Desserts, oh desserts! There is not shortage of desserts in the city. Go looking for one and you might end up like me making two stops.. Who said you couldn’t save one for later! ;-) This weekend we came across this great place called Veniero’s Pastry for some classic real Italian desserts. My choice? Their cannolis, of course! They aren’t just any pastry shop though. They just celebrated their 115th Birthday! I can contest that they are definitely doing something right! They had such a cool video about them though that I wanted to share. So enjoy :)

If you are looking for something different that you aren’t going to find in any other city, then Korzo Haus is the place for you. One of our friends told us about the place a couple of months ago by describing it as having deep-fried burgers. Most people would be turned off by just the description, but my ears only perked up. It took us some time, but we finally made it to Alphabet City to check out the restaurant to find out just what this place was all about. 

We hit it right around 3 o’clock on a Saturday, which was perfect because we missed the brunch crew and were still too early for dinner. There isn’t a ton of seating, so this worked out great. We didn’t know much about the place before showing up so we quickly learned that their burgers were Hungarian! To be honest, there were some things on the menu I had no idea what they really were, but I’m always to try something new.

I ended up going with original for my first order. We also got an order of their fried halušky, which are potato noodles. The burger actually wasn’t “deep-fried” in the traditional manner you would think it was, or at least it wasn’t what I was expecting. It was actually a burger and the dressings inside fried Hungarian bread. The only way I can really describe it is it was like the inside of a hollowed out roll, but that bread at a crusted fried texture on the outside. 

All I can say is, for the non-NYers add this to you “must check-out” list and NYers GO THERE! It was honestly one of the most unique and interesting things I have had to eat thus far in the city. I was really impressed. The blend of flavors was so interesting and delicious too. Definitely not your ordinary burger.

I am happy to announce that there ARE country fans in the tri-state area! While there may not be many in the actual NYC area.. they are still close by. This weekend my friend and I headed one state over to New Jersey to catch the Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan concert. Chris got me tickets to the concert for my Birthday present so I’ve been anticipating it for the last few months. Unfortunately for me, Chris is not one of the country fans in the area, but convenient for him he had planned a trip to Vegas for the same weekend so he was off the hook. And, lucky for me he got in touch with my friend that likes country and planned for us to go to the concert. 

New Jersey is to New York like Vancouver is to Oregon, right across the river. So it worked out really well because we just had to hop on a short train ride and then catch a shuttle bus to the IZOD Center. Even better, I found out that two of Chris’ brothers and their girlfriends and friends were also heading to the concert too so we ended up meeting up with them before and tailgating. YES, we even tail-gated out here! The parking lots were packed with trucks and people decked out in cowboy hats. I must say, it was amazing. You would have never known that we were 15 minutes outside of NYC.

We had such a great time, and the concert was INCREDIBLE! The boys are two of my favorite country artists right now and they were a good pair in concert too. They even did a couple of songs together, which was pretty awesome. 

Big thanks to Chris for the thoughtful gift! Meg for coming with me! and the other Felicetta boys for inviting us to tailgate with them! Such a great night :)