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Lunch hour

bari — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:32:26 +0000

I was onsite Monday-Wednesday in NYC so even though I got to sleep at home I had to be at work in midtown by 6:30am, home around 8pm and right to sleep. Last night Matthew scored some free tix to Guys and Dolls so after I finished up at work we grabbed a bite to eat and went to the show.

Today is a very rare, very exciting day not only because I have the day off, but because Matthew is working from home! He got up early, made coffee and walked the 4 steps to the office but I lounged with my snoogle and stayed in bed for as long as possible. Basking in the glory of not having to get up at 5:30am.

Around 1 o’clock we decided to go out for lunch together and headed to Defonte’s. Its just a deli about 10 minutes away that’s been around since 1922. They have all kinds of hot and cold food but the only thing we ever go for is their fresh hot delicious roast beef sandwiches. They recently opened a branch in the city but please, it can’t possibly be the same.

Why We Pay Through The Nose

bari — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:14:37 +0000

Because the neighborhood we live in was just chosen as one of the “Top 10 dreamiest places to live” by HGTV

Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
This neighborhood’s historic charm, top-notch restaurants and shopping, and proximity to Prospect Park make it an attractive alternative to Manhattan for families and professionals. Seventh and Fifth avenues are Park Slope’s main commercial areas, while other streets are occupied by renovated brownstones, which can sell for millions of dollars.

See the list here.

Spumoni…in the little white cup

bari — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:59:31 +0000

I mentioned that we had spumoni the night my mom was here but I did not explain. L&B Spumoni Gardens is an Italian restaurant and pizza place that is known for their amazing homemade spumoni and Italian ices. It was a special request from our very special guest so as soon as we finished our dinner we headed out.

Tim came over for dinner so he joined us for the 15 minute ride to Bensonhurst (or Real Brooklyn as we refer to it)

We pulled up to the place and it was packed as usual with tons of people in line at 9:30 on a Sunday night. As we were walking through I caught a whiff of what is arguably one of my favorite slices of pizza and thought to myself, hmm, too bad we just ate dinner.

Not a minute later my mom said “I think I might have to get some pizza for later” Poor Sha misses her Brooklyn food almost as much as her kid. Then Tim chimed in with “I think I might have to get some pizza for lunch tomorrow” and it was sold, off we went to the pizza line instead of the spumoni line.

*note on this pic – do not feel sad for my mom that I posted a photo with her eyes closed. She does not know how to behave in front of a camera.

And how could we resist

We picked up our “pizza for later” and got in line for spumoni.

I ordered (me: Tim, what do you want? Tim: Spumoni…in the little white cup) and then turned around to witness this exchange:

Tim: I’m so excited about this pizza

Matthew: I totally know how you feel

Tim: I think I might have to eat it now

Matthew: Interesting thought, let me ponder how that will go over

Tim: I’m just gonna LOOK at it.

Matthew: Duuuuude, you are totally asking for it!

Tim: But it smells so good!

Tim: I’m just gonna…

Me: TIM!

Here is your GD spumoni in the little white cup.

Boy that pizza tasted good on the way home.