Posts Tagged as ‘Places’

August 6, 2009

Back in Time at Hotel Griffou

    Last night I had dinner with my friend Nicole at Hotel Griffou,  the newest little anti-hotspot hotspot started by a group whose resumes include names like Freeman’s, Pastis, and Waverly Inn.  It’s styled like a turn-of-the-century (20th) supper club, set below 9th st with no signage to suggest a restaurant lives just below [...]

June 18, 2009

Places: Massachusetts

Why should you go?  Because the little beach towns along the coast are so freaking charming you forget you HATE saltwater taffy and steamers.  I grew up in one of these towns on a five-mile stretch of beach called Nantasket, which pokes out halfway between Boston and Cape Cod.  Visiting home recently, I forgot how [...]