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This week's tablehopper: it's party time!                     The steamy calm before the storm at Leo Herrara’s awesome crawfish and crab boil! Photo: © tablehopper.com. What’s going on, people? I must admit I was so glad to be completely on the other coast and miss the…

This week's tablehopper: mighty real.                     A tower of power at Sadelle’s. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy amigos. Spring decided to finally show its face for a couple of days here in New York. I say, “It’s about damn time, beeeeeeach! Where you been?!” Felt so good to…

This week's tablehopper: back in the big smoke.                     At Coi: the absolutely stunning turbot with “scales” made of root vegetables by chef Matthew Kirkley. Double rainbow! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey gang! I’m back in NYC, after 10 glorious springtime days in SF and a week in Washington…

This week's tablehopper: clicking my heels.                     Celebrating sakura season with Japanese sea bream, cherry blossom, and cherry leaf at Atelier Crenn. Photo: © tablehopper.com. It’s true, there’s no place like home. After my first three months in New York—which I have been LOVING—a girl…

This week's tablehopper: leaving on a jet plane.                     From the Nico James Beard dinner: English peas, chamomile, fromage blanc. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Yo yo yo! How you doin’? I’m pretty fired up—tomorrow morning I hop on a plane to fly to SF for 10 days, and…

This week's tablehopper: spring affair.                     Spring days are here in NYC. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from chilly-ass NYC (I know, you SF types are seeing 80 degrees tomorrow, so let Donna sing to you)! I thought I was retiring my knee-length puffy jacket this month, but…

This week's tablehopper: disco infiltrator.                     And this is how you do a comeback performance setlist. (Thanks to the fellow dancer who shared it with me!) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from cloud 11 (because that’s how high this cloud goes). Anyone who has been reading this column for…

This week's tablehopper: to the hip hip hop, and you don't stop.                     Croque-madame heaven at Maman in NYC. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from the land of weird-ass weather, where it was snowing on Sunday and is now going to be 70 degrees tomorrow. I’…

This week's tablehopper: tap tap tap.                     Rooftop party pastels (with Armand de Brignac Champagne). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hiiiiiii! Looks like those of you in SF were going to wash away this last weekend! Whoa. It would have been perfect weather for me to be home and work on…

This week's tablehopper: all the ladies in the house, the ladies, the ladies!                     The justifiably famous cauliflower at Bar Bolonat, paired with the 2014 viognier and rosé from Israel’s Galil Mountain Winery. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy International Women’s Day, or Festa della Donna, as I affectionately…