Redesigning your blog is about as satisfying as cleaning out a couple years of clutter from your apartment and getting new stuff that works better, without all the heavy lifting and inhaling of household cleansers. Snackish 2.0 has been underway for a little while but now with a little respite from school and work, I’ve had some time to sort it out. Mainly, I wanted to use the Google map as a form of navigation by moving it into the sidebar, although I’m still tinkering with how this should work on single posts. There’s also search, a way to contact me, and captcha on the comment forms. Yeah, I know captchas irritating but I was getting way too much poker spam in the moderation queue; besides Re-captcha is supposedly harnessing our collective ability to decode words in order to digitize books and the process actually sounds kind of cool.

So, onto the snacking. The annual Where to Eat issue from NY Magazine hit newsstands today and it’s worth checking out. I noticed they mention Artichoke, La Superior, Chikalicious Dessert Club, and Employees Only to name a few. I thought the speakeasy trend had peaked a couple years ago, but NYmag thinks otherwise. The underground tunnels of Doyers Street may have permanently lost their air of ill repute, but newly-opened “speakeasy” themed cocktail bar Apotheke may trump all in terms of setting.