Travel Leftovers: DC & NYC

I've been back in CT from my travels down south for about a week now, but I still wanted to write about a few things. While in D.C. I visited the Folger Shakespeare Library, which I would recommend solely because of it's gift shop (but, it has other cool stuff too). I picked up these awesome postcards (see above) that were copied from flyers made during the Bard's time. They had one for every play, so I chose a few of my favorites. All in all, it's a great place to pick up a unique gift for the unemployed English major in your life.

While I was in NYC there were three things I wanted to do (apart from hanging out with people in my age group) : get my hair cut, get it colored, and try crack pie. I got the first two done, but crack pie will have to wait for another visit. Crack pie is, of course, a dessert made at milk bar, which is a part of momofuku, a very important NYC restaurant group. However. I first heard about crack pie from Anderson Cooper. Granted, he was co-hosting Regis and Kelly at the time, but still. He was talking to me. Anyways, Anderson said it was so deliciously addictive--hence the name. I suppose it's just as well since it's got a boatload of calories and, at $5 a slice, a habit I can't really support right now.

I still needed by sweet fix though. As fate would have it, my aunt and uncle live across the street from La Bergamote, which is in their words the best French bakery/cafe in the city. And, since they both lived in Paris, they would know.

I'll take one of each, please

Clearly, I had a wicked hard time deciding, but after a brief flirtation with the mousse noisette flavored with hazelnut, I chose the pascaline, a hazelnut AND pistachio mousse cake--because why settle for one nut mousse when you can have two?


It may not have been crack pie, but it was definitely addictive.