July 4th Macy's Fireworks filmed from my apartment window in NYC

It's Official: Best Happy Hour & Margarita "Cowgirl" West Village

Its official after numerous visits and walking out extremely happy .... It is official .... My choice for BEST FROZEN MARGARITA in NYC is "Cowgirl" in the West Village.

Daily Happy Hour which will get you these deliciously strong Frozen Margarita's at half price is 3-6pm daily.

Cowgirl
519 Hudson Street, NYC
http://www.cowgirlnyc.com/menu_dinner.html

Hubby's 40th Birthday

My husband turned 40! So family got together to celebrate. We had dinner at El Rio Grande in Murray Hill. They have pretty darn good Margarita's there too. I like them on the rocks there with salt. They have many flavors to choose from.

The food is pretty awesome there. Great menu with many choices. We have been before and this is why we picked this venue to celebrate. We know the food and Margarita's here are good!

I am really looking forward to when the outdoor area opens for weekend brunch, I hear doggies are welcome there so I can bring "Shannon the Sheltie" in her carriage there!

After we headed on over to Japas38 for some Karaoke, which turned out to be a blast. It was a fun night. Japas38 has many private rooms for Karaoke to choose from, make sure you make reservations. There is also a bar area and if you are daring enough you can sing in front of others too at the bar.

We topped the night off by having Billy's Bakeries Red Velvet Cake (with out Happy Birthday written on it - See my previous post about Billy's Bakery!)

El Rio Grande
160 E. 38th St
btw Lexington and Third
New York, NY 10016
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www.elriograndenyc.com

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Japas38 - Karaoke

9 E 38th St
btw 5th & Madison
New York, NY 10016
http://www.japas38.com/

Artichoke Basille's Pizza - Aok

Delicious pizza, but a bit overpriced. Worth a visit if in the area or spending time at the Highline, good choice for lunch. Pretty crowded so on a nice day it may be hard to get a table.

They have thier own craft beer on tap, that I did not get to try. I will be back, want to try it!

114 10th Avenue
17th and 18th
New York, NY 10011
http://www.artichokepizza.com/

Follow them on Twitter @artichokepizza

Shame on you "Billy's Bakery" Chelsea

I've been to Billy's Bakery numerous times and have always enjoyed anything I have purchased there. When you walk in and look at all thier Bakery goods every items looks appetizing. You just want to buy it all and eat it all!

So when it came time to celebrate hubby's 40th Birthday and we needed a cake, we thought we should go to Billy's to get a Red Velvet cake....YUM YUM!

Ok I can not say ONE bad thing about how deliciously enjoyable it was. But I can say this. First they should have smaller size cakes. This cake was pretty large and pretty expensive at 48.00. What was REALLY upsetting to me was, ok I gave in on the price and when I asked if they could write "Happy Birthday" on it they had the nerve to tell me that was 2.00 extra!?!?!? WTF? Sorry Billy, shame on you! That's is just bad business when someone is forking over 48.00 for a cake.

We did buy the cake and it was delicious, but that 2.00 charge left a bad taste in my mouth.

You too can over pay for a cake here on thier website
http://www.billysbakerynyc.com/

Wafels & Dinges - OMG!!!!!!!!!

Finally came upon the Wafel's & Dinges Truck!! This was on my "To Do" list. And holy moly! So worth the wait. So SCRUMPTIOUSLY DELICIOUS! I was in FOOD Heaven!!

Find that truck!! And EAT!!

Follow them on Twitter to find thier location of the day and Comments from all the lucky people eating them at that time! @waffletruck

Green Flea Market & Farmers Market -

Much better than Hell's Kitchen Flea Market. Larger & better items to choose from.

Columbus Ave
Bt 77th & 79th st
New York, NY

http://www.greenfleamarkets.com/

As for the Farmer's Market, I prefer the Union Square one.