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I love Etsy and make cute things like this.

Love Etsy? Love crafting?

The Etsy Craft Party is a worldwide celebration of making, designing, and creating something with your imagination and own two hands.  With several events around the world there has to be one in Etsy’s home-base, New York City (Brooklyn to be exact), on June 20.

In fact there is!

This year Brooklyn’s Etsy Craft Party will be at Brooklyn Bridge Park in the Tobacco Warehouse where you’ll be able to embroider and sew hand puppets that will be donated to organizations like Baby Buggy, Children’s Aid Society, and Room to Grow.

There be food trucks, raffles, and craft lovers alike. RVSP here.

Etsy Craft Party: Brooklyn NY
June 20th, 2013
5-8PM
Tobacco Warehouse at the Brooklyn Bridge Park

You don’t have to go on a full moon to eat at Wolfnights

Bare with me as I’m slowly playing catch up with posts. But if you are absolutely ravenous for a food review, you should check out Wolfnights.

Wolfnights is a Lower East Side shop that specialize in wraps appropriately themed after wolf-related tales and references. The shop is easy to spot with a giant wolf’s eye for a sign and sandwiches equally named “Teen Wolf”, “Brother’s Grimm”, “The Howling”, “Little Red Riding”, “Once Bitten” “Carnivores Delight”, “Pink Moon,” and “Underworld.” Sadly no Ginger Snaps Back.

Fully functional swings

What had initially attracted me was the porch swing seating. However I decided against it since I could never swing and eat at the same time. 

The Howling.

I decided to go with “The Howling” and my husband with the “Little Red Riding.” Being such a small eatery everything is made fresh and I got to watch my food being made in front of me.  “The Howling” was a wrap consisting of grilled chicken, fried pickle, feta, melon, drizzled in mint & yogurt sauce.  The actual size is more of a burrito than wrap.  But everything was good, juicy and cooked rather nicely. 

“Little Red Riding”

“Little Red Riding” was another monstrosity altogether. It is listed as “egg & zurita cheese in a  crispy fried white dough.” Both of us weren’t quite sure what we were expecting when it said “fried white dough.” Perhaps a taco-like texture. When in fact it was literally a deep-fried wrap that oozed cheese and egg. 

Sweet Potato Fries.

We also had sweet potato fries which were typical fries. But Wolfnights also had a “Wolf Attack:” tater tots topped with melted American cheese, jalapeno, grilled onions and special sauce. Sounds intriguing but not for a someone who’s married to a vegetarian.

First wrap of the day.

Speaking of vegetarians, they are able to mix and match doughs if you realized the wrap you wanted uses a fig dough instead of something more veg-friendly. Wraps ranged from $6 – $9 and adding fries and drink could amount to $15. At least $20 if you plan on finishing off the meal with some Wolf Chips (cinnamon chips with honey, nuts, and ice cream).

Wolfnights
99 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
646-699-8070

The Gobbler and Mermaid.

Big Gay Ice Cream Shop
125 7th Street
New York, NY 10009

While I love New York City, there are times where you become sick of it all. You become exceedingly pessimistic about crowds, ear-piercing squeaky trains, tourists who don’t know how to walk, and going beyond an area that’s not one of the boroughs (White Plains is considered “out-of-state” in my book).

So it’s time to take a break from it all and miss New York City for once.

Red Velvet is not only delicious but a classic flavor.

Perfect for Valentine’s Day. Much better than a box of chocolates (well, almost.)

Crumbs’ Cupcake of the Month for February is Red Velvet. Need I say more?

Locations:

I have to give Crumbs credit. My favorite candy would have to be either Heath bars or Symphony chocolate bars.  Why? I simply love toffee. Or rather any treats that have toffee pieces in them.

That’s why I am in love with this week’s Cupcake of the Week – a chocolate cake cupcake with cream cheese frosting topped with toffee crumble and chocolate drizzle.

I just had to have one I forgot to tell everyone about it.