tyler and i took a somewhat spontaneous trip this weekend to good old new york city. initially, it was so he could be an extra on bored to death which ended up falling through…and conveniently freeing us. thursday night, we hopped on an 8 o’clock train from DC. with the right song and the right speed, trains are thrilling. a few that carried me well were jose gonzalez’s cover of the massive attack masterpiece teardrop, magnetic fields’ the saddest story ever told and welcome home by radical face. arrived right after midnight and hailed a cab to brooklyn where our great friends malarie and justin were waiting with open arms to put us up for the weekend.
the adventure for friday morning was a breakfast date at bubby’s for malarie and i to meet up with our mutual etsy friend amy from thepeachtree. and what a wonderful visit it was! epic sour cream pancakes, eggs, french toast, sausage, cappuccino, and more. not to mention the company! as we were leaving, amy asked that we take our picture in the photobooth before we parted ways (as if i would object!) our boys and the chelsea market were waiting for us at which time i realized my wallet was missing from my purse (insert silent panic here.) justin, still having his head about him, called bubby’s where i had apparently left my wallet in the photobooth. trudging back seemed to bring with it more good though, as it allowed tyler and i to also get our picture taken and gave us the opportunity to spend a lovely afternoon at the waterfront under the brooklyn bridge.
the evening held plans to have dinner with vanessa and roy at red bamboo. sharing wine, dumplings, white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake and other veggie delights was spectacular…and heading out for drinks after was even better! we couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful night in the city or better company to share it with.
after a delicious and enormous breakfast at a cute greek joint with malarie and justin the next morning, the four of us headed over to the brooklyn botanical gardens where we all had a hay day, cameras clicking madly. well, mine clicking and whirring much louder than anyone else’s…but i will never complain :)
saturday was also the day we were to achieve two goals. for tyler to complete his wizard of oz collection at books of wonder and for i to head to the impossible project store and spend a small fortune on some film. and they were right…that elevator is an adventure in and of itself.
a day of trolling around the city came to an end in the late afternoon. we headed back to the apartment and ordered a massive amount of sushi and feasted while justin also tried his hand at making homemade ice cream (and while it didn’t turn out how he expected, we had excellent vanilla milkshakes!) lots of laughs and full bellies put us all to bed fairly early, and tyler and i were back up at dawn to catch the 8am train home.
new york, i love you.
Looks like a lovely trip!
What an amazing post! Your photos illustrate it so completely :) I had no idea you left your wallet at Bubby’s!!! Always good to have someone with a firm hand and good head on his shoulders to take over in a panic situation like that.
It was wonderful meeting you and you’d better make it up here more often!