I’ll forever love a best-of-the-year list, so off we go.
BEST EXPERIENCES
Waking up at dawn to walk through Central Park during a snowstorm.
Central Park during a snowstorm, January 2022
Visiting part one of the In America exhibit at The Met. And then revisiting it a few months later with updated pieces.
Seeing Debra Messing in the play Birthday Candles on Broadway.
Finally visiting the incredible New York Transit Museum.
Taking Baby Dog to Central Park each season.
Baby Dog in Central Park, February 2022
Baby Dog in Central Park, April 2022
I went blonder than I’ve ever blonded before.
Blonde Liz, March 2022
Seeing American Buffalo with Sam Rockwell at Circle in the Square theatre with Nathan. Just incredible.
Traveling to England, Spain, Scotland, Barbados, Las Vegas and Los Angeles! (Individual posts for those coming soon, I swear!)
Seeing Mr. Saturday Night with Billy Crystal on Broadway. Love that man.
Finding the real Amityville house and seeing it in person.
The house from The Amityville Horror, July 2022
Going to Kim’s Video Store in Manhattan.
Visiting my best friend Harmeet’s lake house in the summer.
Having my first tea service with my friend Marla at the cutest place The Wild Tart - and then visiting the Elora quarry and gorge (where scenes from It were filmed).
Elora Quarry, August 2022
Rediscovering my love for Halloween sitcom episodes.
Continuing to crush Halloween.
Seeing the Thierry Mugler exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.
Visiting the newly opened Museum of Broadway.
BEST NEW RECIPES
Zucchini lasagna
Sour cream banana bread
Antoni Porowski’s lamb bolognese
Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Salted Maple Icing
Leftover Turkey Sandwiches with Stuffing Waffles
BEST FOODS I ATE
The wild mushroom soup with truffle oil & mascarpone at Giorgio’s of Gramercy.
Didn’t even mind how burned this bread was THAT’S HOW GOOD THIS SOUP IS, Giorgio’s of Gramercy
The seasonal lemon poppy seed cruller at Daily Provisions.
Lemon poppy seed cruller from Daily Provisions
The mussels from The Independent in Midtown.
The burger at The Sparrow Tavern in Astoria.
The chocolate peanut butter pie at The Angelika.
Chocolate peanut butter pie at The Angelika
The french onion soup dumplings from Mimi Cheng’s.
The steak Diane from Dowling’s at The Carlyle.
Every single pasta at Rezdora.
Truffle Raviolo (the giant raviolo with black truffles), the Grandma Walking Through Forest in Emilia (the green pasta), the Maccheroni al Pettine with duck ragu, Rezdôra NYC, March 2022
The burger au poivre at Raoul’s.
The roasted corn and couscous risotto with parmesan from Glass House Tavern.
Crab cakes from Bar Crudo in Brooklyn.
Every single thing at Bazaar Meat By Jose Andres in Las Vegas.
The absolute best BLT I’ve ever had at Sala in Astoria (served at brunch only).
BEST TV & MOVIES
The Golden Girls: I never watched it growing up but it’s wild what a great show it was.
Malice: Okay, do you know anything about this movie? If not, don’t look it up. Just watch it. I was ON CLOUD NINE watching this one. So many twists, there’s a great Alex Baldwin monologue in it, it’s just a party of a movie. Especially if you love early 90s semi-sexy psychological thrillers, WHICH I DO. Such a great movie.
Trapped: Nathan’s first season premiered and was reviewed in The Globe and Mail!
Top Gun Maverick: I know, who even am I? This is so out of character, but I loved it.
PEN15: Best new show I’ve seen in years. All women born in the mid 80s need to watch it.
The Thomas Crown Affair: Love 90s movies like this.
The Bear: Just a great first season.
The Summer I Turned Pretty: This was just a perfect summer/teen show that I didn’t know that I needed.
Barbarian: Such a perfect movie. Bill Skarsgård can do absolutely no wrong.
The Crown: Depressing to binge watch all at once, but really good overall.
Bob’s Burgers (Christmas episode): I WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
BEST PURCHASES
The lip exfoliator & lip butter from Three Ships.
Every single tee tree product at The Body Shop. (As well as their whole Wild Pine collection.)
The AG Hair Colour Savour Mask that Ulta has apparently stopped selling?!
Gorgeous address labels from Zazzle.
Aerie black leggings with pockets.
Holler And Glow foot mask from Target.
Black, tulle slip dress from Free People.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS
The sandwiches at Alidoro in the West Village.
Angelina Bakery in Bryant Park.
Literally all Kylie Skin products.
Any product described as “lip oil” - BUY SOME DAMN LIP BALM FOR THE SAME EFFECT, PEOPLE.
So many recipes from Half Baked Harvest (the ginger sesame noodles with mushrooms and the sesame garlic chili oil noodles, for example). It’s a beautifully curated site but with such lackluster flavours in the recipes.
SLT. I love pilates, but this was just wretched.
The continued celebration of The Kardashians.
Part Two of the In America exhibit at The Met.
Halloween Ends. Just a mess of a movie.
A Christmas Carol (the one-man show on Broadway) was hell on earth.
I stand by all of these opinions!