Photo by Amy Aglar.
It’s officially hot chocolate weather — cold, crisp and in the 40’s — and lucky for you New York has turned hot chocolate into an almost disturbingly decadent dessert. Jacques Torres on Amsterdam and 74th Street makes one of the most decadent cups out there. Grom on Broadway and 76th also serves a variety of hot chocolate flavors that are stunningly dense and ridiculously chocolatey.
But to earn that hot chocolate you have to do something first, so here are some ideas.
A British museum just transported the original Stamp Act, the document that sparked the American Revolution, to the New-York Historical Society. It’s the first time the Act has been seen in the U.S., the New Yorker recently reported. It’s part of the museum’s exhibition called “Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn.”
On Saturday, take your kids to a free workshop at the David Rubenstein Atrium with members of the NYC ballet where they can watch parts of the Nutcracker and then try out some moves.
All weekend, a crafts fair will take place next to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at the Synod House on 110th Street.
And on Sunday, the New York Opera Forum will perform a concert of Puccini’s La Boheme for free at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
There are also lots more free and cheap events on our calendar.
If you do any of those things, or assert yourself athletically in some way — however small — you will deserve hot chocolate. If you don’t do anything and simply drink hot chocolate you should be ashamed of yourself.
