My favorite NYC restaurant for the last 29 years

Not everyone would give El Quijote 5 stars but this is absolutely my favorite restaurant in New York City mostly due to the lobster being the best I have found in the New York area. (Or maybe anywhere I have been other than Maine) I will be celebrating my 30 year anniversary of going to this restaurant next year. My two recommendations would be the "Santiago Margarita" and of course ordering lobster for dinner. I recommend the daily double two 1 1/4 pound lobsters for 32.95 (as to date) 29 years ago it was the price of 17.95. I recommend getting The lobsters broiled since they put stuffing in them that is an extra special touch. The lobster comes with either a choice of soup or salad and a side dish. Service is always very attentive with 2-3 people tending the table. Out of the almost 30 years I have been going here I have not really ordered much else though my friends have ordered some of the traditional Spanish dishes and really enjoyed them. In my opinion the prices at this restaurant are very reasonable for a Chelsea neighborhood restaurant. I hope this place is there for another 30 years or at least through the rest of my life time!

Seamless Web Saved my life

It can be real torture for a person who loves to dine out and then that is totally taken away from them as it was in my case. August 25, 2011 I hurt myself bending and lifting and still to date I am not in great shape. I had a hernaited disc with sciatica the first few weeks which then turned into Burchitis & Tendinitis and every other itis you can imagine!

We missed most of the month of September going to the city apartment, but when we returned it was fustrating knowing I couldn't do my favorite activity "Dining out" !! So I decided the food will come to me and we would order in from different places from "Seamless"

Thank you Seamless for keeping me sane from September thru October. I ordered in from Diners, Thai, Italian foods, Deli's and more! Even ordered from my Seamless app as we drive in Friday night to the city so our food is there waiting for us.

I wish there was something like Seamless in Long Island too!! Thank you Seamless, we love you!!

Seamless - www.seamless.com

4 Weeks of Hell and I don't mean Hell's Kitchen

After 4 weeks of hell of hurting my lower back and not being able to move or do much of anything, today I feel a bit better after 2 days on prednisone. Why did I not do this sooner. I tried the natural way first. I do not like to take prescribtion drugs. So I gave everything a try, chiropractic care (which did keep me aligned), Accupunture helped for 3 days out of the four weeks, stretching and yoga did help elevate the pain for an hour or two. I guess the inflammation was just too bad for me to heal so when I found out my mom is now battleing breast cancer I gave into taking the prednisone so I can be there for her.

We just resigned our lease for a year and the day after I heard this pop in my lower left side of my back. And I knew, this pop was farmiliar to me, since it happen before. When it happen in the past a few extra appointments at the chiropractor helped and with in 2-3 weeks I was fine. I guess this time was the last straw for that spot. So next week I am going for an MRI to see why this keeps happening.

So it has been about 4 weeks since I have been to our NYC apartment and this weekend I will attempted one night at least to see the views I miss so much!

Good News, Bad News

The good news is we officially resigned the lease for our NYC apartment and will have it now until September 30, 2012.

The bad news is a day later I pulled something and my sciatica has come back the worst it has ever been. I have been on bed rest now for two weeks and missed two weekends in the city. I especially am disappointed to miss a 3 day weekend (Labor Day weekend) which is also my Birthday weekend in the city!

Life goes on and I hope to return next weekend and start bringing more blog posts of things I will be doing!

Enjoying the views of the Hudson from my NYC Apartment

Have you ever left a Restaurant & still hungry?

I came upon the second restaurant in my adult life that I left and spent way over 100.00 for two people and was still hungry!!

Kio Restaurant -

http://www.yelp.com/biz/koi-restaurant-new-york-2#hrid:DywdLNYWf9Bsy9MzcpVagw

If you are wondering what the first restaurant was it was Maze - at the London NYC.

Another year of being a Nyer living like a Tourist!!

Well our lease was coming to an end...very sad. The responsible thing to do would be to put in a new kitchen in my Long Island home. But hell who wants to be responsible when I can live part time enjoying the BEST CITY in the WORLD! NEW YORK we are not leaving just yet.

There were so many restaurants and activities I still wanted to do that I did not get a chance to do!! Now I can!!! And I just started getting into take some great recreational cooking classes at Ice Culinary school. http://www.iceculinary.com/ So now I will be taking more of those!!

YAY!!! NYC we are hear to stay!! (at least till Sept. 30, 2012) We still have over a year of this view!!