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!