Brunch Beat: Booze it up at Vero

Reblogged from Brunch Gang NYC:

Happy Friday! We're excited for a weekend full of brunch, and this deal from Gilt City is making us crave our favorite meal this instant: a boozy brunch for four for $94 at Vero (1004 2nd Ave.)! We're talking two cocktails per person from their brunch menu drink list, one additional pitcher of sangria (blood orange and berry variety!) and four food items from the brunch menu. The wine bar, which has another location on the Upper East Side, serves dishes like Brunch Panino with scrambled eggs, fontina …

Reblogged from Brunch Gang NYC:

Happy Friday! We're excited for a weekend full of brunch, and this deal from Gilt City is making us crave our favorite meal this instant: a boozy brunch for four for $94 at Vero (1004 2nd Ave.)! We're talking two cocktails per person from their brunch menu drink list, one additional pitcher of sangria (blood orange and berry variety!) and four food items from the brunch menu. The wine bar, which has another location on the Upper East Side, serves dishes like Brunch Panino with scrambled eggs, fontina …

Agozar

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Place: Agozar Neighborhood: NoHo, 324 Bowery (between Bleecker St. and Bond St.) Mimosa Rating: The scoop: Jen and I had been planning to go to Agozar for a while after she enjoyed their dinner. With a Cuban menu, two drink deal options and an easily accessible location, we thought Agozar would be a great spot to get our brunch on. However, Jen was nice enough to let my mom and I go instead for a fun-filled day of mother-daughter brunching. Agozar has an interesting layout — it’s in an L shape. The bar …

Danone on how carbon monitoring leads to cost savings

Reblogged from CFOKnowledge:

When I did a posting a few days about Danone and their pioneering carbon monitoring and carbon lifecycle labelling solution, there was some feedback in Twitterspace that in the current climate the last thing finance teams need to have to deal with is legislation that brings no benefit. Well not so! Here is Laura Palmeiro - the wonderfully titled ‘VP Finance Nature’ of Danone – talking about their implementation and where they have save costs.

See a solar eclipse from outer space

Reblogged from The Fifth Column:

This is simply spectacular! MSNBC Photo Blog The heavens have to align just right for a solar eclipse — and for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, today was the day the heavens aligned. The only place where you could see today’s partial eclipse was in outer space. But don’t worry: Some of us earthlings will get a couple of chances later this year. The Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the sun in multiple wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light from a vantage point in geosynchronous orbit, about 22,000 …

Brunch Beat: Brunch-filled Sunday

Reblogged from Brunch Gang NYC:

Looking for something to do on Sundays now that football season is over? With two brunch happenings this Sunday, you have some options. Enjoy a Southern brunch at Lowcountry in the West Village (142 W. 10th St.). Atlanta chef Ron Eyester will help put together a special menu for a special brunch. Call ahead to make reservations: 212-255-2330. The Americano at Hôtel Americano (518 W. 27th St.) is hosting a jazz brunch on Sunday with live music provided by a mutli-Grammy-nominated jazz musician. The Chelsea …

Why is Finance slow in moving to the cloud?

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Many people argue that it is essential for finance to move into the cloud as their ERP Financial systems don’t provide the performance management and decision support functionality that finance need to fulfil its role as business advisor and driver of value. Well that may be the case for some ERP vendors, but both SAP and the other vendors stepped up to this challenge a few years ago and now the analysts agree that the best performance management suites come from the very same vendors that lead the way …

Quote of the Day!

Jamar Freeze

 

“Either you run the day or e day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. – James Baldwin

When your application is limited to ‘controlled availability’ – think renaissance rather than repeat

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The was a rumble of discomfort in financial blogs last week at the news that Oracle has announced that Oracle Hyperion Enterprise - software that has been the workhorse of many corporate finance departments for last couple of decades – was only be on ‘controlled availability’ in the future. When things like this happen, companies are faced with a tough decision about whether to migrate to the incumbent vendor’s replacement solution or switch to a solution from another vendor. The reality is staying …

Quote of the Day!

Jamar Freeze

 

‎”Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.” – Charles H. Spurgeon