and then ended our evening in St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Many thanks to Jeremy for organizing, and to the others for joining! I had a great time and am looking forward to next year's walk.

Terri

On Friday, I checked out a new vegan eatery in New York City's Flatiron/Chelsea neighborhood (three blocks from my office!!) - Terri, which I learned about here on Supervegan, but which was also reviewed here at VegNews. I ordered the Bacon Cheddar Chicken Ranch and Meatball Sub (dinner for two - I'm not a total glutton) - and I had a VERY hard time choosing just two items from the mouth-watering menu. Needless to say, the sandwiches were OUTstanding.

What's great about Terri is that it doesn't make any sort of fuss about being vegan - meaning, an unsuspecting meateater might wander in and be surprised after one delicious bite that it's all cruelty-free. The "cheese" is listed as "Daiya mozzarella and cheddar," which vegans know is an awesome new product that came on the market last year, but which non-vegans might assume is just some brand of mozzarella or cheddar. Hehehe...little do they know, and they certainly couldn't tell by tasting.

Talk about normalizing the vegan diet. This is a great start! And I can't wait to go back and try out the other items - next time, I might even throw in a vegan cupcake for dessert! :)

(Postscript: In fact, as it turns out, I just made last minute plans to eat there again tonight!)