Pranzo con L’orso: Fassi Gelateria

Ciao, Brunch with Bearees, and happy National Ice Cream Day! While we normally don’t think much of national food holidays, National Ice Cream Day has a special place in our hearts and on this blog. The “cream” component of “ice …

Marseille

One of the joys of seeing a Broadway show—besides, you know, seeing a Broadway show—is the pre-theater dinner. It is a joyous rush of eating gourmet food while sitting on a grubby Midtown sidewalk, and then letting the delicious food …

Bear Makes Brunch: Straw-Bear-y Cupcakes

Ahhh, summer, our favorite season. Summer is the wonderful time of year when we attempt to wear white clothing again, only to inevitably stain our outfits with strawberry juice because we just can’t help ourselves. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or …

Bear Makes Brunch: Salsa Duet

When I was a first-year, I had a lot of fun joining the ballroom dance club and learning to salsa dance. Between the twirls, lifts, and dips, I found a way to enjoy my first few months at Columbia, even …

Maison Kayser Bakery

There are a lot of recurring themes here at Brunch with Bear, and one of them is that I love bread. I find it so difficult to be upset in a bakery; there’s something about the smell of freshly-baked bread …