Awesome Things Happening this Weekend - October 12/13 edition

Awesome things happening in NYC this weekend!

If you are hungry and want a taste of New York - make you way to Williamsburg, Brooklyn this Saturday and visit Smorgasburg.  (They will be in DUMBO on Sunday.)  No place in the world does street food the way New York City does, and Smorgasburg brings together the best of the best in one lot.  I took a group to Smorgasburg last weekend and they were incredibly impressed with the variety, creativity, and witty names of all the food stands.  Their favorite name was "Bite Me,"  a stand that sold bite sized cheesecakes.  They were intrigues by "Ramen Burger,"  a burger stand that used ramen noodles instead of buns.  They ended up getting smoked ribs from a Jamaican food stand while I got chicken and and waffles from "The Buttermilk Channel NYC."   The last weekend to visit Smorgasburg is that of Novemeber 23+24.

If you are feeling more Halloweeny, get thee to the Pumpkin Garden at the New York Botanical Garden in Brooklyn.  If you can't go this week  there will be a repeat next week where they will even have celebrity pumpkin carver Ray Villafane there carving pumpkins!  

This weekend there will also be free admission to the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage.  Why not check out a former haunt of this spooky poet who at times called New York his home?  Many say his ghost still visits the cottage, so you never know, you may encounter the supernatural!  

And if you don't feel like leaving Manhattan, you can go to the Little Red Light House Festival.  

And if you share my newfound passion for New York street art, go to the City Museum of New York and check out the Live Graffiti Art Demonstration.  

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Images from Smorgasburg last weekend.

Bite Me cheesecakes

Ramen Burgers with Ramen buns.

My chicken and waffles.

Sticky rice in bamboo confections.


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And on a slightly self promotional note, you can also see a production of Mozart's "Magic Flute" this weekend.  There are five different casts, my cast performs on Saturday, but all casts are wonderful.  It's being put on by Amore Opera which is a continuation of Tony Amato's Amato Opera.  Amato Opera was hailed as the "smallest grand opera company in the world."  Here is a fun backstage photo of myself playing Papagena and my Papageno.