Archive: Reviews for 2011

• Lysistrata Jones (Bway)
• The Blue Flower (Off Bway)
• Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway (Bway)
• Bonnie & Clyde (Bway)
• Godspell! (Bway)
• Audra McDonald Concert (Carnegie Hall)
• Anna Bolena (Met)
• Follies...again (Bway)
• Sister Act (Bway)
• Newsies (Papermill)
• Follies (Bway)
• Anything Goes (Bway)
• Priscilla...again (Bway)
• Born Yesterday (Bway)
• War Horse (Bway)
• Master Class (Bway)
• Zarkana (Radio City)
• Catch Me...(Bway)
• The House of Blue Leaves (Bway)
• Spider-man...again (Bway)
• Die Walkure (Met)
• The Normal Heart (Bway)
• Le Comte Ory (Met)
• How to Succeed...(Bway)
• Book of Mormon (Bway)
• Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony (Bway)
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Bway)
• Next to Normal (Bway)
• Time Stands Still (Bway)
• La Traviata (Met)
• Angels Part 2 (OB)
• Donny & Marie (Bway)

Midnight and we're wasted!

Here's a lovely video Trish took at midnight when the entire wait staff at Colicchio's (see previous entry for the mouth-watering dinner details) paraded into the dining room banging on pots and pans.  Quite an exciting beginning for 2012.  Notice Trish's expert camera work.  If you keep watching, she does eventually get us both in the frame, right-side-up.  Enjoy!



New Year's dinner debouchery

Double fisting the champagne at Colicchios

Our Texan brother, Gerry, decided to forsake Trish and I for the wilds of Jersey, so we were left to fend for ourselves this New Years.  Since we didn't want to mingle with the unwashed hordes in Times Square or with the wasted party animals at any one of the many hotel and bar parties across the city, we decided to make a return visit to Colicchio & Sons (or Colickmee-ohs, as we lovingly refer to it), where we spent New Year's last year.  I've been saving my pennies all this fall so we could partake of their special seven-course tasting menu.   



Oh no she dih-ent.  Sequined
leggings & cross strap flats - eek!

Unfortunately, we still had to fraternize with the crowds on the subway on our way to dinner.  Throughout our journey to the far west side, I was left dumbfounded by the general lack of taste we supposedly fashion forward New Yorkers possess.  Since when is a sequined mini-skirts, whore heels and puff coat considered fashionable?  I guess I'm just old-fashioned.  The photo to the left shows yet another unfortunate fashion choice I managed to covertly photograph (through her boyfriends legs no less!).

Just to invoke jealousy and hatred amongst all you foodies, here's the drool-worthy menu from our New Year's bacchanal.  And to add insult to injury, I've also added our selections from the optional champagne-pairing menu.

Trish with our lovely waitress

Amuse Bouche:

Foie gras in puff pastry

Oyster w/ pickled cucumber gelée

Parsnip purée soup w/ black truffles

First Course:

Potato mousse w/ caviar and mini fried potato chips

Paired w/ 2000 Dom Perignon

Second Course:

Crab fondant and sea urchin spaghetti

Paired w/ Ruinart Blanc du Blanc

Third Course:

Roasted turbo on cauliflower sauce w/ grilled endive

Paired w/ 1993 Dom Perignon

Fourth Course:

Roasted Guinea Hen w/ black truffle over foie gras ravioli and brussel sprouts

Paired w/ 1993 Krug

Fifth Course:

Wagyu beef over braised short rib and burdock root purée topped with trumpet mushrooms

Paired w/ Ruinart Rosé

Sixth Course:

Persimmon sorbet, grapefruit granite, citrus salad, candied orange and lemon peel topped w/ sugar tuile

Paired w/ Moët Nectar Imperial

Seventh Course:

Hot chocolate crème brûlée, passionfruit sorbet w/ earl grey gelée and sesame brittle

Dessert extras:

Chocolate brownie w/ peppermint icing

Chocolate truffles in gift box

Complimentary chocolate truffles!

And yes, it all tasted as good as it sounds.  Happy 2012!

Trish double fisted it all night as well!