NYC Lobster Joint Re-Opens LES - Goodbye Party for Sweet Erin

 There is nothing here that is not delicious!

AMayZinn Gatsby Wedding Spring 2014 @ The Branford House CT

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Rachel Elizabeth & Michael Roy.

TBT- Rally against Domestic Violence @ 55 Gansevoort Meatpacking/NYC

STOP. DOMESTIC. VIOLENCE.

Thanks to Sam and her friends last weekend, we kick off the beginning of Spring with an evening of drinking and dancing for a great cause at 55 Gansevoort NYC! It was truly beautiful and so wonderful to see so many of our friends that came out to support the cause and everyone's hard work. #Loyalty 

Sam is the beautiful lady in the red sexy bandage dress (or b&w pic of the hottie dancing) below and she and her friends helped raise over $3,000 via Host Committee to help benefit the Employment Search Skills Program at the NYC Liberty House, a professional development initiative for women who have been victims of domestic violence. Who doesn't love an evening of good times with fabulous company, for a worthy cause?

Dinner Party - Korean Fried Rice + Modified Disaronno Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

I love Sundays because it's really the only day of the week when I get to cook. Last Sunday, my imōto Erika came over and we made some delicious Korean fried rice and a modified version of Disaronno Strawberry shortcake. I got to practice my very rusty Japanese with her, and we giggled our way through all the recipes. Super. Happy. Sunshine. Funtime.

Hope you enjoy our recipes. Like Thug Kitchen says, "Eat like you give a fuck."

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What's on the menu:

Appetizer: Mixed Greens with roasted Almonds, Cranberry, and Honey Vinaigrette

Main course: 볶음밥

Dessert: Disaronno Strawberry Shortcake + Japanese Candy

   

English name: Fried rice

Categories: dosirak, main dish, non spicy, spicy

Made with: beef, carrot, eggs, garlic, green chili pepper, green onion, ground black pepper, ham, kimchi, onion, oyster sauce, pork, red bell pepper, rice, sesame oil, vegetable oil, mushrooms, bell peppers, zucchini,

Korean name: 볶음밥

Romanized: Bokkeumbap

Also Romanized as: bokumbap, bokumbop

TBT: Petite Abeille - Favorite Belgian Waffle Brunch NYC

Petite Abeille is a Belgium inspired restaurant that is located conveniently close to my apartment and has the most brilliant Belgian food!

TBT Homies. 

These pictures are from last summer, when everything was so warm and bright! 

Definitely makes me miss my wifey and the nice weather, looking back on this fun and awesome day. I wish I could brunch with friends like this every-single-day.

50th Anniversary of The Beatles' First US Tour: Morrison Hotel Gallery Soho NYC

Last week, I met up with two of the funniest people I know and went to go chill with the Beatles @ the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Soho.

Rachel (blonde babe) journeyed out to the city all the way from the burbs of CT, and Wifey (you already know) schlepped all the way from Shaolin to play. Last year Rachel's man put a ring on it and made us all super jelly. Now she spends her days working like a boss and making a home for her hubby away from the hustle and bustle of the city. We are all super duper excited to attend their wedding this coming May and party with the Zinns. It's going to be a fabulous party and don't worry homies, I'll be sure to report back so you don't miss a thing.

Skating in Shaolin - RollerJam USA

I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car

Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far

For somebody who don't drive, I been all around the world

Some people say I done all right for a girl

Happy Fridee homieez! I am so happy to start my weekend and I hope you all have have a fabulous weekend ahead of you. My Booski has been super busy lately studying for an exam so we haven't been out much but, he will finally be done this weekend and I am super excited to steal all of his time and attention.

In the meantime, I wanted to share a fun date/outing idea for you and your lovahs/friends. People often ask me what Allan and I do to have fun so here is something we did and loved a while back. #rollerskates

Burlesque Thanksgiving Eve 2013 - Night @ The Box NYC

Waddup Homiez. 

The holidayz are here and I'm sure you are all sick of Thanksgiving leftovers by now, I know I am but that won't stop me from sharing with you the golden recipes I found/used for gobble day in tomorrow's post perhaps. Also, lo siento for my absence as of late, I have been working on trying to find some ways to redesign Les Bananas and hope to bring you a fresh look sometime in the next month or so. 

Today, I want to share with you my amahzing experience with friends on Thanksgiving eve 

@ The Box NYC.

If I could explain this place in one word = OPULENT

The Box has a sister club in London and it's just as swanky and exclusive. It's pretty expensive to party @ the box so make sure your wallet is stuffed before you get there.
The Box = "Theatre of Varieties" and their burlesque performances are STEAMY HOT. Photos during the show aren't allowed but a snuck short vid of their sexy opening act.

VeeV a la Vida!!! Natural/Organic/Low Cal for you

Happy Friday Nanner Crew :) Are you VeeVin it up?

Lady luck came around and helped me win the VeeV Miami summer tours challenge a few weeks back, and the prizes just recently arrived!

Thank you so much Veev! I <3 you and your cocktails are dope. I hope Ricky Ross raps about your dranks someday ;)

What did I win?

VeeV green sunnies and giant case of VeeV Vita Frute Cocktails!

I Want It All: Ashy Bear/V-Files/Reformation/Opening Ceremony

Homegirl Ashley and I went to V-Files last week for Fuct book release. We chatted with beers in our hands, and browsed at some of the dopest vintage clothing collection while we waited for the Erik Brunetti to arrive. I wasn't allowed to take pictures so I don't really have any footage for you except the picture below.

Roof Garden Café - Night @ The MET NYC

Heyooooo! Happy Humpy day amigos. Remember when I told you all that my bestie was coming to visit me from Shaolin last Friday? 

Meet Xtinz, aka Ginger Spice, aka Red. Christina and I have been friends since high school and our friendship is still going strong after almost 10 years, which is a lifetime for me since I suffer from misanthropic tendencies.

This past Friday, Red and I frolicked over to the MET to meet up with some friends for cocktails on the rooftop. Our cute friend Erin had organized a lovely evening for us, so we were happy to escape the dreadful office and meet up with everyone to play.

ABC Kitchen - Easy as 123

Remember my handsome, fabulous, and super smart friend Jon? Well Mr. Smarty pants and I went on a little dinner date to ABC Kitchen located on east 18th street between Broadway, and South Park Avenue in New York City. This restaurant is one of roughly over 6,000 restaurants opened around the world by world renown French chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, who resides in NYC. This delightful gem is a magnet for the "chic crowd of fashionable movers and shakers" like Patrick Demarchelier and Hugh Jackman.

So good, we'll eat off their carpet

Future Super Lawyer of New York City

ABC kitchen prides themselves on being an "aggressively green" Restaurant similar to the Blue Hill Restaurant, who get's all their ingredients from their own organic farms.

"Everything here is: Fair trade! Globally artistic! Reclaimed and recycled! Soy-based! Post-consumer fiber!...The notion of the place is haute organic and Hamptons sustainable. The restaurant is airy and open and relaxed the way the second homes of the wealthy often are, with LED-style lighting over warm floors. Ingredients for the cooking, as a position paper on the back of the chic cardboard menu declares, are “consciously sourced.” The breadbaskets were “handcrafted by the indigenous Mapuche people of Patagonia.” On ABC Kitchen-NY Times

Freakin' Weekend

This past Friday, my boyfriend Allan and I went on a journey to the Upper West Side for our Friend Jon's housewarming gathering with close friends.

Jon (handsome gent below), recently got into COLUMBIA LAW and moved away from his fabulous pad in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Jon is such a smarty pants, that he got into every single prestigious law school he applied to but, still chose to stay in NYC and be with his friends and family.

Sarah/Jonathan/Ashley <3