Cookies with your Creams

It’s no secret that Kiehls creates some of the best skincare products on the market. Their facial moisturizers/cleansers are perfect for any type of skin and their customer representatives are some of the most knowledgeable around. It’s also no secret that Milk and Cookies Bakery has some of the best cookies in NYC. Fresh, delicious, and hot out of the oven, the crew at Milk and Cookies love their craft and it shows in every chocolate chipped, oatmeal laden, butterscotch injected morsel.

When I heard that these two born and bred NY institutions were going to team up for a coffee bar in Kiehls flagship store, I got seriously excited. Only Kiehls would give me the opportunity to indulge in warm chocolately goodness while perusing for a new eye cream. Think about this concept for a second, have you ever been shopping and after a prolonged period in time felt that hungry rumble in your stomach start to gurgle? You want to continue to sample and shop but you’ve stopped paying attention to anything at this point. Your stomach has taken over and the rumbles will not end until it’s satisfied. No need to bolt out to grab a cuppa joe and a sweet loaf of something-or-other from the generic Starbucks down the block, now you’ve got fresh java and baked goods at your finger tips! It’s brilliant!

Kiehls, you’ve just given me one more reason to love you.

Visit Kiehls NY Flagship at:
109 Third Avenue
Between 13th & 14th Streets
New York, NY 10003

Wanna do some pickle backs?

How does that sound to you? Sounds delightful to me! But sitting at a table at Whiskey Town with my brother, his wife, her sister and my cousin, all the reactions I got were total gross-out. Once I explained what the pickle back was and how great it is, the reactions staid the same. All but Jenny (sis-in-law’s-sis), she got it, she understood how awesome the whiskey-pickle juice one-two punch can be.

See, whiskey shots are fine and dandy, and usually the shot of choice in most crowds (unless you’re down on the Jersey Shore, then it’s the Jäger-bomb), but what isn’t find and dandy is the lingering whiskey burn in the back of your throat. Bleh. Hence, the pickle juice chaser. It washes down any remnants of Jameson in pickley goodness. Plus, I used to drink it out of the bottle as a kid anyways, so this duo shot really brings it back.

 

Now the pickle back is spreading! Get wasted on pickle juice at the below institutions:

Whiskey Town
29 East 3rd Street
Manhattan
(212) 505-7344

Bushwick Country Club
618 Grand Street
Brooklyn
(718) 388-2114
(The pickle back originator, yet it’s popular opinion WT offers a pickle juice of superior qual-i-tay)

Nancy Whiskey Pub
1 Lispenard St
Manhattan
(212) 226-9943

The Breslin (off the menu)
16 W 29th St
Manhattan
(212) 685-9600