Food is among the most primal creature comforts, and among the more hotly debated ones. Some people gravitate toward things that became the childhood trauma of others: I cannot explain what people would ever find delicious about marmite or kimchi; at the same time, I cannot believe that anyone would hate cilantro, fried blood sausage, […]
It’s January 8th and I’m just getting around to thinking about resolutions. Well, I did just mail the last of the holiday cards. As a long-time Hill resident, I’ve decided to make this the year to stop putting off getting to know unknown (to me) facets of life on the Hill. Far too often I […]
It’s that time of year again hungry Hillers. The time of year when restaurants are preparing to settle into the winter dearth of diners (the “I spent all my moolah on a Wii, or Kindle, or Garnet Hill cashmere, LL Bean gear, at Hill’s Kitchen, etc.” kind). A number of years back the New York […]
The first annual Hilly Awards for top-rated Hill businesses – based on a citizens poll – was one of those events that, though carefully planned and orchestrated, come off as an impromptu gathering of everyone you usually meet walking around the neighborhood plus those larger-than-life types you only hear from idle sidewalk chatter. All gleam and glisten […]
Thanksgiving is unsettlingly close and, possibly in anticipation of a sluggish shopping season, retail stores seemed to jump directly from Halloween to Christmas without even a cursory acknowledgement of the eight weeks in between. So– if you’re planning to play host to friends and family anytime over the next few weeks, THIH has some tips and […]