Financier

Financier is a lovely little cafe right on Astor Place, near the cube. I know that they have other locations as well, but, for me, this is the one that matters.  I once took a photograph of some of their cookies in the window of their Grand Central Station location, but this shop is better.  The seating is quaint and lovely, the coffee drinks are rich and delicious, and the pastries are surprisingly well-priced for how tasty they are.  The chocolate nut madeleine is simply scrumptious.  Oh my god... so yummy.  I'm a coffee nut (obviously) and this place nurtures the love nicely.  Not to mention that the macaroons are adorable, and their sandwiches all look tasty.  I haven't actually tried any of their sandwiches, but Danny goes there for lunch pretty often, and he says it is fantastic.  He loves to get the sandwich called Financier... and the first time he ordered it, the person corrected his pronunciation.  Apparently it is pronounced with a very heavy French accent.  I'm down.

So, please, enjoy some handsome coffee (and a handsome guy).

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Milk & Cookies

And Ice Cream Sandwiches!  Wow, it was really hot on the day that I took this photograph, and ice cream sandwiches sounded like the best idea ever to my brain.  My waistline and wallet thought otherwise, however, and I went without.  I did not go without a photograph of this excellent chalkboard street sign though.  That would have not been okay.  I love chalkboard ads- they are so endearing in so many ways.  A coffee shop with the choices written on a chalkboard has so much more character than one with everthing just typed out.  It seems so French to me, I'm not sure why, but I have it in my mind that the French use chalk boards a lot more than we do.  Maybe they just have nicer handwriting on their chalkboards.  I don't know. I like these ones that I saw in the East Village.

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Petit Four

Can you tell that I'm on a diet?  The only things I'm posting photographs of are desserts. Yikes.  This diet is apparently frying my brain.  But, I must.  I finish school in just a few weeks, and if I want to be competitive auditioning, I have to be in great shape.  Not that I advocate being anorexic- I don't.  I don't at all.  That's not a good thing.  However, being physically fit and able to do the kind of strenuous things a person must as an actor is a delightfully good thing.  Oh, by the way, dear readers, my main career is that I'm an actor.  Who currently just loves staring at desserts, like these ones, also from Little Italy.

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Nom nom

I posted this photograph, taken in Little Italy on the same night as the previous two, on my facebook page, and my younger sister Julianna, who has a much better design eye than eye I do, and far superior photography skills to match it, commented on it.

And I quote, "om nom nom nom nom nom"

I took that to mean that I had done something right.

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Cookies

Grand Central Station is one of the coolest places in New York City, if not in the world.  In addition to taking you out of the city to the much more lush and pretty Connecticut and surrounding parts of New York State, it has amazing stores and markets.  Not to mention an astronomical ceiling.  (If you've ever been there, you'll get that pun.)  Most importantly, though, you can buy lots of sweets there, including these delectable looking cookies from Financier.  I was there after closing time, but these morsels were beckoning to me from within.  Next time I'm there during hours, I shall treat myself.  Yay!

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Do these cookies look yummy to you?  Why not dunk them in some Tea?