Gina C.'s Profile

This was a very positive spa experience.  We got there, changed, sat in the sauna for 10-15 minutes before our massage...then my friend and I were taken to our room where we both had 60 minute Swedish massages...I LOVED mine...Jeff stretched my back, twisted me, cracked it a few times, and spent quite a bit of time massaging my feet!  It was heaven.  My friend said, she enjoyed hers as well...they did a great job.  I also got a quick pedicure with a 10 min hot stone massage...two words for you...DO IT!  It is heavenly...and wonderful on the feet.  I love me some hot stone massages!!!

Not my favorite venue for a concert...unfortunately, I was there on a night where there was a flood on the bottom floor, so the coat check arrangements were awful.  You'd be standing in a line for 30 minutes, and they'd close it before you got to the front of the line and have to go to the back of another line.  The concert I went to was great, but I spent nearly 2 hrs checking my coat and getting it back at the end of the night.  Not the most positive experience by any stretch of the word.  It's too bad...thank GOD I didn't drink much because the ladies restroom line was OUT OF CONTROL!  I am definitely not coming back here anytime soon.

This was a nice cozy spot for dinner this past Saturday.  It fills up pretty quickly, so make a reservation if there's more than 4 of you.

I shared the pepper crusted tuna and the yuzu loco with a friend.  They were both very good, and I like the tuna better.  For dinner, I had some miso soup (not too salty) and the Angry Dragon Roll (fresh king crab, asparagus, and mango, topped with eel and avocado, served with a jalapeño-mango sauce).  YUMMY!  And for dessert, I had the Maui Nachos (cinnamon sugar dusted wontons topped with tropical fruit, raspberry coulis, caramel sauce and shaved white chocolate).  This was surprisingly light, delicate and quite tasty.  Sometimes, wontons can have a heavy greasiness to them, this was NOT the case here.

A very enjoyable meal...even if I had to trek out to Hoboken to have it!

Another chain that is doing something right!  I've been to the 30th St location, but today was the first time I went to the 54th St. location.  Today I had the Grilled Tofu & Buckwheat Noodle Salad (Grilled tofu, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, mesclun, buckwheat soba noodles, ginger cilantro pesto dressing).  DELICIOUS!!!!  And I had the sweet warm ginger tea...warmed me right up on this chilly Tuesday afternoon.  

It's small, so you can't show up with a big crowd and it's cash only, but its worth a trip for hot soup, cold noodles, or tea (big selection).  Looking forward to my next trip here =)

I had a wonderful experience buying sneakers here.  I'm not a runner...I'm more of a jogger/fast walker...and I knew the current sneakers I had weren't going to cut it when I started amping up my routine.  I walked over here during lunch time...so it was pretty empty...there were a few sales people around...I walked into the sneaker department and asked the guy to help me.  

First, he sat me down, asked me what type of running I did.  
Then, he measured my foot...he said I had a neutral gait with pronator tendencies.
Next, he brought out three maybe four different types of sneakers...I tried each one on...and I knew he made an immediate assessment...then he asked me how I felt.  
After I had pared it down to two pairs...he had me run on the treadmill for about 2 min with a video camera on me.
We watched the footage...and he asked me which I thought was better.  I said that they both feel fine, but the Asics felt more supportive...he said yes...I can see that from how you're running in them.

So they were the winner...thank you so much!!!  It was a very pleasureable, useful and productive shopping experience.

Great place for dinner or a few drinks before hitting the town in Hell's Kitchen and the Theater District!

I went here on a Thursday night (quite full, so I'd suggest reservations) and was delighted by the food served here.  They have a great selection of cocktails and vino...once you order they put these delicious seaweed rice cakes on the table that are wonderful.  For my entree, I had the house chicken ravioli...OMG...it was DELICIOUS!!!!  I need to go back soon to get them again!

This place is awesome!  It's great for a group, or just a couple out for the night.  The cocktail list is extensive and everything I drank was delicious!  The tapas and yummy!  We had a whole variety - from olives to shrimp to cheeses to veggie dishes (we had a mix of people - carnivores and vegetarians) and we all left full!

The dessert was also something to write home about...I had the taste...of creme brule and pot de chocolate!  WOW...I'm still licking my lips from that dish!

This place is fabulous...and their wine is great too ;)

For $5 you get 5 tastes of various wines...from reds, to whites, to dessert wines, to sparkling wines or the variety of fruit wines.  The staff is knowlegdeable about the wines and their other uses (reduce the almond wine to make a glaze for roast duck!).

Try it out...you will not be disappointed...I went home with only 2 peoples of wine...wish I had gotten some more =)

I'm a little behind in my reviews...I went to this fabulous brewery on my birthday (11/27), but I am finally catching up!

This place has a great deal...4 tastes of beer for $1!  How can you go wrong?  Unfortunately, you can't get a pint, but you can buy 6 packs or cases of what you tasted and take it home with you!!!

Pet friendly!  I was chilling...and people were passing around their dogs...so cute!

A fun, hip group of knowledgeble people who know their beer.  Thanks guys!!!

This is the place to go for wings...I haven't had anything else, so I can only speak to what I ate.  I had two types of wings...the salt and vinegar and the spicy garlic.  Both were good, but the salt and vinegar was a little bland...it could have used way more vinegar and the spicy garlic wasn't that spicy.  The redeeming factor in this meal was the awesome fried mushrooms and the LARGE selection of beer on top...I got Purple Haze, which I love and can't find every where...I'll have to try different wings next time.