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- cafe, cheap eats, jeans-appropriate, pure carbs, restaurant reviews, sweets, times square, vegetarian-friendly
Kellogg’s NYC in Times Square
I try to avoid carbs and sugar in my day-to-day life, so I never let myself have cereal for breakfast. I can’t tell you the last time I ate it, but I’m guessing it was in college, and it was probably something with “fiber” in the name so I could feel like an adult. But I secretly love cereal and was delighted to learn that Kellogg’s NYC opened in Times Square and that I’d need to eat a huge bowl of the stuff in the interest of reviewing it. The sacrifices I make, you know.
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Holey Donuts NYC: Low-Fat, Low-Calorie, Highly Delicious
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- 3.5, brunch, cafe, cheap eats, restaurant reviews, upper east side, vegetarian-friendly, weekend brunch
Alice’s Tea Cup is Pretty Tea-y but Not So Alice-y
My friend Kim online-introduced me to her hometown-friend-with-a-blog Katie Qué (pronounced kay) a few months ago, telling me that she’s a much more interesting blogger than I am and that I’d love her posts about “Game of Thrones” and her many and varied photos of her much-personalitied cat. Within days, we had created a House Katie sigil and motto. (Sorry if that means nothing to you. Wait, no, I’m NOT sorry. Watch “Game of Thrones”. And also “Girls”. Mostly “Girls”, actually.) Katie Qué came to visit her friend Patrick last weekend and was kind enough to invite me to be a part of her wallet-emptying/belly-filling/Alice-in-Wonderland-obsessing odyssey. My portion of the…
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The Dulce de Leche and Elvis Cupcakes at Crumbs
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Doughnut Plant and Its Impossible-to-Pronounce Treats
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Caffe DaVinci and the Only Pizza I Ever Need
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- 4, cafe, cheap eats, jeans-appropriate, restaurant reviews, sweets, upper east side, vegetarian-friendly
Sprinkles Cupcakes – Sweets – Upper East Side
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Skip the Sandwiches at Bouchon Bakery – Sweets – Midtown West
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