NYC - Catch up

I've been in NYC for just over a month now - let's see what I've been up to...

1. I live in Queens in the neighborhood of Astoria. It just so happens that Astoria has the largest Greek population outside of Greece. As a result I can still get my fair share of gyros, grilled halloumi cheese and more importantly - Greece's champion beer, Mythos.

2. Korres' U.S. office is located on Broadway in an area of NYC known as Soho. We also have a store a couple of streets over from the office. The people we work with are all really nice - more information about work to come...

Soho Store

3. After the first day of work my roommate Laura and I decided to check out a bar on our way home. After wandering around for 20 minutes or so we came across the Nolita House (North Of Little Italy) on Houston Street.

Friendly bartenders and happy hour specials make this bar a favorite so far. Did I mention it's illegal to have happy hour specials in Boston, therefore it's really nice to be back in a town that offers them! After about 3 hours of hanging out here the bartender gave us our tab - a grand total of $8. He was just asking us to come back...

4. Who likes peanut butter?? Off the recommendation of a Boston friend, Christina and I went to lunch at Peanut butter & Co. Only in NYC could a place like this survive. The menu at this place pays homage to everyone's favorite sandwich filler - peanut butter! You can get the traditional PB&J, a fluffnutter (peanut butter and fluff - for those of you from the midwest who just uttered the word "gross" or the question "what is fluff?", this sandwich is a combination of marshmallow fluff and peanut butter and is VERY popular in new england), the Elvis (a combination of peanut butter, bananas and honey), and many more tasty treats.

5. Love that Dirty Water!

Just because I'm not in Boston doesn't mean I can't catch a sox game. Red Sox bars are scattered through out this town, however Kevin and I have grown quite fond of one - Professor Thoms located on 2nd ave btwn 13th and 14th street in the village. A great beer selection, the best clientele - they're all Boston fans - and the nachos make this bar a must visit for all sox fans when in enemy territory. The nachos are huge and truly a NYC deal as you get 12 inch pizza sheet full of them with all the fixin's for only $9.

and Kevin requested that I include the following photo in the blog just to let you know that it's confirmed by the framed t-shirt that hangs at professor thoms - Jesus does hate the yankees. We suspected it for a while, but now i guess it's a fact.

Much more to come from the city that never sleeps...