Tuesday, November 27, 2007
grab your popcorn...
I'm pretty sure I can actually feel my intelligence seeping out through my ears today. I have a headache that seems to be unpacking some rather large furniture inside my brain as though it were going to stay for a very long time, which is slowly causing me to forget how to read and to lose my ability to focus. Stupid Tuesday.
Clearly, I'm in a fabulous mood and therefore thought I should for sure post something in order to spread my cheer to the rest of the world. :)
Actually, I was thinking I hadn't done a movie post in quite some time, and that's simply tragic. Here are some thoughts on my most recently watched flicks, going backward:
The Prestige which I currently have from netflix. I'm about a 50% fan of Christian Bale. I like Batman Begins and Reign of Fire a whole lot, but I'm not so into Equilibrium and The Machinist. I haven't seen American Psycho all the way through so I'll reserve judgment on that one (and I know there are a bunch of others but take my word for it that I only like him about half the time). Hugh Jackman is ok, although I prefer for him to stick to playing a romantic lead or a comic book hero. Scarlett Johannsen keeps making weird movies where her part isn't that great/likeable/interesting and I don't really get that (Match Point, anyone? No? Take my word for it, it's not a very good movie) Anyway, I heard this was a good flick, I like magic, two leading men who are easy on the eyes, figured I'd give it a shot. I watched this movie two days ago and I'm still pretty undecided about it. I'm also pretty sure I never want to go to a magic show as long as I live. It left me with a very unsatisfied feeling, which is too bad. I feel like I figured out the end pretty close to the beginning and then I was just biding time until they got around to telling me. See The Illusionist instead, it came out about the same time, got way less press and I think it's way better. Plus, it's got Edward Norton who is 100% cool all of the time and Jessica Biel whose name is Jessica and therefore must be ok.
The Incredibles, which I own. I love this movie. I've probably seen it 20+ times and I still love it. That's pretty much it on that one, I watched it Sunday during my Day of Pajamas and remembered how much I like it.
Live Free or Die Hard. Now, I saw this movie the day it came out in the theater, because it's a Die Hard movie and Bruce Willis is the star. These two things are a guaranteed recipe for me to like a movie. And yea, I know it's completely unrealistic and over half the things that happened in it are probably not even remotely possible within the laws of physics and the universe and whatever. I'll tell you right now though, it doesn't even matter. You give me a movie where Bruce is saving the world and being a carefree smartass while he does it and I'm happy. I was checking out amazon while I was at my parents' and saw that it was being released the Tuesday before Thanksgiving so I immediately purchased it and got overnight shipping so that it would be there in time to watch on Thursday. I watched it Thursday night with my brothers and my dad, and we'll just say that one of them sucked the fun out of it by refusing to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the ride. In fact, it sucked the fun out so much that I had to watch the movie again on Saturday when I got home. And guess what? I still love it. This one had the added bonus of Justin Long playing a nerdy computer genius, and I do love nerdy men. Moving along....
National Treasure. Let me preface this by telling you that outside of Moonstruck I really REALLY don't like Nicolas Cage. I think he's the king of the over-actors and he's pretty creepy in real life. That being said, I love love love this movie. It's another one of those movies that I could watch over and over again. Any movie that combines history with adventure and romance and good vs. evil, etc is a good movie. I can't wait for the sequel to come out, and here's the trick I've learned for sequels. Pretend as if the first movie was never made, pretend as though this movie has nothing to live up to and just hope that it can keep you entertained for a couple of hours. Do that and if it's still disappointing, you know it was a terrible, terrible movie and you just wasted 2 hours and $10 that you'll never get back (if you're seeing it in the theater).
Beowulf. Let me start out by telling you that no matter what forms of trickery your little brother uses to get you to go to a 3D IMAX movie the day after your friend's bachelorette party when you're completely hungover, IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. The form of trickery my little brother employed was very clever. He sent me a text message and the only things I paid attention to were "beowulf" and "1:30". I had already agreed to see the movie, and it was only later that I realized the full message said "...seeing beowulf 3D at 1:30 if you are interested." But by then it was too late. I was committed. To watching an animated action movie three stories high in 3 dimensions. I did manage to make it through the movie without fainting or vomiting (I'm not sure how) but I did try to swipe the things coming at me from the screen out of my way because they were way too close. There was a lot going on there. My overall impression was that it was kind of a silly movie, I have a hard time taking animated characters that seriously and I was pretty irritated that Robin Wright Penn didn't actually look like Robin Wright Penn until the end of the movie. I'm serious, that almost completely ruined it. I will say that visually it was pretty amazing and if you're going to see it, ABSOLUTELY see it in 3D IMAX, because otherwise it would be pretty disappointing.
Next I really want to see Enchanted, which Grace saw over Thanksgiving and hated, so that pretty much tells me that I'll like it. Grace and I have completely opposite taste in movies. We always end up completely surprised when we go to a movie and both have a good time. Anyway, if this writer's strike goes on for much longer, I'm pretty sure I'll get a chance to get caught up on all the movies I'm missing in the theater because of the television season.
Clearly, I'm in a fabulous mood and therefore thought I should for sure post something in order to spread my cheer to the rest of the world. :)
Actually, I was thinking I hadn't done a movie post in quite some time, and that's simply tragic. Here are some thoughts on my most recently watched flicks, going backward:
The Prestige which I currently have from netflix. I'm about a 50% fan of Christian Bale. I like Batman Begins and Reign of Fire a whole lot, but I'm not so into Equilibrium and The Machinist. I haven't seen American Psycho all the way through so I'll reserve judgment on that one (and I know there are a bunch of others but take my word for it that I only like him about half the time). Hugh Jackman is ok, although I prefer for him to stick to playing a romantic lead or a comic book hero. Scarlett Johannsen keeps making weird movies where her part isn't that great/likeable/interesting and I don't really get that (Match Point, anyone? No? Take my word for it, it's not a very good movie) Anyway, I heard this was a good flick, I like magic, two leading men who are easy on the eyes, figured I'd give it a shot. I watched this movie two days ago and I'm still pretty undecided about it. I'm also pretty sure I never want to go to a magic show as long as I live. It left me with a very unsatisfied feeling, which is too bad. I feel like I figured out the end pretty close to the beginning and then I was just biding time until they got around to telling me. See The Illusionist instead, it came out about the same time, got way less press and I think it's way better. Plus, it's got Edward Norton who is 100% cool all of the time and Jessica Biel whose name is Jessica and therefore must be ok.
The Incredibles, which I own. I love this movie. I've probably seen it 20+ times and I still love it. That's pretty much it on that one, I watched it Sunday during my Day of Pajamas and remembered how much I like it.
Live Free or Die Hard. Now, I saw this movie the day it came out in the theater, because it's a Die Hard movie and Bruce Willis is the star. These two things are a guaranteed recipe for me to like a movie. And yea, I know it's completely unrealistic and over half the things that happened in it are probably not even remotely possible within the laws of physics and the universe and whatever. I'll tell you right now though, it doesn't even matter. You give me a movie where Bruce is saving the world and being a carefree smartass while he does it and I'm happy. I was checking out amazon while I was at my parents' and saw that it was being released the Tuesday before Thanksgiving so I immediately purchased it and got overnight shipping so that it would be there in time to watch on Thursday. I watched it Thursday night with my brothers and my dad, and we'll just say that one of them sucked the fun out of it by refusing to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the ride. In fact, it sucked the fun out so much that I had to watch the movie again on Saturday when I got home. And guess what? I still love it. This one had the added bonus of Justin Long playing a nerdy computer genius, and I do love nerdy men. Moving along....
National Treasure. Let me preface this by telling you that outside of Moonstruck I really REALLY don't like Nicolas Cage. I think he's the king of the over-actors and he's pretty creepy in real life. That being said, I love love love this movie. It's another one of those movies that I could watch over and over again. Any movie that combines history with adventure and romance and good vs. evil, etc is a good movie. I can't wait for the sequel to come out, and here's the trick I've learned for sequels. Pretend as if the first movie was never made, pretend as though this movie has nothing to live up to and just hope that it can keep you entertained for a couple of hours. Do that and if it's still disappointing, you know it was a terrible, terrible movie and you just wasted 2 hours and $10 that you'll never get back (if you're seeing it in the theater).
Beowulf. Let me start out by telling you that no matter what forms of trickery your little brother uses to get you to go to a 3D IMAX movie the day after your friend's bachelorette party when you're completely hungover, IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. The form of trickery my little brother employed was very clever. He sent me a text message and the only things I paid attention to were "beowulf" and "1:30". I had already agreed to see the movie, and it was only later that I realized the full message said "...seeing beowulf 3D at 1:30 if you are interested." But by then it was too late. I was committed. To watching an animated action movie three stories high in 3 dimensions. I did manage to make it through the movie without fainting or vomiting (I'm not sure how) but I did try to swipe the things coming at me from the screen out of my way because they were way too close. There was a lot going on there. My overall impression was that it was kind of a silly movie, I have a hard time taking animated characters that seriously and I was pretty irritated that Robin Wright Penn didn't actually look like Robin Wright Penn until the end of the movie. I'm serious, that almost completely ruined it. I will say that visually it was pretty amazing and if you're going to see it, ABSOLUTELY see it in 3D IMAX, because otherwise it would be pretty disappointing.
Next I really want to see Enchanted, which Grace saw over Thanksgiving and hated, so that pretty much tells me that I'll like it. Grace and I have completely opposite taste in movies. We always end up completely surprised when we go to a movie and both have a good time. Anyway, if this writer's strike goes on for much longer, I'm pretty sure I'll get a chance to get caught up on all the movies I'm missing in the theater because of the television season.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
home again, home again...
Phew! What a trip! It was lots of good food, family, friends, driving, catching up, a little partying and even a couple of minutes to relax! I was in desperate need of a vacation prior to leaving and as my boss described it, I pretty much skipped out of the office last Friday. I made it into Detroit with no trouble and off we went.
Saturday was Amy's bachelorette party, and it was all the things a bachelorette party should be. It was wild and crazy and fun and outrageous and a completely great way to send Amy off from her life as a single gal. Two particular things of note from the evening: 1, it is extremely unnerving to be out at a bachelorette party with your crazy friends (trust me, we're crazy) and run into your 21 year old little brother at the bar with his friends. It was something I was just not prepared for. I mean, intellectually I know he's 21 but I hadn't seen him at the bar before and especially not some random bar in downtown Lansing that I'd never heard of before. 2, my mom is a trooper. I had asked her a few days before if she minded picking me up at the Lansing mall at 1am after the festivities because that's where the limo was dropping everyone off and I would most definitely not be in any kind of shape to drive. When she got there to pick me and the bachelorette up (Amy was staying with us) she even went so far as to take us through the drive through at Taco Bell at 1 in the morning. I don't know anyone else's mom who would pick up their intoxicated daughter and her intoxicated friend and take them to the drive through after the bar. Thanks, Mom, you're the best!
Much of the rest of my week was spent driving all over the state to see everyone I haven't seen in the last year...dinner with Lauren and her family, a meeting with the knitters, some quality time with Grace, a visit with Andrea and Tom, a mini reunion with my college roommates in Saginaw, Thanksgiving with the fam, lunch with Corene and Dan, lunch with Matt, some quality bar time with Cessa and some other cats from high school, the list keeps going. As I said, it was a busy week.
I flew back to the East Coast on Saturday, which was nice because it gave me all of Sunday to rest up and get ready to hit the grind first thing Monday morning. I was sitting in Metro airport (it seems like I spend a lot of time there these days...) and they announced that my flight had been oversold and they were looking for 8 volunteers to give up their tickets and take a flight the next morning, and that the airline would pay for overnight accomodations, food and give a free domestic roundtrip ticket. I thought that sounded like a pretty good deal and there was no pressing reason for me to come back Saturday as opposed to Sunday and I could always use a free ticket, so I volunteered. They told me to stand by and they'd let me know if they had to use all the tickets that were given up. In the end I did get on my original flight because they didn't need my ticket, but (I suspect) because I was the first person to volunteer they did upgrade me to first class. I rode first class once before and after that experience I said that coach is for suckers if you have the money, but let me tell you how much nicer it is to sit in first class when it's free. It was a good flight, I had a nice cab driver who didn't give me any attitude about having to drive to Winthrop (they hate it, because it's only like a $20 fare with tip as opposed to like $30 or $40 if they're going into the city...it drives me crazy when they complain about it) and I slept like a rock when I got home. There's something so comforting about being in your own bed after a long time away.
And now a little week in review picture show:
Next up is Grace, who decided that she wanted to make herself a new hat while back in Michigan for the weekend (she made one a couple of years ago when we were roommates) but she's a little gunshy about starting and ending it so I gave a little assistance in that department. The middle, however, is all her. Pretty nice, eh?
Saturday was Amy's bachelorette party, and it was all the things a bachelorette party should be. It was wild and crazy and fun and outrageous and a completely great way to send Amy off from her life as a single gal. Two particular things of note from the evening: 1, it is extremely unnerving to be out at a bachelorette party with your crazy friends (trust me, we're crazy) and run into your 21 year old little brother at the bar with his friends. It was something I was just not prepared for. I mean, intellectually I know he's 21 but I hadn't seen him at the bar before and especially not some random bar in downtown Lansing that I'd never heard of before. 2, my mom is a trooper. I had asked her a few days before if she minded picking me up at the Lansing mall at 1am after the festivities because that's where the limo was dropping everyone off and I would most definitely not be in any kind of shape to drive. When she got there to pick me and the bachelorette up (Amy was staying with us) she even went so far as to take us through the drive through at Taco Bell at 1 in the morning. I don't know anyone else's mom who would pick up their intoxicated daughter and her intoxicated friend and take them to the drive through after the bar. Thanks, Mom, you're the best!
Much of the rest of my week was spent driving all over the state to see everyone I haven't seen in the last year...dinner with Lauren and her family, a meeting with the knitters, some quality time with Grace, a visit with Andrea and Tom, a mini reunion with my college roommates in Saginaw, Thanksgiving with the fam, lunch with Corene and Dan, lunch with Matt, some quality bar time with Cessa and some other cats from high school, the list keeps going. As I said, it was a busy week.
I flew back to the East Coast on Saturday, which was nice because it gave me all of Sunday to rest up and get ready to hit the grind first thing Monday morning. I was sitting in Metro airport (it seems like I spend a lot of time there these days...) and they announced that my flight had been oversold and they were looking for 8 volunteers to give up their tickets and take a flight the next morning, and that the airline would pay for overnight accomodations, food and give a free domestic roundtrip ticket. I thought that sounded like a pretty good deal and there was no pressing reason for me to come back Saturday as opposed to Sunday and I could always use a free ticket, so I volunteered. They told me to stand by and they'd let me know if they had to use all the tickets that were given up. In the end I did get on my original flight because they didn't need my ticket, but (I suspect) because I was the first person to volunteer they did upgrade me to first class. I rode first class once before and after that experience I said that coach is for suckers if you have the money, but let me tell you how much nicer it is to sit in first class when it's free. It was a good flight, I had a nice cab driver who didn't give me any attitude about having to drive to Winthrop (they hate it, because it's only like a $20 fare with tip as opposed to like $30 or $40 if they're going into the city...it drives me crazy when they complain about it) and I slept like a rock when I got home. There's something so comforting about being in your own bed after a long time away.
And now a little week in review picture show:
It's sort of hard to tell, but this is actually a picture of me and Amy, it's toward the end of the evening and I'm pretty sure she was trying to smother me. :) You can only see my arm in the picture, but this should give you a pretty good idea of the tone of the evening.
Next up is the sock that I'm making for Andrea (well, the first of two, considering that Andrea does have two feet and would probably like a matching set as opposed to the bold fashion statement of one socked foot and one bare foot. I asked her to try it on just to make sure it fit and she said, "oh it's perfect! It's almost like you knew the exact dimensions of my foot!" I let her know that it turns out I do have the exact measurements of her foot, taken at some point a few years ago that neither of us remembers. Needless to say, she's pretty excited to get custom made socks. But then, who wouldn't be? Another note from my visit with Andrea and Tom. We went for dinner at the Outback and I was wearing these super cute shoes that my mom ended up giving me which I do not believe are excessively slippery but they keep the floors so shiny and slick in there that I definitely bit it walking to the table. No one from the resaurant saw it and I didn't exactly want to call attention to the fact that I appear to need walking lessons so I just got back up and tried to play it off. I think that bodes well for next month when I'll spend a day wearing a floor length bridesmaid dress with a train, don't you?
Next up is Grace, who decided that she wanted to make herself a new hat while back in Michigan for the weekend (she made one a couple of years ago when we were roommates) but she's a little gunshy about starting and ending it so I gave a little assistance in that department. The middle, however, is all her. Pretty nice, eh?
Next up is my roommate reunion in Saginaw, this is 4 out of the 6 of us who lived together. We're pretty cute. :)
I think that's about it as far as pictures go and I know there are about a million more stories I could tell but let's be honest, this is pretty long already. I'll leave you with some very good advice that came in my fortune cookie this evening:
"Clear your mental, emotional and psychic space and you'll see."
It's a little unclear as to what, exactly, you'll see, but since it comes in a fortune cookie I imagine it's pretty great. Thanks for a great trip, mitten state!!
Friday, November 16, 2007
mitten state, here I come!
Well, I'm all packed and ready to go, lugged my ridiculously heavy suitcase into work with me so that I can head straight to the airport at 5 for my 7:30 flight...that was not the most exciting part of my morning. It's actually kind of disgusting how much stuff I had to pack for this trip. But then I tell myself 8 days is a long time and a girl likes to have options. I did limit myself to 4 and a half pairs of shoes (which was not easy, I can tell you). The half pair is my flip flops. I really don't feel like you can count those as an entire pair of shoes. They're like glorified slippers that you wear in public.
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There's a small group of regulars that always gets off at my bus stop in the evenings and we walk down the street together. It's a fairly common occurence as the days get colder that one of them will mention the fact that I'm still wearing my flip flops. I always explain that I will be wearing them until the snow on the ground makes it impossible (or at least uncomfortable). A few days ago we were walking and one of the ladies said to me, "you know, I find it comforting that you're still wearing your flip flops. Every day that I see you wearing them it makes me feel like it's not that cold, and I can handle it just a little bit better." See that? Wearing flip flops, healing the world one step at a time.
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Anyway, it's pretty freezing here today, and EXTREMELY windy, so I hope it's a little better than this out yonder at my destination. Even if it's cold, I've never felt wind in Michigan like what I get coming off the ocean while I'm standing at the bus stop in the morning.
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So anyway, farewell to Mass for the next week and "yes, Michigan!" to all y'all back home.
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Looking forward to some great lakes, great times. :)
Monday, November 12, 2007
not the most exciting post ever
I do love a 4 day weekend. I went to Rochester, NY this weekend for Toni's thesis show, which was completely amazing. I'm going to do a little PR here, go check out her website and see how talented she is! http://www.tonipepe.com/ .
Rochester's about a 6 hour drive from the Boston area, but my boss let me have Friday off so we drove over during the day so we could make it to her show which started at 4pm, then we had the whole weekend to relax and party it up a bit in celebration of her accomplishment. We headed back yesterday and today is a holiday for all state buildings and because I work in a state building (albeit for a private company) I got a holiday! So I got to have a little trip and I still get to have a little weekend to accomplish all the things I didn't do because I was gone all weekend (and all of last weekend, so I'm about two weeks behind). Plus, it's probably time for me to start thinking about getting ready to leave for Michigan this coming weekend. It's a whirlwind of travels and adventures this month!!
I did (shockingly) manage to finish the socks I made for Toni in time to give them to her this weekend (I mean, I was weaving in ends in the car on the way there, but that's fine. I always put off weaving in ends until the last minute. They ended up being a birthday/congratulations gift because I was too far behind the 8 ball to come up with separate gifts. I think she liked them, she immediately put them on and then wore them all weekend! Here's a photo of her modeling them.
I'm very happy to be back home and have a day to get my act together, 6 hours is a long time in a car, and when you're forced against your will to listen to Howard Stern it tends to feel more like an eternity. Add to that a tendency to get car sick and by the time I got back here yesterday I probably looked like a crazy woman with a twitch about ready to snap. Luckily I have recovered from being on the edge of sanity and for the rest of today I will be watching movies, cleaning my apartment, waiting for my groceries to be delivered (best. idea. ever.) and doing a little work.
I will be in Michigan 4 days from today!
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
It's Wednesday slash Thursday!
I know that it's Wednesday. But it FEELS like Thursday. And not in that, "yay it's Thursday-no wait it's Wednesday, crap there goes my good mood sort of way." In the "I have Friday off and Monday is a holiday so tomorrow is my 'Friday' with 4 days before I have to return to real life!" kind of way. In case you haven't noticed, I don't have a whole lot of respect for "real life" as they call it. I think it's pretty completely overrated in every way and I'm about ready to be done with it, thankyouverymuch. Is it really bad that I've been looking forward to retirement since the minute I graduated college? I'm not looking forward to being all aged and everything (not that there's anything wrong with being aged, I'm just saying I don't want to skip all the in between parts), I'm just done with being a productive member of society, working the daily grind, paying bills, paying taxes, not getting to stay up late during the work week, waking up early every day, etc. It doesn't really hold much interest for me. And while not all of that will go away with retirement, the pieces that will hang around will be ok I think.
I digress.
With no small amount of time in the car last weekend, more in the car this weekend, and some flights and such when I go to Michigan for Thanksgiving in a week and a half (!!) I'm getting lots of knitting time in (plus during the week I'm basically a hermit because I'm afraid that my tv will be lonely without me). I'm working on the Lorna's Laces socks right now, but they might be on their way to time out again because I don't like the second pattern I've chosen for the cuff. I mean, I could just knit a straight sock and I'm sure it would be fine and Andrea wouldn't disown me as her friend or anything. But I mean, come ON. Normal, man that's so boring (that was me gratuitously stealing lines from Encino Man). Anyway, I figure if push comes to shove they can sit on the back burner for a minute while I work on some other things (like, oh, seaming a baby blanket? What? What baby blanket that still isn't seemed two and a half weeks later? I don't know what you're talking about), start some new things (2-3 other pairs of socks), etc. And you know what? I will be seeing Andrea in just two short weeks, so wouldn't it be totally worthwhile to make her try on the socks (sock) up to the point they (it) are (is) now to make sure they (it) even fit(s) before I go any further? Yes, that's very sensible. Stop it. I know you're talking to yourself about my serious lack of attention span right now (well, maybe you don't actually talk to yourself. I do). But I ask you, is it really fair to knit this lovely yarn into something for my lovely friend if I'm not terribly thrilled with how it's coming out? No, no it's not. It's not fair to the friend, the yarn, the lovely people who made the yarn, the needles, the...... ok. I get it. I'm rationalizing like it's my job. I'm just waiting for inspiration to strike.
Here are my dilemmas in no particular order. One, as you can see from these pictures is the pattern on the cuff. I'm just not crazy about it. However, I know that Andrea reads this blog so if she happens to like it, I don't have a problem with continuing on. But the question I find myself asking is, if she's going to hate it and thank me awkwardly when I give them to her and proceed to never wear them because they're scary and hideous, why would I want to waste my time? She should get some input, don't you agree??
Second, there are all the other projects that still need finishing or are waiting in the wings.
Third, look what just came today:
Another bunch of sock yarn and another set of needles with which to knit sock yarn. What is a girl to do? Also, FYI packing for Michigan just became a nightmare as far as deciding what to take and what (if anything) to leave behind knitting wise. I am out of control. You'd never guess that before September I didn't even pick up a pair of needles for pretty close to 8 months, would you?
Monday, November 05, 2007
back to reality
"Oh hey Jessie, how was your weekend?"
Well, I'm glad you asked! My weekend was super fun and more than a little bit crazy. Friday I got out of work and happily it took less than two hours to get home (which is what happened the Friday before when the blue line broke and it took over an hour for replacement shuttle buses to show up) and while on the way to dinner with Sacha he asked me if I wanted to go to New York City on Saturday. I started thinking about it and couldn't come up with a good reason not to, so I said sure why not? We talked Suneil into the plan and first thing Saturday morning, off we went!
Now, I had never been to NY before, despite having lived just 4 hours north of it for over a year. Benny and Courtney both live in NY (they're friends from high school) so it was a perfect chance to get to spend some time with them!
We got into the city at around 1 in the afternoon and did the touristy thing for awhile, since I hadn't ever been there before and those boys are regular visitors. We had lunch at the Carnegie Deli where they serve the biggest sandwiches I've ever seen. Piled at least 6 inches high with meat. I didn't even get through half of it, but it was delicious! Of course, we did have to save room for cheesecake, which I've been hearing about for years. "oh my gosh Jessie, you have to go to Carnegie Deli in New York and you have to get the cheesecake because it is the best cheesecake in the world." Well, I can now tell you with absolute certainty that they were absolutely right. This cheesecake was magical, magnificent and glorious. It completely silenced me, which you know is quite a feat. As an idea this is a picture of the dessert window outside the deli...so delicious.
After we ate, we went on a little walking tour, to Times Square, past Madame Toussaud's (in theory wax statues are a really cool idea, but in reality up close they're unbelievably creepy), down to Ground Zero, over to Battery Park to check out the Statue of Liberty, and then back to the hotel for a party nap before heading to dinner and out for the evening.
For dinner we went to this little place called "Becco" which was in this neighborhood Benny took us to on what I think was 46th street. Oh my goodness, it was unbelievably delicious. Every single thing they served was magical. Ceasar salad, veal parmesean, bread, wine, etc. It was all delicious. After dinner we went out to a couple of bars where things got out of hand as they tend to do when old friends reunite in a fun city with lots of alcohol. :)
It was a crazy weekend, it was unbelievably fun, and I'm glad to be back home in Winthrop where things move a little slower and buildings are a lot smaller. However, rest assured that I will be going back. Much more to see!
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