Friday Links to Love

Tuesday coffee meeting with this viewIt's been a crazy week that I'm glad to say good-bye to. But a highlight last night was seeing Love, Loss, & What I Wore with my pals Dana and Valerie.  The show was written by Nora and Delia Ephron and rotates a cast of five women each month.  It's in a tiny theater on West 43rd Street and runs just 1.5 hours. Plus the itsy-bitsy, miniature, gorgeous Giada DeLaurentiis was at the show!

Esca, a Mario Batali restaurant, is a great pre- or post-theater choice. This pomegranate bellini could go head-to-head with my favorite peach bellini any day.

This week, I loved:

• Being a Regular, Andy's latest piece on Forbes
• Nope, this isn't an article from The Onion. The Titanic theme played as Costa Concordia went down...
• Apparently, there is a new trend in booking "afternoon-only" rooms at luxury hotels
• Samantha Ettus is a personal branding expert and bestselling author-I love everything she posts, including this brutally honest piece about being a mom & a late night before she had to appear on CNN

View from the Mahattan Bridge on a walk this week

Bowlmor Lanes Times Square

I've never been the biggest fan of bowling (really it's the shoes), but after going to my cousin's 7th-birthday party at Bowlmor Lanes in Times Square, I might start corralling my friends together for bowling nights. The newest branch of Bowlmor features 50 lanes, New York City-themed lounges, a restaurant/grill, and bar. 

My favorite NYC-themed lounge was Chinatown: 

But there was also Central Park (see the grass?): 

And the Times Square themed lanes: