Wanderlust Revelation: Douglas Hodge in La Cage Aux Folles (NYC)

by Video4net

My brother and future sister-in-law got my mother and I a Broadway gift certificate for Christmas. About two weeks after Christmas, my mother and I began looking into shows we wanted to see. With Angels in America being done as a two-parter and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown about to close, we thought, why not La Cage Aux Folles? After all, it had won the 2010 Tony for Best Revival of a Musical, Kelsey Grammer had won for his performance, so it had all the makings of a good thing.

Wanderlust Revelation: Vanessa's Dumplings (NYC)

by scaredy_kat

While our decision to walk from Bryant Park to the Lower East Side (about 40 blocks) on that cold, wintry NYC night was not the wisest, our choice to eat at Vanessa’s Dumpling House (picked by my friend Danny) couldn't have been better.

Vanessa’s Dumpling House is at 118 Eldridge Street on the LES (Lower East Side) between Grand and Broome. You'll be lucky to snag a spot at one of their seven small two-seater tables as Vanessa's is always mobbed with people in search of one thing: delicious, fresh food that is CHEAP!