Conversations & Happenings

I can tell that we are once again stepping into the "lifestyle" that we know and love so well when I start losing sleep over "lighting, chairs, staffing, wine, paint colors, flowers, rinse and repeat!" The word is officially out and although it is the time of year in...

I spent the month of April gathering all of the materials necessary for the submission to the NY State Department of Liquor for our license application...I am not making that up, the entire month! Like writing a novella. The cat is out of the bag, as they say. We are...

When you live in North Carolina the month of March means one thing...basketball! Here in the culinary house of Chip and Tina it just means Chef's birthday, and it sort of takes on the same level of hysteria that March Madness does. I mean, so many toys to want to shop...

I wish we had gotten a little real winter here in New York City. For the first couple of days a snowfall can be so magical. But instead, we had a constant up and down that has confused us all and especially our taste buds! Are we braising and roasting? Beef Stew or...

Celebrating December in New York for the first time without a dining room to welcome our guests kept us a little off balance! Our fair city was packed and for us this was an amazing thing to see as we moved in and out of the side streets to try and not be stuck in the...

Conversations ContinuedI know what you all are thinking...I have been a bit negligent in my promised intentions to getting the word out! Summer seemed to pass in a blur. First there was the settling in to the new apartment, yes, on the Upper West Side. This...