We had a long weekend for Memorial Day and I'm super ready for our 4-day work week!
I felt that, contrary to some lazy weekends we have had, this past weekend's schedule was filled to the brim with activities. From a farewell rooftop party, dresses and wedding ring shopping, hiking, museum, dinners and of course, eating loads of food; I should be exhausted but I am not... ok, maybe a tad!
Random shots from the weekend:
Two little Red Hen's cheesecakes are amAzing!!! I think this is one of my favorite cheesecake ever and guess what! I don't really like cheesecake at all! This was eaten at a friend's farewell party on his rooftop overlooking Central Park. We scolded him for not having more parties before! The view of Manhattan and Central Park was so nice!
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| Cheesecake from Two Little Red Hens |
On Saturday, I got to try some rental dresses that come with our photography and videography service for our reception. I picked two dresses out that I liked..out of maybe 100 I did not like AT ALL. Therefore, it all came down to if it fits or not. One of the dresses I picked, I'll have to lose an inch or two to be more comfortable if I want to eat!
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| Picking dresses... |
On Sunday, five of us went hiking on Breakneck Ridge up in Fishkill NY. This time, we did the 5 mile loop but did not make it up Sugar Loaf mountain! Scrambling up the rocks for the first hour of the hike is always my favorite part of this trail!
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| The hour long scramble up Breakneck's rocks while overlooking the Hudson river |
On Monday, we had no plans except to eat lobster at Dave's parents but we figured, we had the car for the day and looked for something to do. When a Vietnamese restaurant we wanted to try was closed, we decided we would drive somewhere we can't easily get to by subway. So, we decided to check out ABC Carpet and Home outlet in the Bronx. We picked up Laurie who came with the promise of good food in her belly. We checked out Arthur Avenue in the Bronx know to be the REAL Little Italy in New York.
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| homemade tangliani pasta with leggy octopus |
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| So pretty driving through the Queensboro...enough for me to make a video of it back and forth.. |
After dropping off Laurie so she can get back to some "studying", we took the Queensboro bridge back to Brooklyn and as we drove by MOMA PS1, we decided to make a quick stop. I have never been there before and Dave can get free tickets, so we went!
There were some questionable art pieces. As usual, some art was worth the thoughts and some art was garbage...literally.
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| trash cans...yup, that's it |
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| A wolf and a deer in one room...what happens next? |
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What did you think of ABC's outlet? My mother went years ago and said it was terrible, but the store itself has changed a lot since then. I also don't love cheesecake, but now I really want to try Two Hens!
ReplyDeleteThe cake is not too sweet and not too cheesy!
DeleteABC outlet is not good unless you know what you're looking for? We enjoy more of the small knick knacks they sell at the midtown store which were not there at all. There was an additional 15% off for memorial day but you'll always find that $1000 table or $9000 leather sofa!