One of the things keeping us busy around here is the fact that we decided to move before the baby arrives. Our lease is up in July and we just feel a little squished. Plus I hear the little babies make lots of laundry and we don’t have a washer/dryer – or even space for a portable in our teeny kitchen. For those of you who have never been to our apartment here are some pics the realtor snapped after giving us about 10 minutes notice
We started looking around for something a bit bigger, or at least more open, plus an eat in kitchen because I couldnt imagine walking to our dining room to feed a baby, not to mention that there isnt even anywhere to put him down in there!
Matthew really wanted somewhere to put a BBQ and of course, a washer/dryer would be a HUGE bonus, but we were open to buying a portable one if necessary.
In talking to my current landlord about looking for a new place she mentioned that the garden apt in her brownstone was becoming available. Its a 2 BR with a large open LR/DR, private entrance, washer/dryer and backyard.
About a week ago I developed a craving for Samoas. The girl scout cookie. And it wasn’t just a craving. It was a CRAVING. Must have samoa. We obviously don’t know any girl scouts, or anyone that had any on hand (Except my friend Helen who refused to drive some down from poughkeepsie because she had to “work”. whatevs, hel.) So I started an internet search to see if I could mail order myself some. No luck. I also emailed the girl scouts but they never emailed me back. The samoa crisis was reaching pretty high levels.
The next step was looking up recipes and got the idea that Matthew should make them. Apparently they are just shortbread, caramel and coconut with a little chocolate coating. Dee-lish!
Then what do we have here? Lo and behold on the way home from lunch the next day we came across this sight…Girl scouts selling cookies in front of the supermarket!
I didn’t want to be too obvious with the picture taking what with all the parents around and all but did manage to get a few undercover photos. When I handed over my change as a donation to charity the girl who sold me my precious cookies squeeled. What’s $5 for a box of cookies and a happy 12 year old? Its was totally worth it.
Ok, I know I said I have all these things to blog about and I do! Its just that Matthew’s sister Jaime came to town Thursday and we’ve been having too much fun to sit down at the computer.
Today was a great day in NYC. After pouring rain yesterday the sun finally came out and even thought it was pretty cold (40 deg!) it was at least pleasant.
We had a really fun day today, not a typical Easter Sunday for most but maybe a typical one for us. Family, friends, good food. No egg hunting this year, but I’m sure its something we can look forward to in years to come.
This morning Jaime’s friend Stephanie, who goes to NYU, came over for brunch. Matthew made an amazing frittata, potatoes and turkey bacon and Steph brought over pastries to go with our strawberries for dessert. I am seriously having issues with remembering to take photos so we have none, its pretty sad.
In the afternoon the 3 of us went to see West Side Story which was awesome. We walked around the village for a while before going to dinner at Blue Hill NYC. We treated ourselves (and Jaime of course!) to the tasting menu in honor of her stay. Not only did I forget to take pictures, I didn’t even bring the camera. Its PATHETIC. One of the specialties at Blue Hill is their use of “this morning’s farm egg”,err…an egg from this morning. They bring it over from the farm and it is so delicious! As a speacial Easter gift they gave us this basket of this morning’s farm eggs.
