Roosevelt Island & The Tram Ride

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It’s been over 10 years since I’ve lived in New York and living in Queens, I pass by Roosevelt Island stop many a times but I never stopped myself to actually explore the island. My morning runs along Astoria’s East River front, I can see the lighthouse and a beautiful domed building and I told myself, I’d like to visit that island. As the Spring finally begins to behave properly, I took the first beautiful weekend to visit Roosevelt Island.

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Mand’ricello

Mandricello

One dinner at Lincoln Ristorante by Lincoln Center, we ordered aperitif that was orangecello instead of the typical limoncello. It wasn’t our first time having a different type of sweet liqueur. In fact, our first trip to Florence, I had bought meloncello and fragocello (strawberry). I had never thought to make it until I ran out of them! The horrors!
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