New York Monday #127: Meeting at The City Bakery
June 15, 2008 | Filed Under New York Monday
Enjoying an all berry scone and lemonade
The City Bakery
18th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue
Last week, I got to meet blogging friend, Pille of Nami-Nami. She was visitig from Estonia. Pille’s blog was the second one I started reading after I’d discovered the world of food blogs. Did I ever tell you how I’d started my food blog? Actually, I’m digressing. That’s another story for another day.
So… Where was I? Oh, yes…Pille’s was the second blog I’d started reading (If you want to know, Melissa’s The Traveler’s Lunchbox was my first food blog to discover and enjoy.)
Pille (pronounced PEE-LA — I’d been pronouncing it ‘Phil’, which is soooo wrong and embarrassing) always has fascinating meals and recipes, including Estonian ones on her blog. I remember that one of first blogger recipes I’d made was Pille’s. A simple Carrots with Rosemary and Orange salad successfully made gave me the inspiration to continue trying other recipes I found on other food blogs.
So, Pille made it to New York City — unfortunately in the middle of our first wicked heatwave (I’m hoping it’s our last heatwave. I’m already looking forward to the fall season.) — but she made it!
At Pille’s suggestion,we met at The City Bakery, which is located on 18th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. It’s a nice, large, comfortable bakery that provides comfortable seating, good air conditioning (especially during a hot and humid heatwave), and lots of scrumptious baked goods.
Unfortunately by the time I’d arrived at the bakery, the blazing sun and brutal heat had robbed me of my appetite. I couldn’t eat or drink a thing. The only thing I had a taste for was water. Otherwise, forget about it.
Fortunately, Pille was able to enjoy her lemonade with an all berry scone, which I was supposed to share with her. It did look delicious.
I had a good time hanging out with Pille and look forward to the next time she visits New York. It’s always fun to meet a fellow blogger.
Paz
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How fun, but where is the photo of the two of you? I would love to meet her (and you of course!)
I was pronouncing her name Peel-ay. So it sounds like I was wrong too. It’s funny, because when I meet people I almost always find out they are pronounding my name kay’-len, but it’s really kay-linn’.
Oh how fun. I just met 2 bloggers today in Sweden. Hopefully next trip I can take the ferry over and meet Pille.
I’m with Kalyn — would love to see a photo of the two of you!
How cool! Don’t you love meeting internet friends? I’ve done it a lot, since I got online in 1996.
Talk about worlds colliding. Estonia? And you from Africa, and now you both in NYC for an hour or two anyway…
I’m still hoping to make it to NYC before too long. Looks like DC is our next destination, though.
I’m so happy you guys got to meet. Now I must go look at the carrot recipe!
How wonderful that you got to meet Pille! She is one of my favorite bloggers as well
And thanks for the heads up on the proper way to pronounce her name…I’ve been thinking “Pil” this whole time…yikes! Glad to here you two had a nice time together 
It was a lovely bakery – and it was great to finally meet you Paz. And isn’t it sad that we forgot to take that ‘group’ photo? Must have been the heatwave
A wonderful place! It’s so great to meet other bloggers!
Cheers,
Rosa
What a cool looking bakery. I wish I could just walk down a few city blocks and stumble upon some place like this!
Food bloggers in our city met for lunch 6 weeks ago – it was a lot of fun! It’s always fascinating to see how similar to or different from your imagination the face behind the blog is!
Hey Paz,
Isn’t blogland wonderful! You and Pille eating blue berry scones at the City Bakery? How wonderful. Isn’t life miraculous?
We missed you at the picnic.
xox
Constance
what a great day despite the heatwave.
What a great day for the two of you, pity the heat robbed you of an appetite. I’ve been reading Pille for ages and wasn’t even close to pronouncing her name right, thanks for that!
Hi Kalyn: You’ll have a good time with Pille. I forgot to take her photo. Ugh!
Hi Courtney: What fun you must have had with your friends in Sweden. Yes, take that ferry ride!
Hi Lydia: The heat robbed me of my senses, too.
Hi LynnH: It was very cool meeting Pille. Let me know what you think of the salad. Can you eat that?
Hi Joey: I won’t be surprised when you get to meet Pille one day, too.
Hi Pille: It really was the heatwave. I couldn’t think straight.
HI Rosa: It IS fun to meet fellow bloggers.
HI Melissa: When you come to the city, we’ll stumble in togther.
Hi Sra: What fun you must have had, meeting your fellow food bloggers. Cool!
Hi Constance: Life IS miraculous, indeed. I’m happy to see that you had a fun time at your own get together. I missed joining you but I was there in spirit.
Hi Kat: Yes, something cool, despite the heatwave.
Neil! Hi there! It WAS a great day, despite the heatwave.
Good to see one and all.
Best
How lovely! I also met another blogger over the weekend – another South African en route from Canada to Spain via London. And isn’t Pille lovely?
Hi Jeanne: So fun to meet fellow bloggers! Yes, Pille, is quite lovely!
Paz