The NYC Nomad

The Basilio Inn is perhaps Staten Island‘s oldest restaurant.  It’s celebrating its 90th year, and  the nomad sponsored dinner was here on a Friday evening.  The food was superb, particularly the Penne alla Norma.  They also had two excellent lamb dishes.  The restaurant is located in an old Carriage house and certainly has an old [...]

Stayed With Jo, the sister of a good friend of mine from Tufts and the sister-in-law of an even better friend of mine at Tufts. We were in the wedding together a few years back, but beyond that and running into each other at a bar in Park Slope, I’d say we didn’t know each [...]

Or was cheating, because now I’m in Crown Heights (more on this later). So I have these rules for this project, all of which are self imposed, making rules seem a bit ridiculous.  Among these rules are only spending a week at a time in each place and staying with people (i.e. not house sitting).  This [...]