WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- (at Patisserie Claude in the Village) coffee | croissant
EARLY-LUNCH --- (tapas sampling at Despana SoHo) a collection of choizos | jamon | cured pork loin | pickled pearl onion | Spanish cheese
EARLY DINNER --- (at XO Kithcen in Chinatown ) shrimp and yuzu dumplings in broth | congee with fried twist bread | Thai style sauteed greens (tong cai) | stone snails with black bean sauce | fried chicken wings
LATE DIM-SUM --- Shangdong dumplings
best croissant in G. Village 
crab specimen in Evolution Store SoHo
Eyescream SoHo
hand-carving jamon at Despana SoHo
snails in black bean sauce XO Chinatown
Thai style greens at XO Chinatown- sun is back, took a long walk from Village to SoHo to Chinatown, sampling food and fun stuff along the way