Feb 21 2020

Bocuse


1946 Campus Dr. @ Roth Hall
Hyde Park, NY 12538

Will return, for the kids.

I rarely give a five star rating and this one, ran by the kids caught my fancy @ CIA. We were lucky, secured a table without a reservation – even on an open house day.

Thanks, perhaps to February blues.

It


Feb 21 2020

Ristorante Caterina de


1946 Campus Dr,
Hyde Park, NY 12538

The Italian restaurant @ CIA. Unfortunately it doesn’t open for lunch .. or at least not in February. Unlucky for us.

It’s the only one (of three) that is housed away from the Roth Hall, designed by the architect Roberto Magris.

  


Feb 21 2020

Student Common @ CIA


1946 Campus Dr,
Hyde Park, NY 12538

the Egg, an open space on the Hudson River @ CIA, with multiple counters and a brewery. A colorful piano sits by the window. A billiard room and a gym are next to the brewery. Is anyone actually doing any work out?

   


Feb 21 2020

Berkshires & Upstate


We’ve a weekend trip to the north, even it meant that I’ve missed the Beethoven’s 4th and 5th at Carnegie Hall.

The trip was short and sweet:

Fri 2.21 CIA
Fri 2.21 Linde Center
Sat 2.22 West Point


Feb 21 2020

Roth Hall @ CIA


1946 Campus Dr,
Hyde Park, NY 12538

The classes are conducted in this main building @ CIA, which houses Bocuse, Bounty and Apple Pie caf


Feb 21 2020

CIA: the Culinary Institute of America


1946 Campus Dr,
Hyde Park, NY 12538

The Roth Hall is the main building. The campus is on the Hudson River, a short drive north on Route 9 to FDR Library and Vanderbilt Mansion. This school was established after WWII, providing the veterans some practical skill after returning home, first in 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, and then moved to current location in 1970, and began to grant associate degree. Now it offers college and master degree. As of now, it has campus in Napa CA, San Antonio, Texas and Singapore. We saw many Asian students.

The school isn’t big, with $100 mil endowment, size wise too. There are three restaurants all in Roth Hall, except the Italian: Bocuse, Ristorante Caterina de


Feb 20 2020

Beethoven’s 2nd and 3rd


Carnegie Hall, New York

This year marks Beethoven’s 250th birth and celebration is obvious – Mutter in January. Carnegie Hall put up his nine symphonies, by Orchestre R


Feb 20 2020

Ivy


944 8th Ave
New York, NY 10019

Two oldies in a young bar

A nice wine bar near Carnegie Hall. Since our concert was at 8 so when we walked in, it’s after work crowds and very noisy.

Service is quick and to the point. The few items we ordered are really good. I tried their house wine: Red Diamond Cab Sauv and Proverb Sauvignon Blanc (?) both are pretty decent and will have it again.


Feb 15 2020

Project 19


Lincoln Center

2020 is the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment when women’s suffrage was granted. It’s also the 200th birth of Susan B. Anthony, the women’s right advocate. So Lincoln Center assembles Project 19, showcases 19 women composers. Tonight’s program

  1. Brahms’ violin concerto XS
  2. Tania Le

Feb 15 2020

Crowded, as usual

A day after Valentine’s Day, and in the midst of coronavirus, Times Square is filled with people.