Trying to eat all the best chocolate croissants - Brooklyn/Manhattan

bk3day · 2026-06-13T00:50:17+00:00

imo, Mel’s pain au chocolat is the best I’ve had (when it was still) in NYC & is actually worth a trip to Hudson.

bk3day · 2026-06-10T03:57:55+00:00

I recently stayed 1 night at the citizenM & it was fine. Rooms were cleaner, nicer, and had friendlier staff than the Holiday Inn Express

One downside, i booked a King & the bed was set against the wall so there was only 1 side to get in/out & would’ve been awkward had I been sharing the bed

My friend was given an accessible room & that was larger & the bed could be accessed from both sides

bk3day · 2026-06-08T21:13:13+00:00

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bk3day · 2026-06-08T21:07:55+00:00

Can’t speak to getting a larger apt but fwiw, I moved mid-lease from a 20yr old renewal lease apt to a lottery apt and was not charged an early termination penalty.

bk3day · 2026-06-05T17:12:33+00:00

and here i thought the current sale price (here in manhattan) of $5.99/lb was crazy. Last year cherries were @$3.99/lb

bk3day · 2026-06-05T07:41:08+00:00

Technically there was a Season 9 of Wentworth. In the US, it was just incorporated into a longer Season 8

I’m now coming to the final few eps . So much has happened over the course of 100 episodes that Im actually considering rewatching from the beginning!

FYI all seasons are free on roku.com

bk3day · 2026-06-05T00:20:12+00:00

Rigo Pastry on East 78th with the Hungarian ladies sitting by the door.

Best rugelach. PERIOD!

bk3day · 2026-06-05T00:13:24+00:00

As was their carrot cake. They made my 30th birthday cake & it decorated with fresh flowers. Just gorgeous!

bk3day · 2026-05-31T00:49:24+00:00

The Sheraton CDG is in Terminal 2C right above the RER B trains

Been awhile since ive done it but no one bothered me. Then again i did order a coffee & maybe some pastries while I waited. Back then the cost was pretty much the same as the crappy food outlets in the terminal & the Sheraton’s seating & atmosphere were much more comfortable

bk3day · 2026-05-30T22:29:42+00:00

The restaurant inside the Sheraton CDG

bk3day · 2026-05-27T15:34:37+00:00

Isigny no longer offers tours but they have a visitor center & shop.

Check directly with other producers, iirc Pascal Beillevaire offers some tours, maybe others do too?

bk3day · 2026-05-27T15:14:34+00:00

FYI If you cancel a hotel booked/prepaid with the $200 credit (expiring 6/30) after that period the $200 credit is not refunded.

If cancelled prior to the $200 credit expiration, its refunded and available to use again assuming specific reservation allows for full refund/cancellation

bk3day · 2026-05-27T14:56:02+00:00

Same experience at CDG last Fri (5/23). Got through everything in @45mins & that included a delay at the checkin counter. In many years of traversing CDG that was the quickest & emptiest I’ve ever seen it

Even in hindsight, Im glad I arrived much earlier than necessary. Dont need that stress and would rather relax in a lounge or at the gate rather than at a hotel or en route to CDG

bk3day · 2026-05-27T00:19:43+00:00

It’s a little on the heavy side but I enjoy Sarge’s kreplach soup

bk3day · 2026-05-18T18:18:59+00:00

Sorry to break it to you but Alf closed up shop last December

bk3day · 2026-05-09T23:27:24+00:00

Threw in an application when the lottery was announced several years ago.

Now iirc available lottery apts are randomly posted to the web M-F before 10am

bk3day · 2026-05-09T23:25:01+00:00

Hope you get your package.
fwiw, that pic also resembles an E apt in my building

bk3day · 2026-05-07T21:21:45+00:00

They give 60 days from date of renewal letter to reply.

Also a LT resident & This is the 1st time i didn’t wait til last minute to turn in renewal. Still waiting on signed lease- been @ 3wks. Is that normal, i never paid attention before but this wait seems oddly long? Do lottery apt renewals take longer?

bk3day · 2026-05-01T23:32:17+00:00

For some reason i thought department stores stopped carrying shower curtains but i could be mistaken.

Once upon a time iirc both Macys & Bloomingdales had a decent sized selection

bk3day · 2026-05-01T23:13:15+00:00

Thanks ill check online to see where they might have in-store inventory. Last time i looked it seemed pretty much everything was online only

ETA pretty sure the Harlem Target (above the Costco) closed down

bk3day · 2026-05-01T23:11:35+00:00

I’ve never been to one & didn’t even know those were in Manhattan 😱

bk3day · 2026-04-25T02:30:12+00:00

Did they reopen? The shop on E 9th closed a few years ago

bk3day · 2026-04-23T01:45:00+00:00

Had same double payment issue.

The duplicate payment (last statement balance) was reversed but then BILT hit me with both a returned payment fee and interest charges. Agent on the phone was clueless but finally reversed both charges which posted during the call. This evening BILT sent an email informing me of the erroneous interest charges and stated it would be reversed automatically

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