I’m so excited that we now have an Insomnia Cookies store in Harlem. I’ve been to their location on the Upper Westside and they are great! They are located on 110th and Amsterdam.
My favorite are the double chocolate chip but they have a large variety of delicious cookies including peanut butter, white chocolate macadamia nut, snickerdoodle, chocolate chip chunk and sugar to name a few. They are open late and deliver so check them out!
Insomnia Cookies
1028 Amsterdam Ave
(between Cathedral Pky & 111th St)
New York, NY 10025
Some of Harlem’s favorite restaurants Barawine, Cedrics, Harlem Tavern and Mintons are now among the hot new restaurants available for reservations via OpenTable.
Make your reservations today.
See our restaurant reviews for more information on great places to eat and drink in Harlem.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from HarlemCondoLife. Wishing you much joy and happiness on this day of thanks. Have a good time giving and thanking and counting your blessings.
ESSENCE.com’s “New and Next” column spotlights the brightest new talents Essence thinks we should know.
New and Next recently featured jazz and soul singer and Harlem resident Azania. Born in Sierra Leone, West Africa but raised in Geneva, Switzerland, the classically-trained singer’s sound takes from her multi-cultural background—she calls it a “mix of 70s soul, some gospel and some jazz.”
Azania (pronounced Azanya) was born in Boston but grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where her mother worked for the United Nations. She started singing professionally at the age of fourteen working with many different bands traveling Europe. She won the French TV competition, ‘Graines de Star,” an American Idol-style show, and was heralded as “the next Whitney Houston.” Later, Azania decided to make her way to the US two years ago. “The US is the ultimate challenge, and the biggest market. I love the spirit here.”
Azania is also very involved in All As One (allasone.org), a Sierra Leonean charity that is dedicated to providing the orphaned children of Sierra Leone a loving home, medical care, and schooling. AAO provides shelter, medical care, education, meals, clothes, social activities and love for the children. A dollar a day can literally save a child’s life.
Her advice for aspiring musicians is “No matter what your circumstances or problems are, instead of worrying about what’s wrong in your life and your challenges, focus your energy on what you do have, be deeply grateful for it and do the best you can with those things to move forward.”
Recording artist and producer Jeremiah Abiah who has worked with Azania’s says: “Azania has quickly garnered the kind of tenacity one needs to be successful here. Not only is she beautiful but she is a talented songstress aiming to make a difference.”
“We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” – Cornel West
Pictures of the new New York City skyline. Views from the Staten Island ferry. The tribute beams (below) are lit up every year on the anniversary date of 9/11 are a actually a set of lights that are installed at a nearby roof in Battery Park City – directly South of the World Trade Center site.
A Song For You, was written by Leon Russell in 1970 and is considered an American classic. Many performers have sang this song, from jazz icons to pop superstar Elton John. But nobody has sang it quite like Donny Hathaway.
By HarlemCondoLife Did you know the cupcakes from Tonnie’s Minis located at 264 Lenox Avenue are now available at Bloomingdales? I learned this from this television report. That’s wonderful news for Tonnie and his fans.
